Gloria Xu

Vice President, Dow Greater China

Gloria Xu is Vice President, Dow Greater China and serves as Dow’s corporate representative with government, trade associations and other key external stakeholders.

Prior to this role, she was General Manager, Public & Government Affairs, Greater China, responsible for the company’s policy advocacy, government engagement, and strategic communications in the Greater China region.

Before joining Dow in 2014, she led the China government affairs functions of DuPont and Standard Chartered Bank respectively for 13 years.

Gloria was China Public Relations Manager of Alibaba.com Group in 2000-2001 and helped build up brand awareness of the new company in its early years.

From 1993 to 2000, Gloria was a political correspondent with China Daily, covering legislative and foreign affairs, military, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan news.

She was elected Vice Chair of the American Chamber of Commerce in China in 2020 and was a board member in 2017-2020.

She is a member of the Agenda Committee of World Financial Forum, Co-Chair of AmCham China Women Advisory Council and Chair of the Digital Transformation Expert Committee of China International Import Expo.

Gloria graduated from Nanjing University with a BA in English Language and Literature.