Yu Dong was born in Beijing in 1971.

Graduated from the Management Department of Beijing Film Academy in 1994 and was assigned to work at Beijing Film Studio.

With hard work and excellent interpersonal communication skills, Yu Dong had already emerged at that time. He was quickly appreciated and promoted by Han Sanping, the then director of Beijing Film Studio, and became the youngest department-level employee in the history of Beijing Film Studio.

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Years of experience in the front line of the distribution market have given him a deeper understanding of the Chinese film industry.

In 1999, with his persistence and dream for movies, Yu Dong founded Beijing Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. - China's first private film distribution company, and obtained the first "film distribution license" issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.

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In the initial entrepreneurial stage of Bona, Yu Dong led a small team consisting of only a few people and released the low-cost film "My Brothers and Sisters", "With You" directed by Chen Kaige, and "Legend of Tianmai" starring Michelle Yeoh

"A series of films such as "The Movie" have repeatedly made outstanding achievements in the field of Chinese film distribution, attracting the attention of the industry.

At the same time, Yu Dong's outstanding performance has also attracted overseas attention. He was hailed as "Asia's most influential filmmaker" by the famous Western industry media "Hollywood Reporter". Bona Company is also known as - China

of Miramax.

In 2007, Bona completed its first round of financing and received an investment of US$10 million from two venture capital firms, Sequoia Capital China Fund and SIG Haina Asia Venture Capital Fund.

Subsequently, Bona completed Deloitte's 2007 financial audit report on the company, becoming the first private film company in the Chinese film industry to hire an international "Big Four" accounting firm for audit.

Yu Dong boldly made important choices in modern enterprise systems and standardized management, eliminating familialization and constantly introducing talents.

And "going public" has become his next goal.

At that time, many people in the team thought this was a fantasy.

In 2008, in addition to his busy work, Yu Dong began to study for the EMBA program at Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and the CEO class at Tsinghua University. He continued to enrich himself and completely completed the formal transformation from a frontline publisher to a highly professional corporate manager.

In 2009, Bona successfully completed its second round of financing, totaling 100 million yuan.

The company subsequently officially changed its name to Bona Film Group.

In 2010, after just three years of management in accordance with the modern enterprise system, Bona Film Group has developed into "the first in the number of films produced, the first in total box office revenue, the first in overseas export sales, and the first in awards at home and abroad"

China's largest private film company.

On December 9 of the same year, Yu Dong led the group's senior management team to New York, USA, to ring the opening bell. Bona Pictures Group successfully landed on Nasdaq, becoming the first Chinese film and television media stock in the U.S. capital market, and the first stock in mainland China.

The first film and television company listed overseas.

At the moment when the bell on Wall Street rang, Yu Dong cried with joy. He firmly believed that "the history of Chinese film will remember this moment of extraordinary significance." He solemnly delivered a speech: "We have spent 11 years persisting in a film dream. We have spent 11 years

We have made many friends with our 11 years of sincerity. We will uphold the corporate cultural spirit of learning from others and embracing all rivers, and strive to create a great dream and miracle." - The youngest in the Chinese film industry.

, the most successful film entrepreneur, immediately attracted sensational attention from Hollywood and Wall Street.

That year, Yu Dong was 39 years old.

Yu Dong started from scratch and has been working hard in the Chinese film industry for more than 20 years. He has served as a producer for about 230 films. He has won numerous awards at major domestic and foreign film festivals, and was awarded the annual gold medal promoter by the well-known domestic media "Nandu Entertainment Weekly", as well as domestic

The top new media channel Sina Entertainment awarded him the most popular movie producer on Weibo and many other personal awards.

As of the beginning of 2014, Bona Film Group, under the leadership of Yu Dong, has comprehensively laid out the entire industry chain, worked steadily and conscientiously, and made solid progress in various businesses, including film and television production, film and television distribution, theater investment, theater chain management, advertising and marketing, and artist management.

With impressive results in all aspects, Bona has become one of the leading companies in the Chinese film industry.

In the more than three years since its listing, Bona has invested in and filmed more than 40 films, including "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom", "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", "The Overheard" series, "The Grandmaster", "Sister Tao" and "Anti-Drug".

, the total box office reached 7 billion yuan.

More than three years after its listing, Bona once again successfully introduced the strategic investment of American News Corporation and China Fosun Group, optimized the equity structure of Bona Film Group, and launched China's first joint venture with Sequoia Capital and Noah ***

A professional investment fund for film and television, raising RMB 1 billion in the first phase.

These financial capital provide reliable financial guarantee for Bona's development in the next three to five years.

In the more than three years since its listing, Bona has invested in and built 30 cinemas, 22 of which have been put into operation, with a total of 182 screens, covering 19 key provinces and cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, and Wuhan.

In the next five years, Bona Cinemas will be built to 100 nationwide, with more than 800 screens expected.

While Bona Film Group is booming, as a well-known philanthropist in the domestic film and television industry, Yu Dong has not forgotten to give back to the society.