AOKANG Group Wang Zhentao: Ten Years Of Ups And Downs Of Wenzhou Boss

Wang Zhentao, born in 1965, is a chairman of AOKANG group, Yongjia County, Wenzhou. When he was a boy, he dropped out of school because of his poor family. He worked as a carpenter for 3 years and ran for 5 years. In 1988, he started with 30 thousand yuan and founded the predecessor of AOKANG group, Yongjia Olin shoe factory. In September 2011, he was elected chairman of Wenzhou Federation of industry and Commerce and President of Wenzhou General Chamber of Commerce. In February 2012, he was elected vice chairman of the CPPCC in Wenzhou.

I still remember vividly a few years ago. Wen Jiabao What the premier said when he visited Wenzhou. He said: "Wenzhou people are aggressive, resilient and always overcome difficulties. I believe that the people of Wenzhou will be able to overcome all kinds of difficulties and make their careers better. "

It was in late August 2009, when Premier Wen also came to AOKANG. At that time, China suffered an unprecedented impact on the international financial crisis, and the "made in China" situation was very difficult in the global economic crisis.

Similarly, Premier Wen said later. When he visited Wenzhou again in early October last year, he said: "we must be confident in the development of Wenzhou and be confident in solving the current difficulties. We should not overlook the problems we encounter, but we must not hide them from one another and deny or fail to see the accumulation of Wenzhou's development over the years, including material accumulation and experience accumulation. He added: "since reform and opening up, the development of Wenzhou depends on the spirit of challenging ourselves, striving for self-improvement and forging ahead. Under the new situation, this spirit will encourage the people of Wenzhou to break through a new path and promote the development of Wenzhou's economy. Wenzhou is still alive and promising. I have full confidence in that.

The background of Premier Wen's visit to Wenzhou is that Wenzhou has just experienced an unprecedented Folklore Finance Storm, for a time, usury and boss running almost became the label of Wenzhou, and even sparked controversy about whether or not to save Wenzhou.

All say Wenzhou is China The wind vane of the private economy has attracted much attention. When China's economy is facing problems, people will think of Wenzhou for the first time and ask Wenzhou how it is. In recent years, debates surrounding "Wenzhou's decline", "Wenzhou model's ending" and "Wenzhou industry's hollowing up" have been heard all the time. Wenzhou is not easy, Wenzhou enterprises and bosses are not easy. As an entrepreneur who was born in Sri Lanka, I feel this way of "not easy".

But as the motto on my desk, "Phoenix Nirvana, can be heard for nine days", like most Wenzhou and even China's private enterprises, these 10 years, we are growing step by step in the spancendence. If there is any experience to share, I think: when the cold current is coming, we must learn to "cold resistance" and "winter swimming". In the midsummer of restlessness, we should be good at grasping opportunities, but also calm down, resist temptation and learn to "dispel summer heat".