How do China people who are chiefs in Africa develop?

Hu, 1948, a native of Putuo District, Shanghai, has lived in Shanghai with his brothers and sisters since childhood. Hu's father went to Nigeria via Hong Kong in his early years, and opened the largest local textile processing factory in Nigeria, enjoying a high reputation in the local area.

From 65438 to 0962, Hu Jin entered Jinyuan Middle School, a century-old school in Shanghai. Like many "old three", he went to the countryside and became the first student of workers, peasants and soldiers who graduated from 1972. After graduation, I entered Shanghai Nanhai Middle School to teach and became an English teacher.

1975, my father wrote to him, hoping that he could come to Nigeria to help him do business. Three years later, Hu came to Nigeria trembling. He laughed and said that he was "kidnapped to Africa".

Father wants him to run the cotton textile industry, but he is not interested in it. "I prefer to face people rather than machines." He prefers to achieve something by his own efforts.

Because Hu majored in English in China and language was not a problem, he went to the restaurant of a five-star hotel in Nigeria as an assistant manager. Hu quickly emerged as the general manager of the hotel with his diligent and dedicated personality. Later, the hotel shareholders appreciated his management ability and professionalism and gave him shares. Hu also became a shareholder from a wage earner.

From 65438 to 0983, Hu went to Canada to study hotel management for four years. After finishing his studies, he did not stay in Canada where the environment was superior, but returned to Nigeria again. After careful market analysis, Hu felt that the hotel industry had great room for development and decided to invest in building hotels.

1997 Hu invested $5 million to build a luxury hotel in Lagos-Golden Gate Hotel. Although this hotel has only six floors, it is one of the most luxurious hotels in Nigeria. A pair of white marble lions at the entrance of the hotel indicate that this is a Chinese restaurant. With exquisite decorative materials and exquisite craftsmanship, the restaurant has become a landmark building and dining center in Nigeria and is still the best restaurant in Africa. Many Nigerian government officials often come here for dinner, including the President, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Culture, etc., and they have all become his good friends.

While the economic benefits and influence of Golden Gate Hotel are increasing day by day, Hu has successively invested in the construction of Millennium Hotel and Jinhong Construction Group Company.

Since then, Hu Zai's business has gradually expanded, involving real estate development and building materials industry. Established a comprehensive and multi-industry enterprise group headed by Golden Gate Hotel, which is a comprehensive joint-stock company integrating catering, tourism, construction, decoration, building materials production, mechanical processing, wood processing and international trade. The total assets amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, the total number of employees reaches more than 30,000, and there are 65,438+050 senior managers and engineers in China.

From 65438 to 0998, Hu began to help China enterprises to enter Africa. The railway renovation and maintenance project undertaken by China Civil Engineering Group Company in Nigeria has a journey of 3,000 kilometers and a contract value of 560 million US dollars. It was negotiated with Hu's help and was the largest project undertaken by China in Africa at that time. In July 2004, the President of Nigeria appointed Hu as an adviser to the President to take charge of the development of small and medium-sized enterprises.

From 65438 to 0999, Hu learned that the Nigerian government had a project to build schools in mountainous areas. Hu thought, since it is a primary school, you have to do it even if you lose money. In the name of the company, Hu raised more than 200 million yuan from the bank to build four nine-year primary and secondary schools in the slum area of Lagos, Nigeria, each of which can accommodate more than 3,000 people. After the completion of the school, President Nepal and relevant officials of the China Embassy in Nepal attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and President Nepal presented Hu with the National Medal of Honor.

choose "It is difficult to build a cement house in such a humid place. The foundation will continue to fight after playing for more than ten meters, but the deeper it is, the higher the cost. "

At that time, the construction period given by the government was one year, and the school sites were all in the tropical rain forest in the mountains. However, Hu and the workers worked overtime, eating and living on the construction site, and it took half a year to build four schools.

In this project, he lost 200 million naira (Nigerian currency), converted into about 30 million RMB. "But money is good. Through this project, I have achieved a good reputation. " From then on, he no longer needs to ask others for projects, and the government will deliver good projects to his door.

Another advantage of investing in schools is their popularity. After the school building was completed, Hu obviously felt that the local people's affection for him doubled. "Students all know that the school was built by China people, and the seeds of friendship between China people and Africans will be passed down from generation to generation."

In July 2004, Nigerian President Obasanjo appointed Hu as a special economic adviser to help Nigeria develop small and medium-sized enterprises, and he began to travel frequently between Asia and Africa.

Hu also has another identity, that is, the vice president of the China-Africa Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber of Commerce, led by China's Ministry of Commerce and other three organizations, aims to help private entrepreneurs from China enter Africa.

In April 2005, Hu accompanied the President to visit China. During the visit, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo visited large enterprises and key projects in the Three Gorges Dam and Nanjing successively, and signed a series of economic and trade cooperation projects with China.

With Hu's enthusiastic recommendation and careful arrangement, a large number of powerful private enterprises in China have settled in Nigeria. He also plans to build a large industrial park in the local area to attract more China enterprises to settle in.

As Hu's prestige in the eyes of the Nigerian people increased, the local people elected him as the chief. In Nigeria, this is the first time that a foreigner has been elected as a chief by the people.

Due to Hu's outstanding contribution, in 200 1 year, Hu was made the chief of a tribe by Amir, the great chief of Nigeria.

On the day of the award, Hu wore a traditional Nigerian costume and a hat with special significance. The elders sprinkled perfume on him with branches. He received letters of appointment from several chiefs, and the local people sang and danced around him. He also became the first Chinese chief in Africa.

As a chief, Hu has many privileges. He has an armed guard of nearly 100 men under his command, which is specially approved by the relevant departments. These people were selected by Hu himself, but their salaries were borne by the local government. He can also negotiate with the government as a chief and strive for more rights and interests for his compatriots. As Nepal implements the chieftain tenure system, Hu is also a chieftain for life and negotiates with the government as a chieftain.

When talking about the reason why Hu was elected as the head, he said:

"There are two main reasons. First, China's position in the world is constantly improving. Now I am not only the chief, but also the adviser to the president and the consultant for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. Nigerians feel that to develop, especially to develop small and medium-sized enterprises, we must take the road of China; Second, they feel that the people of China are their friends, and they also put forward the slogan "Today's China is tomorrow's Nigeria". They want to learn from China, introduce China's technology and hope that China people will invest in them. "

Today, there are more than 60,000 overseas Chinese in Nigeria, and everyone knows China Chief Hu. Whenever there is a question about China people, as long as the local authorities find it difficult or difficult to handle, they will call Hu first.

However, Hu believes that the degree of Chinese integration into the local area is far from enough. Many people just regard this place as a place to make money in the short term and regard themselves as passers-by. He said: "If China enterprises want to be bigger and stronger here, they must integrate into the local society."