2014-08-02 16:52
Chinese Businessman Gu Runjin: Pursue perfect life Enthusiasm public welfare and charity
Direct selling news August 2th (China Daily overseas) Perfect(China)Co., Ltd as a enterprise with overseas chinese capital which is invested and set up by a Malaysia Chinese businessman in China,has hold a overseas seminar with over 6000 people in America successfully recently,which added an indelible mark in the communication history between China and US folks. In the LA Exhibition center,the journalists have taken an exclusive interview to the president of Perfect(China)Co., Ltd.As the famous representative of Malaysia chinese businessmen,he told the journalists a story about how he persued the perfect life over the years. China in heart, back for business startups “In a deeply homesick mood, I came back for business startups. As the third generation of Malaysia Chinese, to invest in mainland is on behalf of parents to make their wish come ture, that is to try our best for the construction of hometown.”Gu Runjin recalled his life experience in childhood to journalists. He was born in 1959 in Malaysia and his hometown is Zhongshan city,Guangdong province. At the beginning of 20th century,his grandfather came to Malaysia and lived a hard life as a labor. “When I was in primary school,in order to relieve my parents’ burden, I wake up at 6 every day and need to send the large bundle of newspapers to the subscribers from house to house before 7 a.m. which can help earn a few coins to subsidize the family, then rushly back to school.At the teenage, I wish I can buy a motorcycle which can save a lot of time to deliver more newspaper and earn more money.”Gu Runjin said. From the books,Gu Runjin has learned the story of China’s revolutionary pioneer Sun Yat-sen and deeply moved by Sun’s fraternity love of “The world is for all”, which inspired his faith to constantly pursue the life value. “Although grew up in foreign lands and away from hometown,I always cared about China’s development, sentimentally attached the homeland and had a sacred yearning to China.” The journalists can feel Gu Runjin’s deep homesickness during the conversation.In March 1990,Gu Runjin set foot on chinese soil the first time together with Zhongshan Association Visiting Group of Malaysia. The vast land, ancient culture, warm villagers and rapidly developed hometown economy which have made up his decision to serve his motherland and back for business startups.In 1994,Gu Runjin went back to Zhongshan City and found Perfect(China)Co., Ltd.,mainly produced the common consumer products such as healthy food,personal care products,household items,cosmetic and skincare products.GuRunjin explained,”The reason we named our company “Perfect” is that there is no perfect thing in the world,but I set it as a goal to keep persuing.I take actual actions to make perfect quality,be honest to enterprises and co-build a harmony society.I wish I can offer my strength to my country.” Now,Perfect is a modernized Enterprise Group which owns 4 production bases and 8 wholly-owned subsidiaries from the previous small factory with the area of only few hundred square meters,realized the goal with annual sales over ten billion in RMB.At the same time,Perfect’s products and service has expanded to Hongkong, Thailand, Malaysia,Indonesia, Singapore,Taiwan,Vietnam and other countries and areas. Enthusiasm for public welfare and charity “I think,paying back for motherland is not just to build up factories by investment,we should do more on charity. When I started my business,I have donated RMB 100,000 to BOAI hospital of Zhongshan even my company has no profit. Everyone has an opinion about my donation,is that Gu Runjin just to make a show? Looking back now,I have sticked to make this show for 20 years,people now believe that I am really doing charity and public welfare .”Gun Runjin told the journalists with a smile. For 20 years,Gu Runjin leads the company to donate all kinds of social public welfare causes heart and soul,including the Hope Project, Western Development,Charity relief,Environmental protection,sports medical care,culture and art,support the army and give preferential treatment to the families of armymen and martys,etc.,which has formed charity public welfare system project,mainly on constructing hope primary schools and starting hope teacher project,promoting Water Cellar for Mothers,advocating unpaid blood donation,taking part in charity walk,supporting Chinese education,driving anti-drug cause,funding Health Express(Bright of Health Journey) and training our country’s top scientific and research talents with funds,has donated hundreds of perfect and hope schools.As the third generation of Ethnic Chinese,Gu Runjin has special emotion and personal experience to overseas Chinese education.”Learning Chinese well and using Chinese well have great significance and profound influence to 60 million overseas Chinese.”He said,this cause has related to the inheritance of Chinese culture overseas and the cognition to China by overseas Chinese descendants.In 2011,Gu Runjin personally organized and led a team back China to attend the activity of Malaysia Chinese education elite China Perfect Journey; In 2012,he took part in the activity of Fujian culture walking into Thailand and Malaysia,through his actions,he hopes he can influence and drive local Chinese society to care about Chinese education and participate in Chinese education. |