[Business Card: Cai Zhihe]
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The 12th Overseas Representative
Honorary Chairman of the Philippine-Chinese Federation of All walks of life
Vice President of the Philippines Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China
World Chess Federation Vice Chairman
Philippines Asia Pacific Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. The chairman of the company,
, was a commoner in a small fishing village, but now he has become a well-known leader of overseas Chinese in the Philippines. For decades, he has unswervingly adhered to his innocence, paved the way for friendly exchanges between China and the Philippines with his strong arms, ignited the fire of public welfare with his blood, and watered the field of charity with his hard work and sweat. November 11, 2018, coincides with the 60th anniversary of the founding of Shishi No. 2 Middle School and the 100th anniversary of the founding of Shishi Xiangzhi Central Primary School. On that day, a deeply affectionate overseas Chinese leader from Fujian generously donated 7.5 million yuan to his alma mater, Xiangzhi Central Primary School, Shishi No. 2 Middle School, and Shishi No. 7 Middle School, contributing to the education of his hometown. Looking back at Mr. Cai Zhihe's life trajectory, it was like reading a frame. A historical picture with endless charm.
On September 3, 2015, Cai Zhihe was invited to participate in China's large-scale military parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War.
Aiming for a thousand miles and forging ahead
Cai Zhihe is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. After his career is successful, he is restrained and not ostentatious. In his heart, he always maintains a pure heart and cares about the people's livelihood in the Philippines and China.
Mr. Cai Zhihe’s ancestral home is Xiangzhi Village, Shishi City, Fujian Province. He has eight brothers and sisters in his family. Mr. Cai Zhihe inherited from his uncles Cai Wenfu and Wu Wusu since he was a child, and lived together in a large family. When he was five years old, his father Cai Wenci unfortunately died of illness, which made the family even worse. Fortunately, his uncle, who had traveled across the ocean to the Philippines to make a living in his early years, would send money every month to help Cai Zhihe's family. His uncle is Mr. Cai Wenchun, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese leader in Philippines . He had a profound influence on Cai Zhihe's entrepreneurial development in the Philippines.
Cai Zhihe, who had suffered a lot since childhood, was not overwhelmed by difficulties at all. Instead, he developed a hard-working character and a perseverance. In order to make a living for his family, Cai Zhihe, who was only 16 years old, went to a local shipyard to work as a carpenter apprentice. In 1973 , 23-year-old Cai Zhihe applied to go to Hong Kong with the help of his second brother Cai Zhitong. He works in a toy factory in Hong Kong to make ends meet. Although his daily salary is only 15 Hong Kong dollars, which is negligible in Hong Kong's high consumption level, he still lives frugally and sends money home even though his life is tight. Cai Zhihe, who had great ambitions, refused to succumb to the status quo. In order to earn more money, he took advantage of his old profession and used his weekend holidays to inquire about carpentry jobs in shipyards. After many twists and turns, he finally found a Chaozhou boss and decided to hire him after an interview. Daily wage is HKD 45. Cai Zhihe was overjoyed and worked even harder, but Cai Zhihe was unwilling to do nothing. After careful inspection, he found that the decoration market was highly profitable and profitable. So a few months later, he partnered with his friends to engage in a decoration engineering business. As a small boss and decoration worker, he earned a considerable income.
On November 7, 2016, Mr. Cai Zhihe went to the Philippine Presidential Palace as one of the representatives of the Chinese community to submit disaster relief funds to President Rodrigo Duterte
The sea and the sky are wide and the birds can fly
In 1974, Cai Zhihe went to the Philippines to visit his uncle and aunt Cai Wenchun and Lin Xiulian. With cousins I have yet to meet. While in the Philippines, he saw the prospects for local economic development, and his dream of moving to the Philippines was ignited. Later, with the help of his uncle, he finally moved to the Philippines as he wished.
When he first arrived in the Philippines, Cai Zhihe worked in a factory founded by his uncle. Due to the language barrier, communication at work was extremely difficult. Cai Zhihe studied day and night, and his hard work paid off. Three months after arriving in the Philippines, Cai Zhihe basically mastered some simple things. Filipino and became the administrator of the factory within a relatively short period of time.
In 1978, his uncle asked relatives and friends to introduce him to a gentle and virtuous Chinese woman, Su Meimei. The two got married. From then on, Cai Zhihe had a happy family. Soon after his marriage, with the help of his uncle, Cai Zhihe started his own business world. Operate hardware and building materials store.Cai Zhihe said with sincerity: "In the early years, my family relied on the help of my uncle. The villagers said that we brothers were very lucky. Cai Zhihe lived up to his uncle's expectations. He and his wife, Ms. Su Meimei, worked hard to run the store. In order to further develop his business, Cai Zhihe also observed that some people building houses needed to buy windows and doors, and these products were processed and did not require much capital. So Cai Zhihe opened an aluminum alloy glass decoration store in 1982. As the sales volume of the building materials store gradually increased, he successively opened two more hardware stores in the suburbs of Manila. The business grew bigger and bigger. At the age of 30, Mr. Cai also expanded his focus from construction stores to construction project contracting, building a brand. With a unique business blueprint, Mr. Cai has superior wisdom and business talent, and is good at seizing opportunities, making the development of the enterprise full of vitality and vitality.
In 1986, with the improvement of Sino-Philippine relations, Cai Zhihe relied on his far-sighted insights. Capturing the huge space for future export business, he took the lead in importing automobile tires, cloth shoes, floor tiles and other products from China for sale in the Philippines, and later imported fiberboard , welding rod , sanitary ware, iron wire, plywood , steel, Cement and other materials. With his ingenuity, Cai Zhihe achieved remarkable economic benefits in 1987 and then joined the real estate industry in the 1990s, building nearly 10,000 high-quality and low-cost housing units every year to provide an environment for the local people. The elegant and well-equipped affordable housing has been ranked first in the selections of relevant departments of the Philippine government for many times. It was rated first in the annual construction of low-cost housing by the "Love Foundation" of the Philippine Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development. The Vice President in charge of the National Housing Department In recognition of the company's outstanding contributions to the country, Minai awarded the company many medals as a token of commendation. In 1999, Cai Zhihe built a new fiberboard factory in the southern Philippines. Today, the products still occupy the majority of the market in the Philippines.
Mr. Cai Zhihe 80. He has actively participated in the activities of Filipino-Chinese associations since the 1990s, and together with his colleagues, he has played a role as a bridge in promoting the reunification of the motherland and China-Philippines friendship. He has successively served as the chairman of the Xianggulian Association in the Philippines and the Philippine Alumni Association of Shishi No. 2 Middle School. Chairman, chairman of the Federation of Alumni Associations in the Philippines, chairman of the Philippine Chess Association, and many other important positions in Filipino-Chinese societies. He currently serves as vice president of the Philippine Association for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China, chairman of the Hongmen Progressive Party Headquarters of the Philippines, and vice president of the World Chess Federation. Chairman, Asian Chess Federation Permanent Honorary President, President of the Philippine-Chinese Table Tennis Association, and Vice Chairman of the Philippine Shishi Association, on April 23, 2017, in the eyes of everyone, Mr. Cai Zhihe was honored. From 2019 to 2019, the Philippine-Chinese Federation of All walks of life is one of the largest local associations in the Philippines. As a member of the new leadership team, Cai Zhihe has won the respect and trust of everyone and has contributed to the friendship between China and the Philippines. made a positive contribution to the exchanges.
In the Philippine Federation of Filipino-Chinese Federations, Mr. Cai led Filipino-Chinese colleagues from all walks of life to travel to China and the Philippines, doing his best to unite the hearts and minds of overseas Chinese and lead the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Federations in the direction of vigorous development. In June 2017, Cai Zhihe led a delegation from the Filipino-Chinese Association of the Philippines to visit Fuzhou, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Nan'an, Shishi and other areas in Fujian for friendly exchange visits in response to China's "One Belt, One Road" initiative. In order to contribute to the promotion of cultural exchanges and economic and trade exchanges between Fujian Province and the Philippines, Cai Zhihe was invited to Fuzhou at the end of February 2018 to participate in the Second World Fujian Overseas Chinese Association Conference and the Sixth Member Representative Conference of the Fujian Overseas Exchange Association and the fourth general meeting of the World Fujian Youth Federation. At the meeting, Cai Zhihe, on behalf of overseas societies, read out the initiative for overseas societies to help build the development of New Fujian, calling on overseas Chinese businessmen to actively participate in the "Belt and Road" and the construction of New Fujian, and establish a good reputation among overseas Chinese in Fujian. The image will make greater contributions to the realization of a new Fujian with dynamic mechanisms, excellent industries, wealthy people, and beautiful ecology.
In October of the same year, he led a delegation to participate in the 9th World Fujian Folks Friendship Conference held in Indonesia, where he expressed his opinions on the mutually beneficial cooperation between Fujianese folks and the promotion of China-China diplomatic exchanges.Cai Zhihe is a philanthropist. When he was the leader of the Federation of Alumni Associations in the Philippines, he worked with his colleagues to sponsor a group of Chinese school students who were interested in Philippine Chinese education to return to China for further studies, supported them to complete their studies and return to the Philippines to teach, and strengthened the strength of Chinese teachers.
In 2010, President Arroyo of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo met with Mr. Cai Zhihe
Deep roots in his hometown, a wanderer’s love
In Cai Zhihe’s heart, he has always had a lingering attachment to his hometown. When various natural disasters occur in the motherland, Cai Zhihe is always active and generous in donating money and showing love. In 2008, a rare snowstorm occurred in the motherland and a major earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, Sichuan. As a leader, he and other leaders of the Alumni Association mobilized 30 alumni associations in the Philippines to donate money for disaster relief. In 2010, when a major earthquake occurred in Yushu, Qinghai, he and his colleagues from the Philippine-Chinese Federation immediately donated and expressed their love, praying that the people in the disaster area could rebuild their homes and return to normal life as soon as possible.
Brothers Cai Zhitong and Cai Zhihe donated money to establish an education fund named after their parents Cai Wenci and Wu Wu, which will be used for teaching and scholarships.
"Those who practice what they do remember the tree, and those who drink from its flow cherish its source." Mr. Cai Zhihe loves education in his hometown, and he is everywhere as a teaching assistant. Mr. Cai, who lives overseas, always thinks about his hometown and people, and actively donates generously. He not only established a family education foundation to support poor students and reward outstanding teachers and students, but also donated to build primary school teaching buildings and offices with overseas Chinese in the Philippines. Lou et al. What is commendable is that Mr. Cai and his second brother Cai Zhitong established an education fund in the Xiangzhi Central Primary School in the names of their parents Cai Wenci and Wu Wusuan to provide assistance to children from poor families in their hometown. At the same time, he participated in the construction of the alumni building of his alma mater, Shishi No. 2 Middle School, and took practical actions to participate in the No. 2 Middle School Education Promotion Association organized by alumni at home and abroad to raise funds for scholarships and teaching for his alma mater. In order to improve the English proficiency of students in his hometown, Cai Zhihe and his cousin Cai Zhizeng led Filipino English teachers to teach in his hometown many times. His kindness and charity are well-known and praised by overseas Chinese at home and abroad.
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