China Authority Opens Anti-Trust Investigation on China $38 Billion Travel Giant Trip.com for Mono, Founded in 1999 by James Jianzhang Liang, Min Fan, Neil Nanpeng Shen & Qi Ji, Current Market Value at $38.6 Billion, Share Price -16.7% YTD, -9.8% Last 12 Months & +64.1% Last 5 Years
16th January | Hong Kong
China authority (State Administration for Market Regulations of the People’s Republic of China) has opened an anti-trust investigation on China travel giant Trip.com ($38 billion market value). Trip.com was founded in 1999 by James Jianzhang Liang, Min Fan, Neil Nanpeng Shen & Qi Ji. Trip.com current market value at $38.6 billion, share price -16.7% YTD, -9.8% last 12 months & +64.1% last 5 years. In 2025 November, China billionaire, co-founder & Chairman of travel giant Trip.com ($45 billion market value) James Jianzhang Liang (Age 55) with $2.5 billion fortune donated $64 million (HKD 500 million) via Generations Fund to launch a new Hong Kong foundation to address Hong Kong demographics issues including falling birth rate. The first initiative is to give $6,400 (HKD 50,000) to full-time Hong Kong Ph.D. students with child on or after 1st January 2026. Trip.com was founded in 1999 by James Jianzhang Liang, Min Fan, Neil Nanpeng Shen & Qi Ji. James Jianzhang Liang, Co-founder, Executive Chairman of the Board – James Liang is one of the Co-founders and Executive Chairman of the Board of Trip.com Group Ltd. He was the Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2016. Under his visionary leadership, Trip.com Group has achieved great milestones over the years. The company has successfully carried out transitions from offline to online, and from desktop to mobile. Furthermore, Trip.com Group has made strategic investments in key industry players, cultivated and invested in new business ideas, and established industry-leading operational standards and processes. Trip.com Group has grown to become one of the world’s largest online travel agencies. James has been awarded various accolades for his contributions to the travel industry. Some of his recent awards include: 2019 Forbes China Multinational Business Leader, Best CEO in the Internet category in the 2016 All-Asia Executive Team Rankings by Institutional Investor. Currently, James serves as Co-Chairman of Tongcheng-eLong (HKSE:0780) and on the boards of a number of other Internet companies, including Sina (NASDAQ: SINA), and MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ: MMYT). Prior to co-founding Trip.com Group, James held a number of technical and managerial positions at Oracle Corporation from 1991 to 1999, both in the United States and China. He was the head of the ERP consulting division of Oracle China from 1997 to 1999. James received his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He was also an attendee of the “China Gifted Youth Class” at Fudan University.
“ China Authority Opens Anti-Trust Investigation on China $38 Billion Travel Giant Trip.com for Mono, Founded in 1999 by James Jianzhang Liang, Min Fan, Neil Nanpeng Shen & Qi Ji, Current Market Value at $38.6 Billion, Share Price -16.7% YTD, -9.8% Last 12 Months & +64.1% Last 5 Years “
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China Billionaire, Co-Founder & Chairman of $45 Billion Travel Giant Trip.com James Jianzhang Liang (Age 55) with $2.5 Billion Fortune Donates $64 Million (HKD 500 Million) via Generations Fund to Launch New Hong Kong Foundation to Address Hong Kong Demographics Issues Including Falling Birth Rate, First Initiative to Give $6,400 (HKD 50,000) to Full-Time Hong Kong Ph.D. Students with Child on or after 1st January 2026, Trip.com Founded in 1999 by James Jianzhang Liang, Min Fan, Neil Nanpeng Shen & Qi Ji
22nd November – China billionaire, co-founder & Chairman of travel giant Trip.com ($45 billion market value) James Jianzhang Liang (Age 55) with $2.5 billion fortune is donating $64 million (HKD 500 million) via Generations Fund to launch a new Hong Kong foundation to address Hong Kong demographics issues including falling birth rate. The first initiative is to give $6,400 (HKD 50,000) to full-time Hong Kong Ph.D. students with child on or after 1st January 2026. Trip.com was founded in 1999 by James Jianzhang Liang, Min Fan, Neil Nanpeng Shen & Qi Ji. James Jianzhang Liang, Co-founder, Executive Chairman of the Board – James Liang is one of the Co-founders and Executive Chairman of the Board of Trip.com Group Ltd. He was the Chief Executive Officer from 2000 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2016. Under his visionary leadership, Trip.com Group has achieved great milestones over the years. The company has successfully carried out transitions from offline to online, and from desktop to mobile. Furthermore, Trip.com Group has made strategic investments in key industry players, cultivated and invested in new business ideas, and established industry-leading operational standards and processes. Trip.com Group has grown to become one of the world’s largest online travel agencies. James has been awarded various accolades for his contributions to the travel industry. Some of his recent awards include: 2019 Forbes China Multinational Business Leader, Best CEO in the Internet category in the 2016 All-Asia Executive Team Rankings by Institutional Investor. Currently, James serves as Co-Chairman of Tongcheng-eLong (HKSE:0780) and on the boards of a number of other Internet companies, including Sina (NASDAQ: SINA), and MakeMyTrip (NASDAQ: MMYT). Prior to co-founding Trip.com Group, James held a number of technical and managerial positions at Oracle Corporation from 1991 to 1999, both in the United States and China. He was the head of the ERP consulting division of Oracle China from 1997 to 1999. James received his Ph.D. degree from Stanford University and his master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology. He was also an attendee of the “China Gifted Youth Class” at Fudan University.
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