Zhang Jianhua is deputy to the 12th and 13th National People’s Congress, member of the Standing Committee of the 10th Shandong Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and member and Vice Chairman of the 11th and 12th Shandong Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce. Mr. Zhang is Chairman of the board of Hiking Group, and Chairman of the Board and Secretary of Party Committee of Shandong Foreign Trade (Holdings) Corporation Ltd. His honors include Chinese Entrepreneur, Outstanding Builders of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics in the Non-public Sector, Top 10 Most Influential Shandong Businessmen of the Year and Top 10 Shandong Businessmen with Strongest Social Responsibility.

Hiking Group was created by Hiking Group Co., Ltd, jointly with multiple provincial foreign trade enterprises according to the strategic deployment of Shandong provincial government of “pushing the reform and restructuring of provincial foreign trade enterprises”. At present, there are over 100 enterprises directly subordinate to or under the control of Hiking Group. And the number of its employees reaches near 10,000. With its domain of business covering international trade, health care and new materials industry, Hiking Group successfully transforms into a comprehensive, international and industrialized enterprise.

Hiking Group has realized an accumulated import and export volume of over USD 30 billion since its foundation, taking the lead among its peers in Shandong Province. In 2018, the Group recorded a sales revenue of 35.1 billion RMB, ranking the 479th among Top 500 Chinese enterprises in 2019. Hiking Group has won many honorary titles, including “Shandong Provincial Meritorious Enterprise in the Past 30 Years of the Reform & Opening-up”, “Corporate Social Responsibility Model” of Qingdao and Shandong Province and Qingdao Outstanding Economic Achievement Contribution Award.