

David Li, Co-Founder and CEO of Hesai Technology, expert in robotics & motion control and leader in the global autonomous driving industry. David Li’s numerous accolades include being named as “World Economic Forum - Young Global Leader”, “Fortune Magazine - 40 Under 40 in China”, “MIT Technology Review - 35 Innovators Under 35”, and “Designer of 'Red Dot Award' in Germany”.
David Li received his PhD in Robotics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), and his BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tsinghua University (China). Prior to founding Hesai, David Li served as a principal engineer at Western Digital in Silicon Valley. David Li has more than 100 patents in the fields of robotics, motion control, sensors and advanced manufacturing. His hobbies include basketball and collection of cameras and sneakers.


Shaoqing Xiang obtained his bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) in 2007, ranking 1st in the Department of Precision Instruments. He received fellowship award and obtained dual Masters Degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from Stanford University (California, USA). Before co-founding Hesai, Mr. Xiang worked at Apple, Inc (Cupertino, California) as an iPhone Hardware Systems Integration Engineer.
His work at Apple includes next generation iPhone circuit design, iPhone prototype development, and overseas manufacturing/testing line bring-up. In his spare time, Shaoqing Xiang loves building and collecting models, and his passion for engineering was largely inspired by this hobby since childhood.

Additionally, Mr. Fan has served as an independent non-executive director of Jiangsu Innovative Ecological New Materials Limited (HKEX: 2116) since 2018. Mr. Fan graduated from Tsinghua University, with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accounting in 2004 and 2006, respectively.