15 Web Entrepreneurs Under 30 Doing Awesome Stuff in China

Forbes just put up a list of 30 young disruptors in China working across all kinds of fields. But its list gives no information about any of the entrepreneurs’ ventures – and all its links are broken – so it’s done rather badly.

So we decided to pick out the individuals who’ve specifically created web startups, check out their sites and services, and see what these youngsters are working on. The end result is 15 web entrepreneurs under 30 in China that we should look out for this year.

It’s noticeable that quite a few of them are working on globally-minded businesses. Here are the 15 people and their startups, some of which will be familiar to regular readers:

Zhang Lianglun

• Age: 26
• CEO, Mizhe

As we noted earlier this year, Mizhe is a unique site, a sort of online shopping guide that offers discounts for shoppers on top Chinese e-commerce sites. It raised about US$1.6 million from IDG Capital at the start of this year.

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Shi Kaiwen

• Age: 23
• Founder, Jing.fm

Jing.fm is perhaps China’s coolest music streaming startup and something that I use often for background music when writing. It’s a bit like Grooveshark, really.

But with Chinese consumers being so unwilling to pay up for web-based content like music – or anything digital – Jing.fm will need to find a revenue stream to keep the music flowing.

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Huang Kai

• Age: 27
• Chief designer, Yoka Games

If there’s any group of online consumers in China that are actually willing to pay up, it’s MMO gamers. And that’s the target audience for the Yoka Games online store, selling real-world gaming merchandise to fans of virtual adventures.

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