Chenyu Zheng Keynote Speaker

International Advisor & Brand Ambassador
Artfully Translating Cultures
Author of "606 Days Without A Lease"

Chenyu Zheng's Biography

Chenyu Zheng, a Chinese born global citizen, is the best-selling author of “606 Days Without a Lease”. She is a self-identified artist with a business sense, marketer with empathy at heart and a lifestyle trailblazer with a fan-base of over 300k. She specialises in bridging China and the rest of the world through culture, innovation, and talent via multimedia, thought-leadership and cross-border collaboration.

Zheng graduated from Princeton University with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics, and a certificate in Environmental Studies and studied abroad at Oxford University. Her aim to bridge China and the rest of the world together through an integration of culture and technology has shaped her global perspective and inspired her work across media, innovation, and culture. She co-founded Whisper China in collaboration with Tencent in Shenzhen and later joined Uber as Product Marketing Manager for China Partnerships.

Her lifestyle experiment, which inspired her book, “606 Days Without a Lease”, saw her fully embrace the sharing economy whilst living in Airbnbs around the world for 60 days. She explored various formats of homes, belonging and identity. Additionally, Zheng actively runs a popular blog, “Apple Sister” (苹果姐姐) writing about healthy lifestyle, including food, travel, yoga, and meditation. Her motto in life is “live life to the fullest” and “Be a dreamer who takes action.” She also posts articles on LinkedIn and Medium, focusing on trending topics in China such as the new age of consumerism and entrepreneurship, and China strategy for foreign brands. She is a regular inspirational speaker and has been a guest lecturer at Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu and at Airbnb Open.

She is a columnist for leading tech and lifestyle publications in China, and also runs her own media studio, collaborating with conscious and sustainable lifestyle brands, such as Airbnb, Oatly, and TOMS. Her experiences and innovative methods have led her to appear in CBC, HuffPost, China Travel Channel, Cosmopolitan China, Cityzine, Hainan Airlines and many other national and international media outlets. She was invited to speak at TEDxFerhadija, where she shared her insightful experience on “Designing your own life”.

Cross-cultural innovation and bridging China with the world

The future of consumerism and Chinese market trends

Personal branding, entrepreneurship and storytelling

Designing your life and the sharing economy

Culture, technology and global collaboration

She operates at the intersection of culture, innovation and entrepreneurship, bridging China and global markets through media, strategy and storytelling.
She translates emerging trends in consumer behaviour and cross-border collaboration into clear insights that help organisations navigate China’s evolving landscape.
She brings hands-on experience from ventures with Tencent and Uber, alongside building her own media platform and global audience.
She is an engaging speaker who combines personal experimentation with sharp analysis to inspire new ways of thinking about work, life and identity.
Her insights equip audiences to think more globally, embrace change and design more intentional, future-facing lives and businesses.