Wang Guangying has been involved in both business and politics throughout his life. However, whether it is during the war or after the founding of New China, he has been doing his best to contribute to the country during the economic development of . After the founding of New China, Wang Guangying served as deputy mayor of Tianjin. Later, as an outstanding entrepreneur, created the well-known Everbright Group .
In addition, Wang Guangying, who is called " red capitalist ", also has a sister named Wang Guangmei. She later married Liu Shaoqi, so Liu Shaoqi became Wang Guangying's brother-in-law.
1. The title of red capitalist
1919, Wang Guangying was born in Beijing, and he ranked sixth at home. And what is very interesting is that with Wang Guangying as the boundary, the first five children are all boys, and the last five children of are all girls.
Wang Guangying's father Wang Huaiqing was also a progressive young man. He once went to Japan to study and further studies. After returning to China, he was hired by Beiyang government and became the acting chief of the rural commerce . When Wang Guangying was born, Wang Huaiqing was in London, England. As a representative of China, he negotiated with the Paris Peace Conference.
One day, Wang Huaiqing suddenly received a telegram from his home, saying that his wife gave birth to a boy for him. In addition to being full of joy, he also decided to name his son Wang Guangying because he was in love with the scene.
Among these 11 people, except for the eldest and fourth, the other children have a certain relationship with the Communist Party, and there are 4 people who directly joined the Communist Party. Wang Guangmei, a sister who is only two years apart from Wang Guangying, later became Liu Shaoqi's wife.
In 1938, Wang Guangying embarked on the path his father had taken and went to study at Fu Jen University in Japan. In the next five years, he studied chemistry in Japan and was also a top student in the department. After graduation and returning to China, Wang Guangying was ready to achieve his ambitions, so he chose to join the local national capitalist enterprise in Tianjin by investing in technology. is to realize his ideal of "save the country through industry".
However, Wang Guangying's "borrowing chickens and laying eggs" method did not play a good role, so he chose to start his own business. Unexpectedly, Wang Guangying's action made him the only capitalist among the Wang brothers and sisters.
During the revolutionary period, he continued to use chemicals from his factory to provide the Communist Party with necessary material supplements, so Premier Zhou affectionately called it the "red capitalist".
2. Become the Deputy Mayor of Tianjin
After the founding of New China, Wang Guangying firmly followed the pace of the Party and the country, and he took the lead in accepting the state's transformation of private industry and commerce. Under his influence, many businessmen also let go of their vigilance and felt that cooperation with the country was the general trend, which made the public-private joint venture policy well implemented in Tianjin.
After the outbreak of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, under the leadership of Wang Guangying, many people from the business community in Tianjin conducted a march, and led private businessmen to subscribe to national government bonds and donated a large number of war supplies. Their patriotic actions were highly praised by Chairman Mao.
During the socialist transformation, Wang Guangying once again became a "pioneer". He took the initiative to take the lead in implementing public-private partnerships in his modern chemical factory, and donated all the fixed interest rates given to him by the state. He also actively mobilized and organized other businessmen to visit and study, making them realize that only by accepting socialist transformation can they have a bright future.
Because he has a very high status in the business world and has rich business experience, he is naturally promoted by the country. Later, Wang Guangying began to enter politics and was gradually promoted to deputy mayor of Tianjin. During his tenure, Wang Guangying actively developed Tianjin's industry and commerce, using various methods to introduce foreign capital and support industrial development.
Although Wang Guangying is a businessman, because he has read a lot of books in his early years, he has excellent management skills and a very long-term vision.Therefore, in the development process of Tianjin, he played an important role, not only planning a good development route for Tianjin, but also gradually made Tianjin one of the important cities in the north.
3. Create the Everbright Group in 1981. After returning from Hong Kong and Macau, Wang Guangying thought for a few days and submitted a report to the Central Committee. The report mentioned that the world's economy was in a stage of rapid development at that time. He felt that he could take advantage of such an opportunity to create a large, comprehensive, and private company in Hong Kong.
The purpose of establishing this company is to quickly introduce foreign capital. It also hopes to cooperate with . companies in . Develop mainland industries and undertake large-scale projects. Such companies will play a very important role in promoting national modernization.
Soon, the central government approved his report. With the support of the state, the company was officially established in April 1983 and was named "Everbright Group". In order to expand the company's 's overseas business and attract foreign capital, Wang Guangying used his relationships and connections to carried out a number of trade cooperation with overseas companies.
He constantly promotes patriotic concepts, allowing many overseas Chinese to see the development potential of the Chinese market and economy, and then chooses to return to China to develop and join the large force supporting domestic development and construction.
Today, Everbright Group has a very wide business scope and has played an important role in many fields. More importantly, it has created countless employment opportunities and made considerable contributions to the stability and development of society.
Later, as his age continued to grow, Wang Guangying gradually withdrew from the front line, but it was precisely because of his early efforts that laid a solid foundation for the later growth of Everbright Group.
Conclusion
Wang Guangying's life is full of legends. Most importantly, he has always been concerned about the development of the country and has made outstanding contributions to the economic diplomacy and opening up of the new China. In October 2018, Wang Guangying died of illness at the age of 100.
