One Man's Risky Cry for Active Citizenship

Successful businessman Wang Gongquan is a serious advocate of citizen involvement. The Jilin Province native says every citizen should contribute to society's progress, and he's proud to do his part in ways great, small, often controversial and sometimes downright risky.

Small contributions include Wang's poetry, which he composes and then posts as blog entries on the Internet, or shares with online fans through a microblog service.

(Wang Gongquan)

Wang's big picture contributions to society encompass achievements of a venture capital firm he started in 2005 and now heads, CDH Ventures. CDH has successfully invested in start-up companies that later went public on domestic or international capital markets. Wang learned the ropes of the business world first at a Hainan Province real estate company and later by founding the nationwide developer Vantone Group.