Name: Mao Jihong    
Founder and President of Mixmind Art & Design Co., Ltd.

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: May, 1969

Place of Birth: Hunan

1990  Graduated from Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology, majoring in clothing design; He is also one of the first academic majors of fashion designer in China;

1991-1995  Worked with several clothing companies as an important role;

1996  Founded Mixmind Art & Design Co., Ltd., and established with Ms Ma Ke the brand EXCEPTION de MIXMIND;

July 2005  Invited by Fudan University to attend the “Asia Link” EU-China Fashion Luxury Goods Forum as the main speechmaker;

December 2005,  Invited by the MBA program of Luxury Management in ESSEC Business School for the Chinese Top Brand Summit held in Shanghai , as the main speechmaker in the topic of  “The Future of China’s Luxury Brand”.

April 2006  Invited to be one of the main speechmakers of the PREMIERE VISION Seminar in Shanghai as the representative of Chinese brand;

April and October 2006  Participated the committee meeting of Sino-French Cooperation Committee respectively held in Beijing and Paris (Sino-French Co-operation Committee is a collaboration project co-founded by China Garment Association and French Federation of Haute Couture).

August 2006  The School of Economics and Management of Fudan University put EXCEPTION de MIXMIND as the first Chinese luxury brand in its case study of MBA Program in Luxury Management.

October 2006  Attended the Annual Meeting of Xin Shang Net (www.ncbc.com.cn) as guest of suppliers.

December 2006  Invited by PREMIERE VISION to join the LE CLUB membership.

February 2007  Planned the successful presentation of WUYONG in Paris Fashion Week as another new brand of Mixmind

Mixmind Art & Design Co., Ltd Guangzhou has branches in both Beijing and Shanghai, and there are Mixmind International Development (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd and Mixmind Art & Design (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd. The ladies wear EXCEPTION de MIXMIND is the longest designer brand in China as well as the most successful one.