" does not engage in reform and opening up is a dead end ." Facts have proved that what Comrade Deng Xiaoping said cannot be correct.
In December 1978, under Deng Xiaoping's drastic moves, the Chinese embarked on the road of reform and opening up, and this policy was no less than a change of dynasty at that time.
People who are used to digging food in the fields still dare not make any noise when they hear the major policy changes.
Just when many people were hesitating, Hong Kong people Ho Ying-tung became the first person to eat crabs . In 1979, he and some Hong Kong merchants invested 40 million Hong Kong dollars to build Zhongshan Hot Spring Hotel in Guangdong.
Ho Ying-tung's move was quickly recognized by Deng Xiaoping. In 1984, Deng Xiaoping moved south to inspect and moved to Zhongshan Hot Spring Hotel and praised himself: " is very good, very beautiful, open and good at being the opponent. "
As a participant and supporter of reform and opening up, Ho Ying-tung also had a very close relationship with Deng Xiaoping because of this.
1. Patriot capitalist
Compared with the richest people of the same period, Ho Ying-tung is truly the one who started from scratch.
Ho Ying-tung was born in Hong Kong in 1923. His parents were poor families who made a living by boat. They all day long at sea to transport goods on ships to support their families. The whole family also lives on the boat.
But when we travel at sea, we will inevitably encounter severe wind and waves. When Ho Ying-tung was 7 years old, his two brothers died at sea. His seriously ill father was hit hard and then he closed his eyes.
After this, Ho Ying-tung became the only male in the family.
His mother did not dare to stay at sea anymore, so she had no choice but to take him and his sister to live ashore and live in a slum shanty town in Hong Kong.
Fortunately, Ho Ying-tung's mother attached great importance to his education and kept providing for him to go to school no matter how difficult his life was.
Ho Ying-tung felt the difficulty of his mother and was very successful in studying. Later, he was admitted to the Huangren Academy, the first public school in Hong Kong. Mr. Sun Yat-sen studied here, which shows Ho Ying-tung's smart mind.
Unfortunately, with the outbreak of Anti-Japanese War, Ho Ying-tung was forced to stop studying and took on the burden of supporting his family.
From coal burning workers, factory apprentices, coolies who build airports to opening a small grocery store by themselves, Ho Ying-tung perfectly achieved the transformation from a worker to a boss.
In this process, Ho Ying-tung has accumulated a lot of business knowledge. Since 1948, Ho Ying-tung has been exploring his own personal experience to start his entrepreneurial career.
He first relied on his father's old career, and after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, he started transportation industry . He had more than a dozen of his own sailboats under his command, and later these ships provided him with considerable help.
In 1950, resisted U.S. aggression and aid Korea broke out. The US military ordered a comprehensive embargo on China, and no materials were allowed to be transported to China.
The Hong Kong and British governments have also strictly implemented this requirement. As a result, the materials purchased by New China in Hong Kong and Macao cannot be transported to the mainland.
In this case, Ho Ying-tung took the risk of taking over the task of transporting military supplies. After three years of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, Ho Ying-tung did not delay for a day.
Premier Zhou Enlai called him a friend of suffering for this. Later, on the 50th anniversary of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, Ho Ying-tung was invited to sit on the rostrum to watch the ceremony.
. In addition to supporting the resistance to U.S. aggression and aid Korea, Ho Ying-tung also made money.
With the first pot of gold he earned in transportation, Ho Ying-tung decisively devoted himself to the real estate industry and entered the undersea sand mining industry.
After that, Ho Ying-tung also acquired American shipyards in one fell swoop, developing construction, shipping, building materials, oil... His career was blossoming everywhere, and he successfully made a name for himself among Hong Kong businessmen, making a fortune, and his wallet quickly bulged.
It can be said that at that time, Ho Ying-tung was definitely a leader in Hong Kong's real estate industry. Because he was close to the mainland, he was also known as the " red capitalist ".
Later on the National Day Eve in 1964, as a well-known patriot, Ho Ying-tung also received an invitation to invite him to attend the National Day reception , with the signatures of Chairman Mao, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai and other central leaders.
Ho Ying-tung happily went to Beijing with the invitation. At the reception, he met Deng Xiaoping, then Vice Premier of the State Council for the first time. Deng Xiaoping shook hands with him with a smile and said, "Welcome to Beijing."
But after this hasty meeting, Ho Ying-tung had not seen Deng Xiaoping again for more than ten years, and his own career also suffered an unprecedented blow.
2. Crossing the river by feeling the stones
Shortly after Ho Ying-tung returned to Hong Kong from Beijing, he was completely labeled as "pro-communist". The sanctions imposed on him by the British Hong Kong government followed one after another, and Ho Ying-tung was forced to fade out of the real estate industry.
Although this is the case, Ho Ying-tung did not break off contact with the mainland. He turned to sports and ran around to help China join international sports organizations.
Later, he contributed money and efforts to China's Olympic bid many times, and also spent 100 million Hong Kong dollars to establish Ho Ying-Tong Sports Fund , specifically used to reward sports athletes in the mainland.
According to rough statistics, Ho Ying-tung has invested about HK$1 billion in sports in the mainland. During
, Ho Ying-tung often went to the mainland and met ordinary people in the economic depression. At this time, Ho Ying-tung would always tell his son Ho Zhenhuan with emotion: "There is no work in factories and rural areas, so it will be over if it continues."
And Ho Ying-tung hopes to see the rise of the country again in 1977.
In 1977, Deng Xiaoping re-chased the national work. At the same time, Ho Ying-tung, who is already the president of Hong Kong Football Association, also brought the Hong Kong football team to Beijing to participate in a game.
That day was July 30. At the closing ceremony after the football match, Deng Xiaoping made his first public appearance after his comeback and received Ho Ying-Tong and his group in the lounge.
Then, the night before the National Day celebration, Deng Xiaoping hosted compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, including Ho Ying-tung.
After this meeting, although Ho Ying-tung and Deng Xiaoping did not meet again until 1984, the close connection between the two officially began in 1979.
After the news of the implementation of the reform and opening up policy was released, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Xiamen and Shantou became special economic zones . Huo Yingdong, who has been immersed in the shopping mall for many years, quickly smelled the business opportunities. It is not until I can invest in the construction of my hometown.
Guangdong is one of the earliest provinces and cities to open to the public, and it is also the ancestral home of Ho Ying-tung, so he is ready to start showing his strength from here.
At the beginning of 1979, Ho Ying-tung discovered a hot spring in Zhongshan, Guangdong. He was so energetic that he immediately thought of building a hot spring hotel to engage in tourism in the mainland.
After having an idea, Ho Ying-tung brought Macau industrialists Ma Wanqi, Ho Hongshen and Ho Xian and others to jointly invest. At the end of 1979, the Zhongshan Hot Spring Hotel was successfully established. It was the first hotel in the mainland to cooperate with China and abroad, and it was also the first flower after the reform and opening up.
Not long after, Ho Ying-tung took advantage of the situation to build the first five-star hotel in the mainland, the 32-floor White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou.
These two hotels were undoubtedly test subjects of reform and opening up at that time. No one knows whether they could recover their investment costs and make profits. Ho Ying-dong's courage to cross the river by feeling the stones was first recognized by Deng Xiaoping.
After Ho Ying-tung's two hotels officially opened, Deng Xiaoping came to Zhongshan Hot Spring Hotel during his inspection in 1984. He was already 80 years old and looked a bit energetic when he saw the incubated industries under the reform and opening up.
It was January 28th that day, Deng Xiaoping and his entourage came to the hotel's Luo Sanmeishan . Deng Xiaoping raised his hand with great enthusiasm and waved it: "Climb up."
After a while, Deng Xiaoping and his party stood at the top of the mountain and faced a beautiful scenery. He said with a smile: "Hidden is really a good match.”
When I was going down the mountain, the general manager of the Hot Spring Hotel said that the road down the mountain was difficult to walk, and suggested returning the same route, but Deng Xiaoping waved his hand and said meaningfully: " I won't go back." ”
Deng Xiaoping’s words gave everyone who was watching the future development of the mainland a reassurance, which means that the reform and opening up policy will not change again, and this road must be completed.
Not long after Deng Xiaoping’s inspection south, the central government decided that 14 port cities including Qinhuangdao , Shanghai, Ningbo and other Ningbo were opened one after another. This is just the beginning of reform and opening up.
3. Experience the reform and opening up
A country will inevitably suffer a lot of criticism for the first time, including the hotel built by Ho Ying-tung, which was also debated by the people at that time.
What exactly is reform and opening up? What changes will it bring to a country? This is the biggest question deep in everyone's heart.
To answer everyone's questions, Ho Ying-tung decided to fully open the White Swan Hotel under various controversies.
, no matter whether you stay in a hotel or not, everyone can visit the White Swan Hotel at will.
In Huo Yingdong's opinion, what he saw with his own eyes is the real thing. His move was to let the Chinese people see how good the reform and opening up were.
On the day of the opening of the White Swan Hotel, a large number of ordinary people flocked to them, sighing at the magnificent buildings of the hotel, and was surprised.
But what he didn't expect Yes, the people then sparked a debate about socialism and capitalism . After all, in the eyes of the people at that time, the wealth displayed by Ho Ying-tung was already involved in capitalism.
In this case, Deng Xiaoping's attitude became crucial.
Deng Xiaoping not only stayed in Ho Ying-tung's Zhongshan Hot Spring Hotel in 1984, but also visited the White Swan Hotel together, and praised: "White Swan is good, better than the United States. "
When Deng Xiaoping left Guangzhou and went to Shanghai, he bought some bread in the hotel and took it there. This was invisible to support Huo Yingdong.
Later, in 1985, Deng Xiaoping moved into the White Swan Hotel after coming to Guangzhou and had an intimate meeting with Huo Yingdong.
During the period, the two of them also talked about the opening of coastal cities many times. Soon after, Yangtze River Delta , Pearl River Delta and other areas were The special economic zones have been opened one after another.
There is more or less the role of Ho Ying-tung as a demonstration. His spare time to support reform and opening up also gave Deng Xiaoping hope.
Their conversation was also understood by some overseas media as Deng Xiaoping's confirmation of Ho Ying-tung's status in Hong Kong and his patriotism.
Since then, Ho Ying-tung has been received by Deng Xiaoping many times. In July 1987, Deng Xiaoping also received Ho Ying-tung's family at the Beidaihe Bathhouse, talking about the news of Hong Kong's return to and China's future Ho Ying-tung also expressed his support for the development of the economy with affirmative effect.
On the eve of Hong Kong's return, Ho Ying-tung also relied on his influence in Hong Kong to strongly support the return of Hong Kong and support the " One Country, Two Systems " system.
Since the reform and opening up in 1978, Ho Ying-tung has never stinged with his assets, invested heavily in the mainland, and continuously funded the development of cultural, education, medical and other fields in the mainland through various means.
Reform and opening up can quickly get on the right track And achieved good results, which are inseparable from the support of patriotic businessmen like Huo Ying-dong.
Of course, these Hong Kong and Macao businessmen were the first to achieve something in the mainland, which is due to the policy of reform and opening up. Without reform and opening up, the high-rise buildings and "capitalists" in the mainland might have been a long time to appear.
, who earned 100 million , Jack Ma, was probably a people's teacher. In this regard, Jack Ma once admitted at the Boao Forum for Asia: ", reform and opening up opened up China's market, and without reform and opening up, there would be no me today. ”
Reform and opening up has changed the development of Chinese society and changed the fate of many people. It has also brought a good life to the people. Reform and opening up is really the right one.
Conclusion
China's designer of reform and opening up is Comrade Deng Xiaoping, and Ho Ying-tung is not only a witness of reform and opening up, but also a witness.
What Ho Ying-tung once said: "I invest and donate to the country for prosperity and the nation." It fully demonstrates his sincere heart towards the country.
During the reform and opening up, Ho Ying-tung dared to be the first in the world and took the lead in attracting Hong Kong and Macao businessmen to invest and develop industries in the mainland, playing a demonstration role for everyone, and greatly promoting reform and opening up and the development of the mainland economy.
"First from scratch, hard work, success and fame, love the country and the country." This is what a Hong Kong newspaper once evaluated Ho Ying-Tong's life.
"I am worthy of myself and the country." This is what Ho Ying-tung commented on himself.
