Henan Li

Background

About Henan Li

Passionate about building collaboration bridges between countries and creating opportunities for businesses. Henan Li serves as the Asia Trade and Investment Representative of the International Affairs and Trade unit at the California Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). In that capacity, she is responsible for managing the state’s export promotion initiatives to the Asia Pacific Rim region and foreign investment attraction efforts from the same region, as well as the broader international affairs engagement and collaboration with Asian countries and regions. She brings more than 15 years of experience of international business development, trade promotion, and project management from both public and private sectors. Before her time at GO-Biz, Ms. Li serves as the Global Initiative Director of the California Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce and the Director of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) Export Center in Sacramento, California, where her duty includes enhancing the development and implementation of the MDCP Program and MBDA program under the cooperative agreements with the U.S Department of Commerce to assist U.S businesses to access international markets.