The configuration of the rental house, the price of a five-star hotel? What does the container hotel for the World Cup in Qatar look like?

　　China-Singapore Jingwei, November 16 (Chang Tao) As the host country of this World Cup, Qatar has a permanent population of only 2.9 million.

However, between 1.2 million and 1.7 million tourists from around the world will flock to Qatar during the event.

How to arrange shelter for these people will test the management wisdom of the organizers.

　　In this context, Qatar World Cup organizers proposed a solution for temporary container houses.

In the local "fan village", there are 6,000 such houses, and the price of each room is 200 US dollars (about 1,400 yuan) per night.

　　Ye Yikai, chairman of Guangdong Zhonghui Green Construction Mobile Housing Technology Co., Ltd., told reporters from Sino-Singapore Jingwei that there are 12,000 container houses in this World Cup from 6 Chinese manufacturers, and his company has also received 2,000 orders totaling 60 million yuan. All deliveries were completed in October.

The configuration of the rental house, the price of a five-star hotel?

　　The 2022 Qatar World Cup will start at 0:00 on November 21, Beijing time. The seven cities that will host the event are Doha, Russell City, Education City, Al, Khalifa, Sports City and Umm.

Although there are many participating cities, the number of hotel rooms is far from enough to satisfy the huge number of tourists during the event.

Take Doha, the capital of one of the host cities, for example, which had only 90,000 hotel rooms as of June.

　　According to public reports, in the face of the pressure brought by the limited city size and the number of hotels, Qatar has proposed a plan to meet the diverse accommodation needs of tourists, including providing temporary accommodation such as "tent cities", container houses, and cruise floating hotels.

Among them, container houses have attracted the most attention.

　　According to Ye Yikai, the 12,000 container houses manufactured by Chinese manufacturers for this World Cup are mainly for athletes, coaches and fans, of which about 6,000 are for fans.

　　Qatar World Cup organizers recently introduced that the price of these movable temporary rooms in the "Fans Village" is 200 US dollars per night, and there are supermarkets, restaurants and other facilities in the village.

　　In common people's perception, container means simple decoration and poor experience, which is in stark contrast to the price of 200 US dollars a night, which is not cheap. price".

So, what does this container house look like inside?

　　Ye Yikai introduced that the 2,000 sets of prefabricated container houses produced by his company will be used as apartments for athletes, each 18 square meters, single room, including an independent bathroom, a small luggage locker, a bar, a bed and two windows .

It is also understood that the container houses for fans are single or two-person rooms, similar to the aforementioned athletes’ apartments, and also have independent toilets and other configurations.

Photo provided by interviewees on the appearance of container houses

Photo courtesy of the interviewee inside the container house

　　Ye Yikai believes that the price of 200 US dollars a night, which has sparked heated discussions, is "reasonable."

"Considering this is a short-term investment, short-term gain, and a certain comprehensive construction cost, the price is quite reasonable during the competition," Ye Yikai said.

　　Public reports show that going to Qatar to watch the World Cup will indeed face higher accommodation costs.

　　In addition to container houses that cost $200 a night, tents cost $80 (about 560 yuan) a night, and apartments and private houses often range from $80 to $1,500 (about 10,500 yuan).

The price of a five-star hotel reaches US$5,000 (about 35,000 yuan) for one night, while the price of a two- and three-star hotel is also between US$500 (about 3,500 yuan) and US$2,000 (about 14,000 yuan). between.

150 sets are produced a day and shipped to Qatar in 15 days

　　In fact, mobile homes made in China are very popular overseas.

According to the cross-border index of Alibaba International Station in August, the online GMV of China Mobile Housing has increased by 117% in the past two years.

　　According to Ye Yikai’s recollection, he received an online inquiry from the organizer of the World Cup in Qatar in May 2022, “The other party expressed the need to purchase a batch of mobile houses to provide accommodation for fans who came to watch the game. In order to win this order, we only It took 2 days to produce a 1:1 housing sample as required.” He revealed that, in fact, as early as 2019, the organizers began to look for Chinese manufacturers on Alibaba International Station, when many traditional real estate developers came to bid.

　　In June 2022, the first batch of 1,000 mobile homes will be shipped from Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. At this time, only 45 days have passed since the signing of the purchase agreement.

The second batch of 1,000 houses was also shipped to Qatar at the end of September, and all of them were delivered in October.

"Under normal circumstances, it takes 15 days to transport goods from Guangdong to Qatar." Ye Yikai introduced.

　　In the past, when "big guys" like mobile homes were exported overseas, there were two main challenges. One was the high logistics cost, and the other was the difficulty in assembling the goods received by the purchaser.

　　Ye Yikai introduced that in the past, a 40-foot container could only hold 6 sets of mobile homes, and the shipping fee from Guangdong to Indonesia required 70,000 yuan, which accounted for 50% of the selling price. Adding production, after-sales and marketing costs, the profit was minimal .

Now, the company has optimized the volume of the product. A 40-foot container can hold 18 sets of prefabricated mobile homes, and the logistics cost alone has been reduced by 60%.

　　At present, the company run by Ye Yikai has realized production automation. "The company has a total of 150 fully automatic 'smart manufacturing' robots, and each robot can complete the manufacture of a mobile house every day. If all the robots are in full production, they can manufacture 150 a day. In the installation process, through continuous innovation and exploration, Ye Yikai also found the fastest and most convenient solution. "Four workers can install about three sets a day, which reduces the installation cost by 50% compared to the original." He said.

Made in China "kicked" into the World Cup

　　Not only Chinese container houses, but also more Chinese manufacturing "kicked" into the World Cup in Qatar.

In the words of netizens,

　　On November 9, the Central Bank of Qatar launched a special edition commemorative banknote for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. The commemorative banknote pattern includes the Lusail Stadium, the main stadium of the World Cup constructed by China Railway Construction International Group.

　　In November 2016, China Railway Construction won the bid for the Lusail Stadium construction project.

The stadium is located 15 kilometers north of Doha, the capital of Qatar, and can accommodate 92,000 spectators. It will undertake important events and events such as the semi-finals, finals, and closing ceremonies of the World Cup.

　　According to media reports, in Qatar, the official store for World Cup merchandise has opened for business.

Among the best-selling products, the figure made in China is indispensable.

According to a staff member of a specialty store, about 60% of the jerseys, hats, and backpacks sold here are made in China and are very popular among customers.

　　An operator of Yiwu International Trade City said that this year's World Cup related products are particularly busy receiving orders, which may increase by 20%-40% compared with the previous World Cup.

　　In fact, as an important town in China's small commodity market, Yiwu has a very strong perception of the World Cup.

　　Since the beginning of 2022, many overseas buyers have successively placed orders in Yiwu to purchase flags, whistles, horns, hand clappers and other products from various countries through online and offline methods, and World Cup products continue to sell well.

　　Xu Yan, president of the Yiwu Cross-Border E-Commerce Association, said that this year, according to estimates by the Yiwu Sports Goods Association, manufacturing in Yiwu, Zhejiang Province accounted for almost 70% of the market share of the entire World Cup peripheral products.

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