Co-Founder of SOHO China renowned for daring collaborations with international architects that have transformed Chinese skylines with over 54,000,000 feet of properties. Founder of Closer Media, a New York-based production company and financier working to make meaningful stories to bring people closer together.

Trustee of MoMA, Member of the Harvard Global Advisory Council. Holds honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Sussex, has served as visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School. Member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition spearheaded by Bill Gates to fund technology developments to enable a zero-emissions energy future. Has won many international awards for role as a patron of China's most visionary architecture and as an innovative entrepreneur; Business Week's Stars of Asia Award (2004); Special Prize, eighth Biennale di Venezia; 2004 Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award; elected one of the Ten Women to Watch in Asia, Wall Street Journal (2007).In 2005, Xin and her husband established the SOHO China Foundation and in 2014 launched the SOHO China Scholarships, a USD $100 million initiative providing financial aid to Chinese students at leading international universities.