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Tan is a Chinese national with over twenty years experience in technology transfer to China. From 1982-1999 he worked for the State Science and Technology Commission focused on bringing foreign technology into China. In this role he worked with many foreign technology companies to assist them in entering the market. He was based in Hong Kong from 1984-1991 with the Xinhua News Agency (Hong Kong) Branch. In 1992 he was responsible for establishing Macology Trading, the highly successful state-owned distribution company created to distribute Macromedia’s products in China. As General Manager of Macology he built a very successful market presence for Macromedia. In 1999 Tan left the Commission, which had become the Ministry of Science and established Allitech a software company focused on providing software applications for government ministries. In 2003 he established Wanlitech, a Hong Kong based developer of high end software for the location based entertainment industry. Tan joined Gramercy in early 2005. | 