Tec-Do CEO Shuhao Li Named to Forbes China’s 2026 100 Most Influential Chinese List, Reshaping Global Growth with Pro Agent

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Established in 2021 and now in its sixth year, the selection recognizes Chinese leaders worldwide who have made outstanding contributions to global economic development and business innovation. Previous honorees include NVIDIA Founder Jensen Huang, AMD Chair and CEO Lisa Su, TikTok CEO Shou Chew, and renowned AI scientist Fei-Fei Li.

This year’s list reflects the growing convergence of AI innovation and the services enabling businesses to expand globally. Alongside Li, honorees include AI technology leaders Junjie Yan, CEO of MiniMax, and Zhilin Yang, CEO of Moonshot AI, the company behind Kimi; physical AI entrepreneur Leo Ma, CEO of RoboForce; and leaders advancing AI across business and industry, including Wenbiao Zhao, CEO of Ant Digital Technologies, and Yuandong Tian, Co-Founder of Recursive Superintelligence.

Competition at the foundation model level centers on architecture, parameters, and scale—pushing the boundaries of underlying technical capabilities. At the application level, success depends on whether tasks are completed, execution improves, and businesses operate more efficiently. For Li and Tec-Do, this distinction defines a clear commitment: results-driven AI for Work.

In its recognition of Li, Forbes China wrote:

“Shuhao Li was an early pioneer of UC Browser’s overseas expansion. In 2013, he led the team that established UC's leading market-share position in India, before founding Tec-Do in 2017. From user acquisition in the mobile internet era to digital marketing in the social media era, and subsequently to content commerce and AI-driven business growth, his entrepreneurial journey has consistently focused on how technology creates business value.

“Tec-Do’s proprietary Tec-Chi multimodal model serves as its technological foundation. The Tec-Chi question-answering and reasoning model ranked first globally in SuperCLUE’s specialized advertising and marketing evaluation. Tec-Do recently launched Navos Pro, an industry-leading Pro-Agent built around three core attributes—Professional, Proactive, and Profitable—to deliver results-driven AI for Work.”

Forbes China further observed that the services supporting global expansion are entering a golden age. Rather than betting on the short-term growth of a single brand, the honorees are building alongside the long-term international expansion of Chinese businesses. By integrating technology, professional services, and global operating networks, they create lasting value for companies entering international markets. Tec-Do, under Li’s leadership, exemplifies this approach.

For Tec-Do, international marketing is one of the links in the global business services chain most directly connected to commercial outcomes. It also provides a critical proving ground for AI’s evolution from standalone tools into Pro-Agents.

Introduced by Tec-Do as the industry’s first Pro Agent, Navos Pro embeds AI across the entire marketing workflow, spanning market intelligence, product selection analysis, content creation, advertising diagnostics, and campaign optimization.

Powered by Tec-Do's proprietary Tec-Chi domain-specialized model, industry knowledge bases, Agent Harness, and standardized workflows, Navos Pro moves beyond responding to instructions and assisting with execution. It continuously monitors business data, proactively identifies growth opportunities, and refines strategies around metrics such as gross merchandise value (GMV) and return on investment (ROI). This brings AI closer to delivering measurable business results.

Tec-Do’s Pro Agent approach—grounded in real business operations and measurable growth—reflects the principles behind Forbes China's “Value Creators” category.

Li was also named to Fortune China's 2026 40 Under 40 earlier this year. Recognition from both publications reinforces a shared assessment: the ability to translate AI innovation into tangible commercial value is becoming a defining strength among Chinese entrepreneurs shaping the future of global business.