Pan Shiyi is regarded as one of the most active and distinctive real estate leaders in China today. SOHO China Co., Ltd., founded by him and his wife Zhang Xin on 1995, has become the largest real estate developer in Beijing. As the chairman, he has been in charge of the company's commercial real estate development business in China. Especially in the CBD of Beijing, he left a permanent mark. In this region, SOHO China is the largest developer in terms of both construction scale and project sales, and boldly introduces iconic contemporary buildings into the capital of China.

Pan Shiyi is famous for being avant-garde. He is the pioneer of a new generation of private enterprises, and the SOHO model (small office, home office) that he promoted to combine life and work is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. As the chairman of SOHO China, the projects he developed have achieved great commercial success, which is mainly attributed to his superb marketing art and accurate positioning of the needs of China investors and SMEs. In addition, his philosophy, flexible and frank attitude towards life and career also made him a model of the public and a celebrity of the media.

Pan Shiyi is also one of the earliest fans of the Internet age and mass media in China. He successfully used his personal blog and Weibo to promote the SOHO brand. This blog has settled in more than a dozen mainstream portals, with tens of millions of views on Sina alone. He also shared his knowledge and opinions through blogs, online chats, Weibo speeches and many important conferences (such as World Economic Forum, Asian Business Leaders Association, Boao Forum for Asia, etc.). ), and vividly preached the industry trends and broader social topics to the public.

Pan Shiyi, 1963, a native of Tianshui City, Gansu Province. 1982 After graduating from China Petroleum Pipeline Institute, he was assigned to the former Ministry of Petroleum. 1987, he resigned and went to Shenzhen and Hainan, and then went to Beijing, specializing in real estate development. He and his partners founded Beijing Wantong Co., Ltd. on 1992. In the eyes of many people in China, Pan Shiyi's life is a successful story of how a young man born in a poor area in the west persisted in his dream, showed his business talent and enterprising spirit, seized the good opportunity of China's reform and opening up, and finally became the leader of the industry. Pan Shiyi is also very enthusiastic about public welfare. Together with Zhang Xin, he founded the SOHO China Foundation, which aims to change the fate of students and families in poor areas by subsidizing education.