Jian Di

I describe myself as adventurous, liberal & visionary.

Though grown up in traditional Chinese family, my parents give me plenty of freedom to make my own choices. They never say no to my trip by couchsurfing or working in hotels for food and accommodation when I was in high school.

In university, an attendance of Austrian economics forum inspired me to have a new perspective on the current-day main stream economics and pay attention to early-stage, high-potential, and growth startup companies. As Schumacher said, “Men is small; therefore, small is beautiful”. Instead of seeing the world as automatic machine or with single belief in data, I began to focus more on entrepreneurship and lead one of the National Training Programs of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for one and half year. At the same time, as a member of CAPE Xi’an, I provided an open platform with other group members to leading thinkers, change-makers and activists and organized to share their inspiration, motivation and practical experience in study, career and start-ups.

Believing in talents of every individual, therefore, I took the chance to study in Europe to dive deep into different ways of organizing economies and communities by the head, heart and through every daily life. Much more than knowledge in school and business, living in France as well as travel experiences in different countries help me not only understand the culture diversity but also know the similarly among people from all over the world and develop partnerships with them.

I believe the way to the future is connected by every choice I made and every step I walked in the past.