Kaixin said that it was grateful to Liu’ work in expanding Kaixin business last year, and felt sorry his leave for personal reasons, also wished Liu all the best.

Sources familiar with Liu disclosed that Liu was to leave kaixin for some time, studying abroad, and his main purpose is to study in a relaxed environment, and further systematic study of advanced management experience.

The source also said that Liu was very optimistic about kaixin’s development, and looked forward more work in near future for China’s SNS.

According to media reports, the founder -Cheng Binghao invited in March last year his old colleague Liu Qian from Sina to join kaixin, and some media quoted informed sources that sales of kaixin under the leadership of Liu had a lot of progress.