Hongqi Guo

Dr. Hongqi Guo is Founding Partner and Design Director of UA Yitong Design in Shanghai, which has 700 architects and urban planners who are working on the most iconic buildings and region developments in more than 260 cities in China in the past 20 years.
The team designs more than 30 million sqm buildings every year and realized hundreds of CBD, New Town, High Speed Train TOD, etc.
Honors, such as Annual Architect, Annual Best Urban Renovation, Pro+ Awards, International Property Awards, have been awarded to him and his firm.
With the professional ability as Class 1 Registered Architect (PRC) and Ph.D, also the knowledge about real estate development management from his education in Harvard University, Hongqi Guo works as consultant of municipalities and top-level developers for important urban developments.
Hongqi Guo is a frequent speaker who introduces China urbanization process in many international events, and he proposes IDC plan (International Design Cluster in China) to help international enterprises to bring expertise about Sustainability, Smart and Quality of Life into the next stage urbanization of China while exporting valuable insights to global urban development.