Four of the founding members of the "Qingke" team graduated from Tsinghua University. The founder, Chen Tengjiao, graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua University, majoring in transportation styling design. He previously worked as a car designer for Nissan Infiniti.
The light passenger vehicle TSINOVA was initiated and founded by automobile designer Chen Tengjiao. The R&D team is led by Du Lei, a Ph.D. in automotive engineering from Tsinghua University, and has obtained 11 national patents. Qingke has currently established a strong team in marketing, production, R&D and other fields. Team members come from Microsoft, Tesla, Nokia, Philips, Ogilvy, BlueFocus, Dahang and other companies.