Mr Tang is presently President of China Nonferrous Metals Int’l Mining Co., Ltd. (CNMIM). He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in computer science from Central-South University, China and also holds a Master of Science degree. In the early 1990s he pioneered the trading system for the first nonferrous metals future commodity exchange in China. He has worked for several years in Canada in the investment management and consulting industry before returning to China to occupy his present office at CNMIM.