ABOUT RUIGUO

Two Decades of Front-Line Practice,
Your Partner in Enterprise Digitalization

Wuhan Ruiguo Interactive Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a consulting firm for manufacturers, delivering intelligent manufacturing planning, enterprise IT strategy consulting, enterprise AI planning and adoption, and enterprise AI platform implementation — plus China supply chain audit services for overseas buyers. Our founder and core team members each bring more than 20 years of enterprise IT and intelligent manufacturing experience at listed companies, and the founder has repeatedly received national-level program recognition and Outstanding CIO awards.

WHO WE ARE

Who We Are

Company Profile

Ruiguo Interactive is a consulting firm for manufacturers: intelligent manufacturing planning, enterprise IT strategy consulting, enterprise AI planning and adoption, and enterprise AI platform implementation. For overseas buyers we provide China supply chain audit services — on-the-ground supplier audits across the Central China manufacturing belt, delivered by bilingual (English–Mandarin) audit teams with 20+ years of manufacturing experience. Our DDW AI HUB Platform is an AI foundation platform for small and medium-sized manufacturers and service businesses — turning methodologies proven on the front lines into AI capabilities companies can afford.

Mission & Vision

Mission: Turn methodologies proven on the front lines into AI capabilities companies can afford.
Vision: To be the most trusted companion on the digital transformation journey of small and medium-sized manufacturers and service businesses.

What We Believe

Professional Grounding

Every recommendation stands up to real-world scrutiny — drawn from 20+ years of hands-on manufacturing practice, not laboratory theory.

Long-Term Partnership

No one-off deals — deep, guided engagements ensure that systems truly take root.

Shared Value

We focus on the aligned growth of our clients' commercial and social value, and measure our work by delivered results.

JOURNEY

Our Journey: From Front-Line Engineer to Digitalization Partner

More than two decades on the manufacturing IT path — every step taken on real production floors.

2004
Starting Out in Manufacturing IT
After graduating in information management, joined a manufacturing company as an IT specialist and rose through project manager, information manager, and project director roles, building complete system implementation experience on the front lines of both discrete and process manufacturing.
2006 — 2015
IT Head / CIO-Office Director at a Listed Enterprise Group, Leading Multiple Digital Platforms
Served as General Manager of the Information Center (CIO office) at several listed enterprises, leading group-level digital platforms and a digital supply chain. Received the 2009 Shanghai Annual CIO Award and the 2013 "Informatization Contribution Award" at the National Informatization Leaders Summit.
2015 — 2021
Strategic Digital Planning for a Diversified Group
Appointed Head of Information at a large listed group, reporting directly to the group chairman/president. Led the national Intelligent Manufacturing Pilot Demonstration Program application, planned and delivered 5G fully-connected factories, drove the group's digital management transformation, and received the 2018 Wuhan IT-and-Industrialization Integration Innovation Pioneer Award.
2021 — 2026
Dual-Track Focus on Intelligent Manufacturing and ESG
Received the National Outstanding CIO Award; led successful applications for the national Intelligent Manufacturing Pilot Demonstration (plant-level) and Outstanding Scenarios (line-level); selected for the expert pools of the Hubei Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology and the Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, and appointed Distinguished Expert of the Wuhan Cybersecurity Association.
2024
"China Manufacturing Outstanding CIO" Presented by an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
Received the 2023 China Manufacturing Outstanding CIO award from Academician Li Peigen — one of only a handful of recipients industry-wide. The same year, qualified as a CFA Registered Advanced ESG Analyst and began research on the convergence of digitalization and ESG.
2026 — Present
Founded Ruiguo Interactive, Turning Methodology into AI Capabilities Companies Can Afford
Distilled more than two decades of front-line manufacturing experience into the DDW AI HUB Platform and its 124+ platform plugins, delivering integrated digitalization, ESG, and intelligent manufacturing services for small and medium-sized enterprises.
FOUNDER

Founder · Ye Chen

More than twenty years leading IT, digitalization, and intelligent manufacturing functions at main-board listed companies — combining strategic vision with hands-on delivery capability.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic Digital Planning & Design

3–5 year digital strategies with phased implementation roadmaps for diversified group enterprises.

Multi-System Integration Architecture

Project architecture design that reconciles IT, quality management, ESG, and information security frameworks.

Data Governance

The full chain of data standards, data quality, and data asset operations — laying the groundwork for AI applications.

Credentials

CFA Registered Advanced ESG Analyst · Grade-A Auditor, IT-and-Industrialization Integration Management System · Distinguished Expert, Wuhan Cybersecurity Association

Ye Chen in One Sentence

"The real bottleneck in manufacturing has never been capacity — it is the flow of information." More than twenty years in manufacturing IT: he rose from entry-level engineer to CIO of a listed company and personally led dozens of major programs spanning intelligent manufacturing upgrades, ESG system build-outs, and supply chain digitalization, and received the "China Manufacturing Outstanding CIO" award presented by an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Baidu Search "Ye Chen CIO" →

Business inquiries (the founder personally): chenye@9cio.com

HONORS

Honors Wall: National and Provincial Program Recognition

All programs and awards below are verifiable through official channels such as the MIIT.

Program Honors (National · Provincial)

  • MIIT "Intelligent Manufacturing Pilot Demonstration" (plant-level) × 1; line-level × 2
  • National "IT-and-Industrialization Integration Pilot Demonstration Enterprise" × 3
  • National "5G Fully-Connected Factory Pilot Demonstration" × 2
  • Provincial Intelligent Manufacturing Dual-Benchmark Enterprise × 1
  • Provincial 5G Fully-Connected Factory × 1

Personal Honors

  • 2024 · 2023 China Manufacturing Outstanding CIO, presented by Academician Li Peigen of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
  • 2022 · National Outstanding CIO Award
  • 2013 · "Informatization Contribution Award," National Informatization Leaders Summit
  • 2018 · Wuhan IT-and-Industrialization Integration Innovation Pioneer Award
Expert appointments: Distinguished Expert, Wuhan Cybersecurity Association (since 2021) · Member, Hubei Province Digital Transformation Expert Pool (elected 2021) · Member, Expert Pool of the Wuhan Enterprise Digital Transformation Expert Committee (elected 2023)
STANDARDS

Standards We Helped Draft

Turning front-line practice into standards and advancing industry norms.

Information & Data

  • Specification for Competency Assessment of Information Security SpecialistsT/WHCSA 002—2024
  • Guidelines for Recognizing Data Assets on the Balance SheetT/CI 643—2024
  • Guidelines for Data Rights Confirmation ComplianceT/CI 646—2024
  • Guide to Enterprise Data Asset Inventory Methods and Asset Register PreparationT/CI 1444—2026

Carbon & Manufacturing

  • Specification for Tiered Evaluation of Zero-Carbon Factories in Industrial EnterprisesT/HBJNXH 002—2026

Standard numbers can be verified on the National Group Standards Information Platform (www.ttbz.org.cn).

MEDIA

Media Coverage & Interviews

Trade media coverage of our founder and programs — click through to the originals.

2023 · e-works Digital Enterprise Network
2023 China Manufacturing Outstanding CIO — Award Application Materials
Interview-based application materials covering the company's intelligent manufacturing planning, IT project delivery, and team building.
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2014 · China Informatization Weekly (supervised by the MIIT)
Issue No. 1072 · 2014 No. 22 · pp. 6–7 · Featured Interviewee
Interviewed as the company's CIO on enterprise IT practice and industry perspectives.
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2013 · Information Strategy (published by the State Information Center)
Issue No. 134 · 2013 No. 10 · p. 45 · Guest Commentator
Offered expert commentary on trending IT topics.
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2012 · IT Manager World
Issue No. 353 · "CIO Quotes" column · Guest Commentator
Shared perspectives on enterprise IT management in the "CIO Quotes" column.
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2011 · Corporate Culture and Management Anthology (People's Daily Press)
Book Contribution · ISBN 9787511506634
Contributed to the book, sharing practice at the intersection of enterprise IT and culture management.
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Bring Front-Line Experience to Your Enterprise

Digital planning, ESG compliance, or AI adoption — talk with us first, then decide on the investment.