Colin Wu

Colin Wu Biography

Mr. Wu is executive vice chairman of the Board of Directors at US China Business Association. In his executive role, Mr. Wu is responsible for building and expanding USCN’s relationships with key strategic partners, including financial institutions, business sectors, governmental and educational entities, and he is a member of USCN’s strategic planning and development team.

Mr. Wu has extensive knowledge in diplomacy, government procurement, intellectual property, history, language and arts. It has built him into a visionary with business acumen. His hi-level personal contacts with government agencies and fortune 500 companies prove to be valuable assets to any projects and organizations he is committed to serve. Because of his dedication to global business and technology leadership, he won the prestigious "Ronald Reagan Presidential Award" in 2004. Mr. Wu was elected to serve in 2005 as honorary co-chairman of the Business Advisory Council of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

Mr. Wu set up online government procurement service website Bid8.com in 2005 and served as CEO of the company. Under his leadership, Bid8.com grew to be a multi-billion dollar online procurement platform and a recognized market leader in government procurement information, a concept the company pioneered. Mr. Wu led the company's successful merger with FedBizOpps.gov in 2009.

At the same time in 2007, Mr. Wu was invited by Yiwu Municipal Government to help them complete the government policy of “Selling to the World, Buying from the World”. Mr. Wu effectively helped them set up Imported Commodities Market at the Yiwu Small Commodities Market within short deadline via his trusted worldwide procurement network, thus changing the landscape of Yiwu as trading hub of exclusively Chinese commodities and was highly acclaimed by the local government and national media.

In 2009, upon recommendation by Shenzhen Municipal Government, Mr. Wu teamed up with Shenzhen United Property and Share Rights Exchange to launch an Intellectual Property Exchange—Shenzhen Innovated Technology Property Rights Exchange, an trading platform based on trading instruments of global technologies and patents, and with Chinese manufacturing sectors as its target market. The exchange was formally opened for business in May 2011.  

From mid to late 1990s, Mr. Wu served as chief representative and president of Bridge Information Group (B.I.G.), a network communications manufacturer, and a subsidiary of ComputerLand U.S.A.

Mr. Wu was a teacher of English at Dr. Sun Yat-sen University during 1989-1992. He was a host of an English program at Guangdong Television Station for many years

Prior to 1989, Mr. Wu was a veteran diplomat of Foreign Affairs Ministry of the People’s Republic of China, where he served as attaché in many state visits to foreign countries, and as senior translator for Chinese and foreign state leaders for many years.

Mr. Wu holds a bachelor degree in English language and literature from Shanghai University of International Studies, and associate certificate from Beijing Foreign Affairs College. In 1994, Mr. Wu got his master degree in History at Eastern Illinois University. In 1993-1994, he studied for his second master degree of Arts Management at University of Illinois at Springfield.