Zhang Xiaolong, 1969 was born on February 3rd in Dongkou County, Shaoyang City, Hunan Province. He is the founder of Foxmail, the founder of WeChat and the senior vice president of Tencent.

Zhang Xiaolong graduated from the Telecommunications Department of Huazhong University of Science and Technology with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree respectively. -Foxmail, a domestic e-mail client, was developed. After joining Tencent, he developed Tencent WeChat, known as "the father of WeChat" and was named "20 12 China Innovative Person" by the Wall Street Journal.

Mainly responsible for the management of R&D department of Tencent Guangzhou, and participating in the management and evaluation of major innovation projects of Tencent.

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As the founder of WeChat, Zhang Xiaolong is known as the father of WeChat, but he keeps a low profile and rarely appears in public. Ma Hua Teng commented on him, "I have learned Internet thinking: from heavy to light".

Zhang Xiaolong recently expounded eight principles for the future development of WeChat. He said that WeChat is an open platform dedicated to providing users with valuable services and helping people to eliminate geographical restrictions and intermediaries. Wechat should build a decentralized dynamic ecosystem.

In particular, Zhang Xiaolong used a metaphor to emphasize the openness of WeChat. "We want to build a forest, not our own palace. We should cultivate an environment where all animals and plants can grow freely in the forest, not built by us. "

Zhang Xiaolong, President of People's Daily Online-Tencent WeChat Business Group: WeChat is a forest, not a palace.