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Lu Zhengyao

China Auto Renting Inc. · China

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Lu Zhengyao is the CEO of China Auto Renting Inc. (0699). Zhengyao is based in China. Zhengyao was born in 1969 in Changqiao Town (Pingnan County) and educated at Peking University and University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Chinese businessman and serial entrepreneur who founded China Auto Rental Holdings in 2007 and led it to an IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2014. He holds degrees in industrial electric automation from the University of Science and Technology Beijing and an EMBA from Peking University.

Recent developments

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Recent coverage has focused on Lu Zhengyao's business interests amid fallout from the Luckin Coffee accounting scandal, which reportedly damaged valuations across his portfolio holdings. Headlines document the delisting of China Auto Renting Inc. from the Hong Kong Exchange and a series of stake sales and ownership changes in the car rental company, with coverage linking these developments to the broader reputational impact of the Luckin affair. Earlier coverage portrayed Lu as an architect of aggressive growth strategies across multiple ventures before the scandal emerged.

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Born
July 1969 · Changqiao Town (Pingnan County)
Citizenship
People's Republic of China
Education
Peking University, University of Science and Technology Beijing

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