Fang Rong

Fang Rong (born 1964), Chinese national, bachelor's degree in communications engineering from Nanjing Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (now Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications). From 1987 to 1995 she worked at the Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications; from 1995 to 1997 at Zhongxingxin, ZTE's controlling shareholder; and from 1997 to 2009 at ZTE, where she was a senior vice president from 1998 to 2009. From 2009 to April 2024 she was executive vice president of Zhongxing Development Co., and she has been a non-executive director of ZTE since June 2018. In March 2025 she became chairwoman of ZTE, the company's first female chair. She led team breakthroughs and volume commercialisation in optical communications, video and power-supply products, and drove ZTE's global expansion including new markets in India and Europe.