China news agency, Hefei, October 24 (Reporter Zhang Qiang) In recent years, more and more new overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese have invested and innovated in Anhui. According to incomplete statistics, there are over 10000 overseas Chinese owned enterprises in Anhui Province, accounting for about 60% of the total number of approved foreign-funded enterprises in the province. The vast majority of these enterprises were founded by new overseas Chinese after the reform and opening up. Among the new overseas Chinese who innovate and start businesses in Anhui, over 50% are born in the 1980s, and 20% are born in the 1990s.
In 2021, Feng Guanwei, a post-80s entrepreneur who has been working in Angola for over a decade, returned to his hometown of Hefei, Anhui and decided to deeply cultivate the cultural and tourism market in Anhui and even the Yangtze River Delta. The characteristic study tour we recently organized on Hefei Science Island has been deeply loved by enterprise employees and students
Feng Guanwei is the Vice Chairman of the Youth Committee of the Anhui Overseas Chinese Federation, Executive Vice Chairman of the Anhui Chamber of Commerce in Angola, and Executive Director of the African Tourism Association. In 2007, due to his high English proficiency, he was transferred to Angola, Africa by a labor dispatch company in Hefei, Anhui to work in management.
During his time in Africa, Feng Guanwei also started his own business independently, co founded and acted as an agent for charter flights from Beijing to Luanda, the capital of Angola, and registered the first Chinese travel agency in the area. At the same time, he worked hard to promote economic, trade, and cultural exchanges between Anhui and Angola, provided assistance to overseas Chinese and actively supported the fight against the epidemic.
Feng Guanwei stated that he plans to establish himself in Anhui and use the resources he has accumulated in Africa to open up cultural and tourism channels between Anhui and Africa, further strengthening economic and cultural exchanges between Anhui and Africa. He hopes to facilitate the establishment of friendly city relations between Anhui and cities in Angola through matchmaking.
Han Jun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Youth Committee of the All China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Vice President of the Anhui Catering Industry Association, and Chairman and President of Anhui Shangjing Group, was born in Huainan City, Anhui Province. After studying in South Korea, he chose to go back to his hometown to start his own business, hoping to create a new catering brand belonging to the Chinese people.
Han Jun has always been committed to integrating the culinary cultures of various countries around the world with Chinese cuisine, and striving for enterprise innovation and upgrading. In terms of the supply chain system, utilizing big data and cloud platforms to build a complete closed loop of supply chain information flow, logistics, and cash flow; In terms of the application of new technology in catering, artificial intelligence devices such as intelligent patrol systems, intelligent ordering tables, unmanned vending machines, and AI robots have been adopted.
Up to now, Han Jun has led the company to develop nearly 40 catering brands, including “Shangpin Palace”, “Meishi Ji”, “Wucha Yu”, covering many types of catering formats such as barbecue, hot pot, music skewers, and new retail. The total number of brand stores under Shangjing Group has exceeded 8000, with terminal chain stores located in major commercial districts in China and overseas markets.
Simplifying the application procedures for market entities, supporting entrepreneurship guarantee loans, and establishing entrepreneurship guarantee mechanisms… Han Jun believes that in terms of entrepreneurship, Anhui has created relaxed and convenient access conditions for young people and introduced a series of preferential policies to support entrepreneurship. Especially since the outbreak of the epidemic, governments at all levels in Anhui have actively helped catering enterprises overcome difficulties.
Zhu Jinlei, a returning international student who also works in the catering industry, came from Melbourne, Australia to Hefei, Anhui in 2021 to run a century old restaurant called Luzhou Roast Duck Restaurant with his wife. Zhu Jinlei said, “Luzhou roast duck is a traditional Anhui famous dish. After returning to China, I was mainly responsible for the operation and management of Luzhou roast duck restaurant
Zhu Jinlei introduced that there are many Chinese people in Australia, and Chinese cuisine is also deeply loved by locals. When the epidemic is over, he plans to bring Luzhou roast duck to Australia and spread Anhui’s food culture to Australia.
