Zhang Chen

Chairman of Suzhou Function Group Co Ltd

Jan 1979: Worked at Suzhou Electrical Hardware & Chemical Co.

Founder of Suzhou Industrial Product Department Store and Suzhou Matro Department Store (MATRO)

Mar 1993: With approval from the Jiangsu Provincial Government, Suzhou Industrial Product Department Store and Singapore AMK jointly established China ’s first joint venture in retail shopping mall—Suzhou Matro Department Store. He was the founder of China ’s first Sino-foreign joint venture commercial retail enterprise and the first person in China to operate international luxury brand goods.

Founder of Suzhou Function Group Co., Ltd. Major Social Positions

Executive Director of the China Enterprise Confederation and China Entrepreneur Association

Member of the Compliance Work Committee of the China Enterprise Confederation

Deputy Director of the China Luxury Goods Professional Committee

Member of the China Calligraphers Association

Co-President of Jiangsu Su Merchants Development Promotion Association 6. Representative of the Suzhou Municipal and District People's Congress