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Lilly Yang is Senior Finance Director at Novo Nordisk (China) Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. She got her Master’s degree in Accounting at the Central University of Finance & Economics, Beijing China. She is a Chinese Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”), Chinese Certified Tax Agent (“CTA”), fellow of chartered Management Accountant (“FCMA”), Charted Global Management Accountant (“CGMA”), and Associate Certified Coach (“ACC”) in the International Coach Federation. Lilly is a Guest Supervisor of the School of Accountancy, Central University of Finance and Economics, and Guest Supervisor of the School of Finance and Taxation, Renmin University of China.
Lilly started her career as an internal auditor at China Technology Import and Export Company, then as a senior auditor at Arthur Andersen, and finance supervisor and tax manager at Schneider Electric (China). She has rich experience in the finance, tax and customs areas, and she is passionate about driving the competitive value by digitalization, organization transformation, and people development.

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Jason Yan is a Partner in PwC’s Transfer Pricing practice with experience working in China and the U.S. He has been working with PwC specializing in transfer pricing for over 15 years across financial services, technology, electronics, software, pharmaceutical, chemical, education, automotive, heavy machinery, and energy sectors.
Jason has assisted clients dealing with a wide range of transfer pricing issues including planning and health check, transfer pricing compliance documentation, advanced pricing agreements, and dispute resolution. He is the financial service transfer pricing champion expert in the North region, and manages PN42 group compliance work for one of the China big 4 SOE banks as well as providing various transfer pricing services to many clients in the asset management, banking, insurance, investment banking, and financial leasing sectors.
Jason has rich experience in managing large-scale transfer pricing projects, including a mega size end-to-end project while he was with PwC US New York office, as well as global core documentation projects for a number of prominent multinational corporations. He has also devoted significant time to assisting clients in negotiating advance pricing arrangements (APAs), including the first bilateral APA in China in the pharmaceutical industry.
Jason has participated in a number of professional seminars, and has conducted numerous round table discussions with Chinese tax officials at both the national and local levels. He holds a Master’s degree in Financial Economics from Ohio University in the United States.

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Susan is the Partner of PwC’s Worldtrade Management Services (WMS) practice, based in Beijing, China.
Susan has over 15 years of customs and trade experience with PwC. She has both technical knowledge and hands-on experience related to China Customs regulations and customs practices nationwide.
Susan has worked with many major multinationals and nationals on customs subject matters covering business models study from customs perspectives, guidance to customs valuation and tariff classification, duty exemption scheme analysis, customs implications of re-structuring in terms of cost saving and practical risks, foreign exchange payment and collection in relation to trade, and technical support in post clearance customs audit.  
Prior to joining PwC, Susan worked in the General Administration Customs (GAC) in Beijing as a senior officer for more than 10 years. Susan has maintained strong relationships and connections with both GAC and local Customs offices. Through her long service with government, Susan has gained extensive knowledge and experience in understanding and interpretation of Customs regulations and local practice.  
Susan obtained her Master and Ph.D degree in Leeds University, UK.