China News Service, Xiamen, September 10th, title: Hurun Group Bureau International "Circle of Friends": From the Global Village to Realize the Dream in China
Author Yan Xu
"We come from a global village, and our dreams are fulfilled in China." Hu Run said during the dialogue with the international "friend circle" in Xiamen.
The 2020 Xiamen International Investment and Trade Fair and the Silk Road Investment Conference are being held in Xiamen, and a series of special events for "Hurun Report" will also appear during the conference.
Hu Run, chairman and chief research officer of "Hurun Report", who has worked and lived in China for 20 years, invited his international friends to gather on Ludao to talk about their Chinese stories from the perspective of foreigners. Chinese Dream".
Hu Run said that after the epidemic, a new trend in wealth creation has emerged, and foreign entrepreneurs in China who "pursue their dreams" must also work hard to create more value.
Photo by Wang Dongming
More than 700 years ago, the famous traveler Marco Polo came to China from Italy in 4 years and lived in China for 17 years.
Today, Carlo Diego D'Andrea, Vice President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China from Italy, has lived in China for 15 years.
"I live in Shanghai. No matter where in this city, you can speak the languages of different countries, and many people will understand them." Carlo Diego D'Andrea said that as China and the EU deepen cooperation, Shanghai will Become a more international city.
"There are two kinds of foreigners who must come to China, one is the person who likes China, and the other is the person who wants to make money." While studying in China, Carlo Diego D'Andrea met his partner.
Later, the two jointly founded a law firm, focusing on the automotive field, and the business continued to expand.
The picture shows Hurun being interviewed by a reporter from China News Agency during the 2020 Xiamen CIFIT.
Photo by Wang Dongming
In Carlo Diego D'Andrea's view, their cooperation just proves that if you want to "realize your dream" in China, you must have an international perspective and also be based locally.
Rob Bailey came to China from Texas in 2006 to "chasing dreams", and he and Carlo Diego D'Andrea were almost "front and back".
Now, as the general manager of Kenhuo Trading and Zhuoni Musical Instruments Company, he calls himself the "New Xiamen Man".
From the initial business of gifts and foreign trade to international trade and investment consulting, Rob Bailey has continuously integrated the resources he has accumulated in China for many years, and has had good interactions with local enterprises and factories.
"Our business has been growing. We have established a foundation of friendship and trust here. I am willing to do business here. The business environment here is very friendly and the living environment is happy and comfortable." Rob Bailey's wish is to better integrate into Xiamen. In the eyes of employees, family, and neighbors, become a local, not a foreigner.
"Wow, just go together, and wow is eh Meng Lang." (Southern Fujian, meaning "I tell you, I am from Xiamen") these international friends, all of whom can speak fluent Chinese, and become BF Sotheby's Ben Briggs, CFO of International Real Estate, can even speak Hokkien.
His life has gradually become "Southern Fujian"-he loves tea and seafood. When he has time, he often takes his family to camp in Xiamen's Tongan Military Camp, Tingxi Reservoir, and Dadeng Island.
Ben Briggs, who is engaged in real estate, has experienced the booming development of China's real estate industry.
In the past few years, the development direction of the company has extended from Xiamen to overseas markets. Ben Briggs has assisted Xiamen companies in bilateral trade with the United States, and provided companies with appropriate solutions to meet their overseas investment needs.
"I am from Xiamen." Ben Briggs emphasized again in English.
When he first came to Xiamen, he was unfamiliar with everything and was helped by many local friends in work and life.
Today, the city gives him a sense of belonging, and he participates in community poverty alleviation.
In the post-epidemic era, the revitalization of Xiamen's economy, in Ben Briggs' view, is a goal for everyone, including local foreign entrepreneurs, to work together.
Hurun founded the "Hurun Report" in 1999 and pioneered China's first wealth ranking, the "100 Rich List", witnessing the development of Chinese private enterprises.
In his view, these two decades are an incredible era for China. For example, 5 years ago, "Hurun Report" could only find one hundred billion-level entrepreneurs, and now there are more than 30, including those who have just gone public. Zhong Sui, the founder of Nongfu Spring.
"Chinese entrepreneurs are getting deeper and deeper in their fields, and many people accidentally become world-class entrepreneurs." Hu Run said that after the epidemic, a new trend in wealth creation has emerged, and foreign entrepreneurs in China are "pursuing dreams". We must also work hard to create more value.
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