The chairman and president of Amap are Hou Jun and Cheng Congwu respectively.

Hou Jun was born in 1964 and is 50 years old this year. According to the official website of Peking University’s Entrepreneur Club, Hou Jun received a bachelor’s degree in ancient literature from the Chinese Department of Peking University in 1983. After graduation, he worked as a criminal police officer, Finance and other jobs. He started his own business in the mid-1990s and is involved in high-tech, tourism, property investment and other industries.

Cheng Congwu, male, born in 1964, native of Jingshan, master's degree, majored in economics, was the president of China Datong Industrial Co., Ltd. in 1994, and has also served as the chairman of Huanglongdong Investment Co., Ltd. since 1998. He is currently President of AutoNavi Software Co., Ltd.

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Amap is China's leading provider of digital map content, navigation and location service solutions. It has the "three A" qualifications of Class A surveying and mapping qualifications for navigation electronic maps, Class A qualifications for surveying and mapping aerial photography, and Class A surveying and mapping qualifications for Internet map services. Its high-quality electronic map database has become the company's core competitiveness.

The company was listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (NasdaqAMAP) in the United States in 2010. In December 2014, AutoNavi released the "Travel Protection" plan, announcing that this service would be effective for a long time and that the maximum compensation limit would be increased to 1,000 yuan. On June 5, 2018, Apple released the latest iOS 12 operating system at the Apple Developer Conference on June 4, US time. CarPlay supports Amap.

Reference material Baidu Encyclopedia: Gaode Map