Jenny Jianrong Xu

Jenny Jianrong Xu is the Country Director‑China and Chief Representative for the Project HOPE Shanghai Representative Office. Formally educated in medicine, nursing, nutrition, and health economics, she is a global health leader based in China with more than 18 years of experience. Her expertise spans public‑private partnership development, maternal and child health, non‑communicable disease interventions, nutrition, and cancer‑care programming covering all provincial‑level jurisdictions across China. At Project HOPE, she delivers strategic and operational oversight for the organization programming China. She stewards full organizational compliance with national regulatory frameworks governing foreign non‑governmental organizations and acts as Project HOPE’s principal liaison engaging Chinese government counterparts and donor stakeholders.

Her technical and operational expertise encompasses multi‑provincial health program governance, hospital administration, quality assurance, design of domestic and international fellowship training initiatives, research and academic program governance, supply‑chain management, and clinical specialty capacity building. Throughout her career, Jenny has prioritized the development of strong partnerships to advance health systems and advance patient‑centered health outcomes. She has also facilitated public‑private collaborations with prominent partners including the Abbott Fund, UCB, USAID, Baxter Foundation, BD, AstraZeneca, Ferring, and Merck.

Jenny brings a decade of senior hospital management experience from Shanghai / National Children’s Medical Center. She was a recipient of a national science and technology award conferred by the State Council of the People’s Republic of China in 2009 for her team‑based research in pediatric nutrition. She holds a Master of Medicine and Bachelor of Medicine from Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and is a certified American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support instructor for China.