Song Zhiping, chairman of China Building Materials Group Co., Ltd., told Netease Finance and Economics at a forum on the evening of the 5th that he went to the United States to build factories and invest not simply from the perspective of taxes and fees, but because he had customers in the United States. "Chinese enterprises go to the United States, Britain and the world to invest, which is inevitable for the development of the market and enterprises.". I think (investment in overseas factories) is not simply because of tax and investment conditions. In fact, China has many beneficial conditions. I think we should look at it this way.
The world is China's factory, the global screening plant site .
At the forum, Song Zhiping said that he had built a new factory in the United States not long ago. He analyzed that building factories in the United States is not entirely because China's taxes are too high, but because the United States has many customers to serve them. "It was the same logic when American enterprises came to China.". So I'm going to build a factory in the United States, not where it's good or bad, but where my customers are.
In addition, he also mentioned, "the United States old double reverse, this double reverse our products can not enter.". Therefore, with the re-industrialization of the United States and the return to industry, we can also build our first-class technology and first-class factories in the United States, so that you can truly have me and I have you. Only in this way can we occupy the American market for a long time.
Song Zhiping recommended Herman Simon's Invisible Champion on the spot. He said that the future of Chinese building materials should create a group of invisible champions. Another characteristic of the invisible champion is the internationalization of the market, so more Chinese building materials enterprises will go international. Where there is a market, there are Chinese building materials.
According to his analysis, the previous logic is that China is the world's factory, and the next logic is that the world is China's factory. "Now I am going through the sieve to do a serious screening of the world.". Where will each of our products go to build a factory and how big will it be. Where exactly can we buy the factory?
In December 2016, China Jushi Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Building Materials, invested $300 million to build a glass fiber production line project in Richland, South Carolina, USA. Song Zhiping said that in order to stand firm in the foreign market, it is necessary to understand each other's difficulties and needs, so that the local can be tolerant. "The factory I built in the United States actually has only 400 jobs, but the governor of South Carolina has come to Beijing several times for this."
He has said in previous interviews that the United States attaches great importance to employment, "We were surprised by this at first." He said that attracting investment in the United States does not care about how much investment is made and how many products are sold, but how many jobs can be brought. "Because if there is no full employment, there will be political problems, and some state governments in the United States put employment first.". The United States proposed to return to the real economy, to a large extent, from the perspective of increasing employment.
In response to a question from Netease Finance and Economics, he said that Cao Dewang's words had been discussed for a long time. On the one hand, we have noticed that the Premier mentioned Report on the Work of the Government today that the government will reduce some expenditure, reduce taxes and fees for enterprises, and support the development of enterprises. "I think everyone has seen some problems in this respect.". But when I invest in the United States, I don't simply consider this aspect. But because we have customers in the United States, we want to invest in the United States. It is inevitable for Chinese enterprises to invest in the United States, Britain and the whole world. I think (investment in overseas factories) is not simply because of tax and investment conditions. In fact, China has many beneficial conditions. I think it should be treated in this way.
Song Zhiping: Ma Yun's Words Made Me Think for Two Hours
When talking about the Internet, Song Zhiping said that he was very concerned about the Internet, "because if any enterprise does not pay attention to, and does not dock with the Internet, it will collapse; of course, the Internet should also be connected with the entity, and the Internet without the entity must be a bubble."
He recalled that after Ma Yun came back from the US listing, several people from the central enterprises invited Ma Yun to attend the salon. "Ma Yun said at that time that in fact he did not understand computers, he just built a platform, and his greatest wealth is data, the greatest competitiveness is the ability to process data."
Song Zhiping said that when talking about the challenges to the central enterprises in the future, Ma Yun said that in the past, the central enterprises were doing along B2C, what to do and what to use for customers, and in the future, they will change to C2B. Because of the changes in the network, the structure and processes of the plant had to be changed. "He said that with the development of the Internet, many large manufacturing industries in central enterprises have to change their processes.". I went back and thought about it for two hours. I thought about his words for a long time. What should we do?
Song Zhiping also stressed the importance of docking the Internet when talking about Sinopharm Group, where he had performed his duties.
On April 15, 2014, the SASAC of the State Council announced that Song Zhiping's term of office expired and he was no longer the chairman of the Chinese Pharmaceutical Group. Jin Yang, deputy director of the SASAC, said at the Sinopharm Cadre Meeting: "The SASAC is very satisfied with Song Zhiping's five-year work in Sinopharm."
At the forum on the 5th, Song Zhiping gave three suggestions when he talked about what Chinese medicine should do in the future, one is to graft the Internet, the other is to carry out large-scale research and development, "to build tens of thousands of R & D institutes.". Without technology, we can never achieve first-class by relying solely on imitation drugs. Third, enter the medical treatment and enter the hospital.
In addition, on February 23, Song Zhiping said in a forum that after the merger of China Building Materials and China Materials Group in 2016, it was selected by SASASAC as a pilot merger and reorganization of central enterprises. "Last year, the two groups have successfully completed seamless docking, the next step is to carry out in-depth business integration of its 15 listed companies, and are now working on plans."
When Netease Finance and Economics asked about its specific timetable, Song Zhiping said that he was studying it, "but this can only be said to be a mature study.". The timetable is a very complicated issue, but China's building materials must be developed in the direction of deep integration. So you listen to our announcement.