The Top 30 Innovative People in China

No.16     Cathy Huang
Cathy Huang is a well-known leader in Chinese design industry. She worked for GE/Fitch as Marketing Director, and now is the President of China Bridge International (CBI), a leading design management firm in Shanghai. She is the member of DMI Advisory Council 2003, juror for iF Design Award China 2003 and co-organizer of iF Design Award China 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, juror for CCTV Grand Ceremony of Innovation 2005, 2006, juror for Design Lab of Electrolux, Stockholm, 2005.

Reference Score: 16
8930 articles found on baidu and 9130 articles on Google which relate to Cathy Huang.
Achievement and Award Score: 26
Cathy Huang is the first Chinese designer to deliver the lecture in the Denmarks Designskoles and the Owner of 25 national patents on design.

Value Score: 18
Cathy Huang advocated Shanghai 2003 Design leadership summit. She cooperated with Hong Kong Design Center to launch the first China Business Guidebook For Designers in 2004.

Social Activity Score: 19
Cathy Huang is a public figure in Chinese design industry. She won honor through frequently participating and contributing to public design forums, seminars and academic lectures. She took the lead to translate many design research cases and published several research papers on renowned professional journals.  She advocated Shanghai 2003 Design Leadership Summit and cooperated with Hong Kong Design Center to launch the first China Business Guidebook For Designers in 2004, aiming for helping HK designers to develop their business in Mainland. Now, Cathy and her CBI team are striving to bridge international and Chinese resources and to promote the development of innovation strategy in China.

Publicity Score: 7
One of the well-known leaders in the Chinese design industry.

General comment
Cathy Huang realized long ago that she can do something beyond the industrial design, something pioneering. From a successful industrial designer to the top executive of a design management company, Cahty opens a window for Chinese companies and designers to look into the outside world and has unprecedentedly introduced a mature and effective design management system to the fast-developing Chinese companies. As she said:" A new industrial design company appears in China almost every day, but companies using design management tools will be more successful."

TOTAL SCORE: 86