2010 "Top Ten News Makers" Incident

． Gree people who dare to "challenge" the government

Focus: In 2008, Gree participated in the Panyu Central Hospital procurement project in the Guangzhou Government Procurement Center's public bidding and gave the lowest bid of 17.07 million yuan, but was excluded. After multiple complaints to no avail, a complaint was filed against the Guangzhou Municipal Finance Bureau. At this year's "Two Sessions" in Guangdong, Dong Mingzhu "complained her grievances" to Wang Yang, Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee. Wang Yang expressed his involvement in the matter, which attracted great media attention.

Comments: In order to create a sunny and fair environment for "Created in China", Dong Mingzhu raised legal weapons to sue the Guangzhou Municipal Finance Bureau, pointing out local protectionism in government procurement. This kind of enterprise that bravely pursues sunshine Civic behavior deserves recognition.

2． "Car Maniac"

Focus: On March 28, Geely and Ford signed an acquisition agreement. Geely purchased 100% of Volvo Car Company for US$1.8 billion. On August 2, the assets of Volvo Cars were delivered, and China’s largest acquisition of overseas vehicle assets came to an end.

Comments: "Car Madman" Li Shufu is always unexpected. A Chinese private enterprise that started out by producing low-end brand cars acquired all the shares of the world-renowned luxury car brand Volvo, becoming China's first multinational automobile group and shocking the Chinese automobile industry. Li Shufu's vow to "bring Volvo back to its former glory and surpass Mercedes-Benz and BMW" has filled the industry with expectations.

3. Double Rich

Focus: In March 2010, Zong Qinghou topped the 2010 Forbes China Rich List with assets of US$7 billion. After more than six months, Zong Qinghou once again aspired to be the richest man in the "2010 Hurun Rich List" with a fortune of 80 billion yuan.

Comments: Zong Qinghou is a "boss" who became the richest man through industry. With bottles of 1-yuan drinks that everyone looked down upon, he surrounded the city with rural areas, and finally created the city. Wahaha Empire. "Beverage King" Zong Qinghou not only became the "double richest man", but also became a new benchmark for China's wealth in 2010.

4. The first person to bet on the World Cup

Focus: At the World Cup in South Africa, Yingli made its debut in 64 games as the official sponsor of the World Cup. This is the first sponsor since the establishment of the World Cup in 1930. The name of a Chinese company appeared for the first time, and it was also the first renewable energy company in the world to participate in the World Cup.

Comments: Miao Liansheng, who has always been low-key, is highly sought after by the Chinese people because he allowed the world to see Chinese character advertising slogans at the World Cup for the first time. China·Yingli also became famous overnight. With the help of the World Cup, Miao Liansheng not only increased Yingli's international reputation and put Yingli on the "fast track" to build a global brand, but also Yingli's exhibition area at the main stadium in South Africa became the first zero-carbon emission exhibition area in the history of the World Cup, which greatly Improved corporate image.

5． The worst academic faker

Focus: On July 1, Fang Zhouzi, who is famous for his anti-counterfeiting efforts, pointed out on Weibo with multiple evidences that Tang Jun’s "Ph.D. in Computer Science" degree from the California Institute of Technology Counterfeit. Tang Jun responded that he had never said in any public place that he was a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology, and showed his degree certificate to show that he was a Ph.D. from Pacific Western University in the United States. Then Fang Zhouzi pointed out that this is a pheasant university that sells diplomas. At this point, "academic qualifications "Gate" incident is getting more and more intense.

Comments: Fraudulent academic qualifications are not an individual phenomenon. The reason why Tang Jun’s “academic qualifications” fraud incident caused an uproar is because Tang Jun was once an admired business leader and youth idol. This incident triggered a wave of celebrities updating their "encyclopedia resumes". Although the "degree scandal" incident did not directly affect Tang Jun's position as president, his personal integrity and "business hero" image will inevitably be impacted.

6． The first person to donate naked

Focus: On September 5, Chen Guangbiao, known as "China's top philanthropist", published a letter to Bill Gates and Buffett on his company website .

He said in the letter, "When I leave this world, I will not donate half of my wealth, but donate all of my property to charities."

Comment: Chen Guangbiao is China's most important person so far The first private tycoon to announce "naked donation". Chen Guangbiao's high-profile has attracted a lot of controversy, but he has influenced and promoted China's charity in his own way, making more people pay attention to charity and join the charity team. His act of "naked donation" set a benchmark for China's richest people, and thus led to a new development of China's philanthropy.

7. "Disobedient" professional managers

Focus: Gome's board of directors plans to issue additional shares to dilute the equity of major shareholder Huang Guangyu. Huang Guangyu sent a letter requesting the removal of board chairman Chen Xiao, which triggered a battle for control of Gome. On September 28, Gome held a special general meeting of shareholders. Huang Guangyu's motion to remove Chen Xiao as chairman of the board of directors was not passed, and Chen Xiao won.

Comments: Chen Xiao was the CEO of Gome hired by Huang Guangyu, but when Huang Guangyu was in jail, Chen Xiao began to "de-yellowize". While people lamented that Huang Guangyu "led the wolf into the house" , began to question Chen Xiao's moral quality as a professional manager. However, what seems to be a dispute over Huang Chen's equity is actually a contest between different business philosophy. Chen Xiao's victory shows that modern enterprise management methods are increasingly valued in the Chinese market. The "Huang-Chen Controversy" in 2010 will have a profound impact on the future path of Chinese company management.

8. Online gamers who are free from the edge of morality

Focus: "Journey 2" is currently the flagship product of Giant Network. Shi Yuzhu has high hopes for it and will spend 500 million yuan to promote "Journey 2" to become an online game The largest single product launch plan in the industry to date.

Comments: The online game "Zhengtu" has been criticized for touching the moral bottom line. It is even considered to spread a culture of violence and promote the value of money and power. Nowadays, Shi Yuzhu's massive investment of 500 million yuan in "Journey 2" has caused an uproar in the industry. Perhaps this gamble is expected to rewrite the history of the industry.

9． "Parents" who are confused about the "succession gate"

Focus: A report on October 27, "Huawei is rumored to be in an earthquake, Ren Zhengfei sends away Sun Yafang for 1 billion" said that Huawei's leader Ren Zhengfei wanted to let The son successfully took over and forced out the company's chairman Sun Yafang with a "breakup fee" of 1 billion yuan. One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and various media reprinted it wildly, and various comments were heard. On November 2, Ren Zhengfei responded to the question about the "succession scandal" with "Wow haha".

Comment: Through Huawei’s “succession scandal”, we should see the topic of private enterprise successors. Although Ren Zhengfei, who has always been low-key and mysterious, personally came forward to clarify, Huawei's successor is undoubtedly its most troublesome issue. As a banner figure in China's business community, Ren Zhengfei may achieve his greatest glory if he can lead the Chinese business community to achieve institutional breakthroughs on the issue of succession.

10. Great Changan Conceiver

Focus: Since May this year, Changan Group has signed strategic cooperation agreements with seven local governments and invested in the construction of new bases. This means that in less than half a year, Changan Group’s production capacity layout has suddenly changed. An increase of about 3 million vehicles. Xu Liuping said that the increase in production capacity will be an essential guarantee for Changan Automobile to become bigger and stronger and become a world-class car company.

Comments: 2010 is the year of great development and consolidation for Changan. As the head of Changan, Xu Liuping made great efforts to lay out the Greater Changan, investing in and building new bases one after another, which stirred up the entire automobile industry. At the same time, he made a big fuss in the independent high-end market and joint ventures to "build China's Chang'an and the world's Chang'an."