LONDON, July 14, 2026 — According to a report published by The Icons, Inner Mountain, an international non-profit organisation founded in 2023 by DHgate Group founder and chairperson Diane Wang, is building a cross-border community for women's personal growth around three pillars: Look Within, Community and International.

Inner Mountain launched first in China and North America before expanding globally. In China, the organisation introduced the personal growth brand Her Mountain (Ta Shan), a platform for women's learning, sharing, growth and mutual support designed to help women move beyond self-imposed limitations. Operating as a social enterprise, all of its operational revenue is reinvested into sustainable service projects.

Diane Wang and the Inner Mountain Foundation won the Silver and Bronze “Woman of the Year” awards at the 21st Annual Stevie® International Business Awards. (Image: Inner Mountain)

Speaking about her motivation for founding Inner Mountain, Wang said she wanted every woman to "look within and realise her full potential" while supporting those around her, describing it as "a sustainable endeavour for collective wellbeing that belongs to everyone."

Inner Mountain founder and DHgate Group founder and chairperson Diane Wang. (Image: Inner Mountain)

Inner Mountain provides members with online resources including The Climb podcast, self-reflection exercises, documentaries and TEDx talks, alongside regular in-person gatherings in the United States, China and elsewhere. The organisation established its first US chapter, in California, in June 2024. In January 2026, Inner Mountain launched its online learning product, Inner Mountain Masterclass, in the United States, breaking the practice of looking within down into applicable principles and tools, and plans to collaborate with institutions including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Sounds True on further courses.

Inner Mountain's international outlook is closely tied to Wang's long record of global public-affairs work. Through organisations including APEC, the G20 and the WTO, Wang has driven digital-economy projects aimed at empowering women, helping more than 100,000 women across 51 countries and regions. That record includes the APEC Cross-Border E-Commerce Capacity Building Programme, which she launched at the 2013 APEC Ministerial Meeting and which had trained more than 100,000 SME entrepreneurs, business association representatives and policymakers across more than twenty economies by 2021. Wang and the Inner Mountain Foundation recently won the Silver and Bronze “Woman of the Year” awards at the 21st Annual Stevie® International Business Awards.

In October 2024, Wang's book, The Inner Mountain: Discover Your True Spirit, Strength, and Potential, was published by Forbes Books, setting out Inner Mountain's central premise: that true success is defined not by the scale of a career or the size of a fortune, but by the capacity to keep evolving through every stage of life.

The Inner Mountain, written by Diane Wang, was published by Forbes Books. (Image: Inner Mountain)

About Inner Mountain:

Inner Mountain is an international non-profit organisation founded by Diane Wang in 2023, built on three pillars — Look Within, Community and International — dedicated to advancing women's personal growth and connection worldwide. The organisation has established chapters in China and the United States.

About Diane Wang:

Diane Wang is the Founder and Chairperson of DHgate Group, which she founded in 2004 to focus on B2B cross-border trade. She is also the founder of Inner Mountain.