Recently, 36Kr’s Waves column unveiled its 2026 Under 36 List. Dr. Pang Haitian, Chairman and CEO of Jiangxing Intelligence, has been successfully selected to the entrepreneur category of the ranking.

 

36Kr’s Under 36 List has long spotlighted young talent across cutting-edge technology, industrial innovation and venture capital sectors. It recognizes entrepreneurs, tech innovators and investors aged under 36 who are committed to the real economy, pushing technological boundaries and driving industrial transformation.

This year’s list adopts the theme “A Generation Bypassing Conventional Solutions”, honoring young trailblazers reshaping industrial paradigms with new technologies and methodologies.

In terms of the demographic breakdown of honorees, over half of entrepreneurs and tech innovators hold a doctoral degree or are pursuing doctoral studies. Fields of AI and robotics account for more than 70% of all selected candidates. Tsinghua University tops the institutional ranking with 15 alumni featured on the list.

The roster also includes leading hard-tech entrepreneurs from AI and robotics sectors such as Yang Zhilin of Moonshot AI (developer of Kimi), Wang Xingxing of Unitree Robotics and Shao Tianlan of Mecamand, highlighting the strong tech-driven entrepreneurial hallmark of this year’s selection.

*Below is the full 2026 Under 36 Entrepreneur List:

A PhD graduate from the Department of Computer Science at Tsinghua University, Dr. Pang Haitian stands as a quintessential tech entrepreneur honored in this year’s ranking. Translating pioneering lab research into long-term on-site industrial verification, he has always adhered to the philosophy of “rooting technology in real-world scenarios”. Under his leadership, Jiangxing Intelligence has achieved successive milestones spanning technological R&D, scenario validation and large-scale commercial deployment.

His track record of industry accolades — from Forbes 30 Under 30, Fortune China’s 40 Under 40 Business Elites, and Hurun China U35 Entrepreneurs to this latest 36Kr Under 36 honor — chronicles the growth journey of both Dr. Pang and Jiangxing Intelligence from an early-stage startup to a large-scale commercial operator. These recognitions also validate his long-held core conviction: sustainable, viable technologies must be deployed in real-world settings to solve tangible industrial pain points.

Looking ahead, Dr. Pang remarked: “There are no shortcuts in Physical AI. Over the next 12 to 18 months, we will subject ourselves to market scrutiny against four measurable milestones: assembling our top-tier core team, launching our computing power center, finalizing mass production lines for embodied AI controllers, and rolling out replicable digital factories at scale.”