The Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) is a transnational conglomerate that consists of three core businesses that operate in the agribusiness and food, retail and distribution, and the telecommunications industries with investment in 15 countries. Founded in 1921, the CP Group currently employs over 280,000 people with offices and factories located worldwide. Annual revenue for the year 2010 is USD 30 Billion.

Charoen Pokphand traces its beginnings back to 1921, when the immigrated Chinese brothers Ek Chor and Siew Whooy started a seed store named ‘Chia Tai Chueng’ in Bangkok's Chinatown during the reign of King Rama VI. They imported seeds and vegetables from China and exported pigs and eggs to Hong Kong.

The company increased its scope from selling vegetable seeds under the trademark of ‘Rua Bin’ (Aero plane) to production of animal feed under Ek Chor’s two elder sons, Jaran Chiaravanont and Montri Jiaravanont. The company further integrated its business to include livestock farming, marketing and distribution, under Dhanin Chearavanont. By the 1970s the company had a virtual monopoly on the supply of chicken and eggs in Thailand.

Christina Gao (Chinese: 高昊; pinyin: Gāo Hào; born March 7, 1994) is an American figure skater. She is the 2009–2010 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and 2009 U.S. Junior bronze medalist.

Gao was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was a junior national badminton champion in China. Gao moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and trains with Brian Orser, the 1984 and 1988 Olympic silver medalist, at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.

She is a National Merit Semifinalist and has reportedly been accepted into Harvard.^{[citation needed]}

Gao began skating at age 7.

In the 2004–2005 season, competing on the Juvenile level, Gao won the silver medal at her regional championship to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships, where she placed 12th. She moved up to the Intermediate level the following year and won the pewter medal at her regional championship to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships, where she placed 11th in her qualifying group and did not advance to the final. She moved up to the Novice level for the 2006–2007 season and placed 13th at her regional championship and did not qualify to her sectional championship.

Andrew Lau Wai-Keung (born 4 April 1960) is a Hong Kong cinematographer and filmmaker. Lau began his career in the 1980s and 1990s, serving as a cinematographer to filmmakers such as Ringo Lam, Wong Jing and Wong Kar-wai. In the 1990s, Lau decided to have more creative freedom as a cinematographer by becoming a film director and producer. Apart from making films in his native Hong Kong, Lau has also made films in China, Korea and the United States. A highly prolific filmmaker, Lau has made films in a variety of genres, and is most notable in the West for his action and crime films which include the Young and Dangerous film series, and the Infernal Affairs trilogy (the latter co-directed together with Alan Mak).

Andrew Lau was born 4 April 1960, and is one of six siblings. As a child, he was raised in the New Territories of Hong Kong. His father worked as a construction worker on Hong Kong Island. Since his parents did not have time to concentrate on all of their children, Lau had developed an interest in photography. Lau was also a Catholic, and would go to church every week, learning how to play a guitar. As a child and high school student, Lau admits to not liking Hong Kong, since it was a British colony.