Liu Qing (businesswoman)


Liu Qing or Jean Liu, is a business executive. Liu is the President of Didi Chuxing, China's largest mobile transportation platform. She worked at Goldman Sachs Asia for 12 years, becoming a managing director in 2012, before switching to Didi Dache serving as its chief operating officer in July 2014.
After joining Didi Dache, she led the strategic merger between Didi Dache and its main competitor Kuaidi Dache which then created the car hailing company named Didi Kuaidi in 2015.

Early life and education

Liu was born in 1978 in Beijing. She is the daughter of Chinese businessman and Lenovo founder Liu Chuanzhi, and the granddaughter of Liu Gushu, a senior executive banker at the Bank of China. She received a bachelor's degree in Computer Science at Peking University, and a master's degree in Computer Science at Harvard University. She received an honorary Doctor of Commercial Science from New York University.

Personal life

Liu currently lives in Beijing with her family. In October 2015, Liu announced internally that she was being treated for breast cancer at the age of 37. In early December 2015, she posted on her Weibo that she would return to work by the end of December after a two-month treatment. According to DiDi, she is now fine and "has been in all-in mode for quite some time".
After being named one of the "50 Most Powerful Moms of 2016" by Working Mother, Liu spoke about how she balanced working for DiDi with her relationship with her three kids.