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Wang Xin (business executive)

Wang Xin (王莘), born 1963, is a Chinese business executive who co-founded Beijing Rising, the antivirus company that led China's paid PC-security market in the 1990s and 2000s.

Wang Xing

Wang Xing (王兴) is a Chinese technology entrepreneur, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Meituan, the Beijing food-delivery and local-services platform founded in 2010, after co-founding the social network Xiaonei and microblogging service Fanfou.

Wang Xingshi

Wang Xingshi, also known as Xingshi Wang, is a venture capital investor at Source Code Capital, where since 2014 he has invested in transportation, housing, and e-commerce, including Li Auto and Meituan.

Wang Xingxing (王兴兴)

Wang Xingxing (王兴兴), born 1990, is a Chinese robotics engineer and entrepreneur who founded Unitree Robotics in Hangzhou in 2016, serving as its CEO and chief technologist.

Wang Xingyu

Wang Xingyu (王行瑜, died 895) was a late Tang military governor of Binning Circuit who, with allied governors, killed two chancellors in 895 and was defeated by Li Keyong.

Wang Xinjing

Wang Xinjing (王心敬, 1656–1738) was a Qing dynasty Confucian scholar of the Shaanxi Guanxue school, a disciple of Li Erqu who taught but never held office.

Wang Xinwen

Wang Xinwen (王信文) is a Chinese games entrepreneur who co-founded the Shanghai mobile-games developer Lilith Games in May 2013 and has served as its chief executive since.

Wang Xizhi

Wang Xizhi (王羲之), courtesy name Yishao, was an Eastern Jin official and China's most celebrated calligrapher, traditionally dated 303 to 361, famed for the Lanting preface.

Wang Xu

Wang Xu (王旭), born 1985 in Beijing, Chinese freestyle wrestler; won gold in women's 72 kg freestyle at the 2004 Athens Olympics, plus 2006 Doha Asian Games gold and world championship medals.

Wang Xuan (computer scientist)

Wang Xuan (王选) was a Peking University computer scientist who invented the Chinese-language laser phototypesetting system and founded Founder Group, which ran 99% of China's newspaper typesetting.

Wang Xuance

Wang Xuance (王玄策) was a Tang dynasty diplomat and imperial envoy to India between 643 and 661 who in 648 defeated the usurper Arunasva and delivered him captive to Chang'an.

Wang Xun

Wang Xun (王恂, courtesy name Jingfu, 1235–1281) was a Yuan-dynasty mathematician and official who served Kublai Khan and directed the computation of the Shoushi calendar.

Wang Xuning

Wang Xuning (王旭宁, born 1969) is a Chinese entrepreneur, born in Yantai, Shandong, who invented the electric automatic soymilk maker in 1994 and founded the Jinan-based appliance company Joyoung.

Wang Ya

Wang Ya (王涯), courtesy name Guangjin, was a Tang dynasty statesman and poet who twice served as chancellor before dying in the Sweet Dew incident of 835.

Wang Yamin

Wang Yamin (王亚民) is a Chinese quantitative fund manager and founder of Turing Private Fund Management, a Shanghai-based quant hedge fund managing over 10 billion yuan.

Wang Yan (businessman)

Wang Yan (汪延) is a Chinese internet executive who co-created the commercial Chinese-language website SRS.com in 1996 and served as chairman of SINA Corporation until August 2012.

Wang Yangming's suppression of the Prince of Ning rebellion

Wang Yangming's suppression of the Prince of Ning rebellion (王守仁平宸濠) was the 1519 campaign in which Ming scholar-official Wang Yangming quelled Zhu Chenhao's revolt, capturing the prince after about 35 days.

Wang Yanqing

Wang Yanqing (王燕清), born in 1966, is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur who founded Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment in 2002 and chairs the world's largest lithium-battery equipment maker.

Wang Yawei

Wang Yawei (王亚伟), born 1971, is a Chinese fund manager who ran ChinaAMC's Huaxia Dapan fund to a 1197.93% return, then founded Qianhe Capital in 2012.

Wang Yi

Wang Yi (王一) is a Chinese games-industry executive, founder and CEO of ZLONGAME, a Beijing mobile game developer founded in 2015, known for the hit Langrisser and for publishing in Japan and South Korea.

Wang Yibo (王一博)

Wang Yibo (王一博), born 1997 in Luoyang, is a Chinese actor, singer, dancer, and racing driver; UNIQ member since 2014, Lan Wangji in The Untamed, Golden Eagle Award winner, and China GT GT3 AM podium finisher.

Wang Yifu

Wang Yifu (王义夫), Chinese pistol shooter born 1960 in Liaoyang, Liaoning; six Olympic medals 1984–2004 with 10m air pistol golds in 1992 and 2004; later national team head coach.

Wang Yilyu

Wang Yilyu (王懿律), born 1994 in Jiaxing, Chinese badminton player; mixed doubles Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 with Huang Dongping, 2019 world champion, former world #1, retired January 2023.

Wang Yiming

Wang Yiming (王一鸣), born 1981, is a Chinese engineer and entrepreneur who founded Ginlong Technologies, a maker of solar string inverters in Ningbo, Zhejiang, leaving UK doctoral studies in 2005 and listing it in 2019.

Wang Yingjiao

Wang Yingjiao (汪应蛟), courtesy name Qianfu, was a Ming dynasty official from Wuyuan who became Minister of Revenue under the Taichang Emperor and reclaimed 5,000 mu of paddy near Tianjin.

Wang Yinglin

Wang Yinglin (王应麟, 1223–1296) was a Song-dynasty scholar-official from Qingyuanfu, near modern Ningbo, who rose to acting Minister of Rites and withdrew from public life after the Song fell in 1279.

Wang Yinglu (王影璐)

Wang Yinglu (王影璐, real name Wang Lulu), born 2000 in Sichuan, is a mainland Chinese actress who debuted in 2020 with Four Years One Life and is known for Feng Baobao in I Am Nobody and films including I Went Through the Storm.

Wang Yirong

Wang Yirong (王懿荣, 1845–1900) was a Qing dynasty scholar-official from Fushan, Shandong, who served three terms as head of the Imperial Academy and is credited as the first discoverer of the oracle-bone script.

Wang Yisun

Wang Yisun (王沂孫) was a Chinese ci poet of the late Southern Song and early Yuan, known for object-chanting poems lamenting the fallen Song dynasty.

Wang Yiting

Wang Yiting (王一亭, 1867–1938) was a Chinese painter, businessman, and Buddhist philanthropist in Shanghai, a leading figure of the Shanghai School of painting alongside Wu Changshuo.