Birth date: 1973/06/05

Vice President of Innovation Design Center, Lenovo(Beijing) Ltd.

Director member of the China Industrial Design Association

Vice-commissioner of Information Product Design Professional Committee, China Industrial Design Association

Standing Director Member of Beijing Industrial Design Advancement Committee

Member of International Design Management Institute

Member of Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

Visiting Professor at Guangzhou College of Design

Visiting Professor at Beijing Institute of Art and Design

Consultant for Industrial Design at Art and Design Academy, Tsinghua University

Resume

In 1996, Yao Yingjia graduated from college. As the first industrial design professional brought in by Lenovo, he started his career in the industrial field. In the past ten years, Yao has continuously led the way of introducing brand-new industrial design concepts to China’s IT field. He has established the first industrial design team of Lenovo and innovatively solved the problem of product competition faced by companies in the fast-developing market.

Academic activities

2002 Tsing Hua host Global Design Management Conference---Only Speaker from China

2003 Chicago HITS( Humans, Interaction, Technology, Strategy)  International Seminar---the only speaker from Chinese domestic company

2003 the First “Asian Fashion” International Forum & Seminar---speaker

2004 China-Korea Design Forum---speaker

2004 China-Britain Industrial Design Forum (Shen Zhen) ---speaker

The Second “Asian Fashion” International Forum & Seminar---speaker

2004 Second Most Influential Design Award in Asia---the only judge and seminar speaker from China Mainland

2005 Singapore International Design Forum---participant

2005 “Branding the Future” International Brand Forum & Workshop---speaker

2005 Design for the China Market Conference---participant

2005 the Top Ten Outstanding Youth for China Design

2006 the fourth IF Design Award China---juror

2006 Australia Victorian State of Design China Connection and the Design for Business Conference ---speaker

2006 CBI China Summit ---speaker

2006 China-Korea Design Forum ---speaker

2004.8 –2006.9 Graduation from the World Top 20 EMBA Institute --- CEIBS

Personal Performance Description

Yao Yingjia has established the organizational structure characterized by multi-disciplinary coordination and has created the idea of design based on local Chinese culture. As a forceful tool of sharpening Lenovo’s competitive edge to stand out of its peers in the market, the company’s design structure and ideas of design have shed profound referential light on local Chinese design organizations. Having won a large variety of reputable international design awards, Lenovo has laid a platform where more domestic industrial designs are able to demonstrate themselves and compete with foreign peers, which contributes to the better understanding of China's design work from the international design community.

Lenovo Award

2006 U.S. IDEA（Industrial Design Excellence Awards）---two Golden Awards

2006 Germany IF Product Design Award, 2006 Germany Red Dot Design Award---Lenovo laptop Tian Yi F20

2005 Enterprise Star Award, Red Dot Award of the Red Dot Design Concept Award

2004 Color China Award & 2005 IDEA Award---Lenovo Smart Phone ET960