Ning Gaoning, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shandong province. He was born in 1958, graduated from Shandong University, and received a MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in the USA.
Ning spent his entire career at the Huarun Group; he was named as a director of one of Huarun's subsidiaries three years after joining the company. He went on to serve as general manager of several different Huarun companies and eventually became general manager of the Huarun Group. Ning led the Hong Kong Huarun Group in a series of mergers and purchases on the mainland in the real estate, beer, and retail sales industries.
He is now China National Cereals, Oil and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corporation.