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TU YIQIAN  

VP OF Human Resources, Beijing LEILI MARINEBIO

"TU YIQIAN, VP of Human Resources at Beijing LEILI MARINEBIO, shares how HR is evolving from an administrative function into a strategic growth engine. She breaks down how data, culture, and psychologically safe environments help unlock human potential, and highlights why HR that drives innovation and customer value becomes a true catalyst for organisational resilience. "

From Administration to Strategic Catalyst-How Modern HR Drives Growth, Innovation, and Human Potential

“In today’s business landscape, shaped by digitalisation and globalisation, the core of Human Resources has evolved from traditional administrative control into a strategic engine that drives business growth. Its primary focus is now on enabling team development and empowering business objectives. The essence of HR is no longer confined to ‘management’ but lies in becoming a deep strategic partner to the business, a true ally. This involves shaping the environment through systems, data, and culture, understanding human dynamics, and unlocking organisational potential. Leaders, in turn, ignite the passion of individuals and teams through daily interactions.

This means HR must move beyond executing processes and policies to deeply embed itself within the business value chain and participate in strategic dialogues from the planning stage. Our focus extends beyond talent allocation and personnel management to shaping a sustainable organisational ecosystem. By leveraging data to understand employee needs and designing flexible incentive systems, by fostering culture and empowering leadership to align individual growth with organisational goals, and by creating psychologically safe environments, we unleash employee creativity and foster a sense of belonging.

True human-centric governance is not merely about stacking benefits, but about systematically building a sense of meaning, enabling employees to grow through challenges, feel respected through collaboration, and see their value through contribution. When HR can transform human potential into organisational innovation and customer value, it ceases to be a cost centre and becomes a catalyst for the enterprise’s second growth curve. This is the genuine resilience that modern HR builds for companies in a volatile market.”