China Overseas Chinese Network, September 7th, title: New business opportunities under the epidemic!
This wave of overseas compatriots...
The outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has changed the lives of many people. Some people went bankrupt due to the epidemic, while some people smelled business opportunities from the crisis, seized the opportunities, and opened up their own careers. Among them were overseas Chinese and overseas students.
Data map: The teacher is teaching the students the main points of live delivery.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Dongming
Encountered the epidemic at the beginning of business
International students turn to online bloggers
Zheng Yueyue, a Chinese student who just graduated from the University of Melbourne, originally hoped to start a physical board game hall after graduation.
The outbreak of the epidemic made her change her entrepreneurial mindset.
By chance, a life topic article she published on the Xiaohongshu platform happened to help a junior student studying in Australia.
As a media major, she wanted to use the online channels of social media platforms to open up resources and explore a seemingly more feasible way to start a business under the epidemic.
Zheng Yueyue said that sharing and “planting grass” for others is one of her favorite things in life.
The money-saving campaign, supermarket recommendation, second-hand market complete, international express delivery, strategies for returning overseas students, embassy health packs and government subsidies application strategies are all shared by Zheng Yueyue's "long-length discussions".
Data map: The host is broadcasting live.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Dongming
Many bloggers just share life or bring goods, and Zheng Yueyue hopes to'benefit others' and truly help friends in the international student circle, and then gradually expand into a profitable account and a valuable full-platform self-media brand.
Zheng Yueyue has received "invitations" from several promotion companies and has been drawn into the WeChat group of some product agents.
"Under the epidemic, we can still do a lot. Although we don't know whether we can achieve our own "entrepreneurial success" in the future, we will not let down the expectations and trust of those strangers in us." Zheng Yueyue said.
Inspired by domestic life
Digitization of overseas catering industry
Affected by the epidemic, many overseas catering industries have begun the digital process.
American Chinese Jacky Wang has developed an application that allows restaurant owners to use its platform free of charge, which facilitates users to browse menus and place orders online, and also allows small businesses to upload and sell products on the platform for free.
Inspired by China’s QR code ordering, Jacky Wang developed an ordering application that allows merchants to update menus and content through the App, and then puts all the information in the cloud to form a cloud page QR code, which users can provide through the merchant QR code to browse dishes and prices, place an order.
American Chinese Jacky Wang developed an ordering app.
(Photo by Zhang Hong, World Journal, USA)
He said that this application has been on the shelves for two months and more than 50 businesses have become cooperative restaurants.
Jacky Wang said that the epidemic has had a great impact on the catering industry. Most restaurants are operated on a small scale and do not have a budget for web pages. Other food delivery platforms or third-party platforms will also charge fees.
His App is free for merchants and consumers. It not only provides a platform for merchants to display their products, but also completes the function of online settlement.
As for the money-making model, Jacky Wang said that, like the business model of all platforms, he mainly makes money through platform advertising.
In addition to online ordering, some overseas Chinese have also developed takeaway delivery platforms.
Canadian Chinese student Chen Jiaye and her classmates put forward a business idea of food delivery and put it into practice, which was welcomed by many people.
Data map: The daily necessities that the merchant is preparing to deliver.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
Li Yingfeng, a partner of the French Chinese food delivery platform "Fangyuanshili", said that during the period of the epidemic ban, the business volume of its platform reached 43% of the annual turnover in 2019.
Now it has become the largest food delivery platform in Paris, with more than 300 online restaurants.
Tourism shutdown
Overseas Chinese entrepreneurs find a way out
Affected by the epidemic, tourism-related industries have been severely depressed, and overseas Chinese tourists have been under great pressure.
Many overseas Chinese in the tourism industry have begun to explore ways to transform and upgrade, and many overseas Chinese have used the resources accumulated in the tourism industry to explore new industry opportunities.
Because there are almost no tourists, many shops in Chinatown, a well-known spot in San Francisco, are still closed.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
"After the outbreak, the income of Hungary's tourism industry was zero." said Tong Daming, head of the "Europe to Europe" Chinese tour group in Eastern Europe and an overseas Chinese in Hungary.
Daming Tong and his colleagues began to try to make a "live broadcast" transformation. On China's "horse honeycomb", the "Oulai Ouqu" account has recently become active on the live broadcast channel.
At present, "Europe, Europe and Go" has conducted more than 30 live broadcasts on the hornet's cellular platform, with the highest single viewing volume reaching 125,000.
In the future, the company will also try to recommend tourist products to the audience during the live broadcast, and deliver European high-quality food, daily necessities, and specialty crafts to domestic audiences through “live broadcast delivery”, said Tong Daming.
Data map: Tourists visit the New Palace of Sanssouci Palace in Germany.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Peng Dawei
Different from exploring transformation in the tourism industry, Hu Feng, who is engaged in travel agency-related business in Tajikistan, began to work on an "unexpected" project.
At the end of 2019, Hu Feng received a quilt from an overseas Chinese friend in the tower.
"I have never covered such a comfortable quilt since I was a child!" Hu Feng's first trial of a quilt was because of its high-quality "circle powder".
So started the idea of cooperating with quilt manufacturers in sales.
After the outbreak, the quilt factory fell into an operational crisis. Hu Feng, who has been in Tajikistan, plans to cooperate with this friend to prepare for the resumption of production of the quilt factory. Once the epidemic prevention and other relevant conditions are mature, work will start immediately.
"Compared with the tourism industry, the resumption of work and production of quilt factories is relatively quick and easy." Hu Feng said.
Many shops in Chinatown, a famous spot in San Francisco, are still closed.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan
The epidemic has severely affected the work of many people. Overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese did not wait for the epidemic to improve, but tried every means to "break through", using their connections, resources and wisdom to attack from all sides, each showing its abilities, and bringing new things to themselves hope.
As the epidemic gradually improves, I believe that more overseas Chinese will be able to
Return to normal life, getting better and better!
(Source: References: China News, China Overseas Network, People's Daily Overseas Edition, the United States, "World News" Canada, "Ming Pao" and so on; Author: Xu Wenxin; ID: qiaowangzhongguo)