How awesome is Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce?

Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce is one of the three traditional business gangs in China.

Chaozhou merchants, the first family of Chinese businessmen, are the three traditional business gangs in China, and they are also the most influential and vital famous business gangs in the modern history of China. Chaoshan commercial gang, also known as Chaozhou commercial gang, originated in Chaoshan area of Guangdong (Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shantou and Shanwei). It is a China commercial gang with marine character and culture, and it is called the Red-headed Ship Commercial Gang. At the beginning of the 20th century, he was praised as "Oriental Jew" by the King of Thailand. Chaoshan business gang culture has a thousand years, and tea culture has crossed the ocean.

Chaoshan commercial gangs were formed in the late Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. In Qing Dynasty, Chaozhou merchants, Shanxi merchants and Huizhou merchants were listed as the three major business groups in China. In contemporary times, Li Ka-shing,,, Ma and other business tycoons have appeared in the tide merchants. According to statistics, in 20 15, 34 Chaoshan people made the Forbes list of the richest Chinese in the world.

History of Chaoshan Chamber of Commerce

Chaoshan area, located in the southeast coast of China, has always been a commodity distribution center in eastern Guangdong, southeastern Jiangxi and southwestern Fujian, and is a famous commercial city at home and abroad. Chaoshan is an important gateway to the ancient Maritime Silk Road in China and the frontier of foreign economic and cultural exchanges. Foreign trade has a long history and is a bright pearl of the Maritime Silk Road. Red-headed shippers and tide merchants, as an important group in the ancient maritime Silk Road trade, not only appeared early and had a large number of people, but also traveled all over the countries along the Hayes coast.

Chaoshan has a long history of foreign trade, a high degree of economic extroversion and a relatively developed trade. According to official records, Chaozhou had a large fleet assembly time in 1 12 BC, and navigation activities appeared in Chaoshan area as early as the Qin Dynasty. The earliest demonstration of Chaozhou's participation in the activities of the Maritime Silk Road was from the mid-Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Chaozhou's overseas trade began at the latest in 10.

Please refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Shang Chao for the above contents.