Dong Mingzhu’s appearance in Jiangmen triggered a stir in Jiangmen people’s WeChat Moments. Many people speculated, “What big move does Ms. Dong have in Jiangmen? Is she going to invest in Jiangmen?” Nandu reporters saw that on the evening of February 22, many Jiangmen people broke the news in their WeChat Moments. According to reports, Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliances, appeared at Jiangmen Wuyi Overseas Chinese Plaza, along with Jiangmen Mayor Wu Xiaohui and others.
On the evening of 22nd, Dong Mingzhu appeared at Wuyi Overseas Chinese Plaza. Source: Nandu netizens
Amidst the divergent opinions, at about 11 o'clock that night, Jiangmen released the news: From February 22 to 23, the Jiangmen Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee was entrusted by the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee to organize the National People's Congress in Jiangmen, Zhuhai, and Zhongshan. The representative group carried out a joint inspection in Jiangmen City to prepare for the pre-session research of the representatives attending the second session of the 14th National People's Congress. On the afternoon of the 22nd, Chen Anming, Secretary of the Jiangmen Municipal Party Committee, Party Secretary and Director of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, accompanied the inspection. Wu Xiaohui, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, participated in the event as a representative of the National People's Congress.
A group of National People's Congress representatives from the three cities of Zhuhai, Zhongjiang and Jiangmen carried out a joint inspection in Jiangmen. Source: Jiangmen release
Dong Mingzhu is a representative of the 14th National People's Congress. She and other representatives are indeed shouldering a heavy responsibility when they inspect Jiangmen together.
Dong Mingzhu and other representatives inspected Jiangmen
According to the on-site pictures and videos provided by netizens to Nandu, Dong Mingzhu was wearing an off-white suit and was as unpretentious as ever, but her "strong woman" spirit has not diminished at all, and she is still active from time to time. Wave and greet the citizens warmly. As the second Jiangmen Coffee Culture Week in the Overseas Chinese Capital of China will be held at Wuyi Overseas Chinese Plaza from February 23 to 25, the exhibition layout has been completed on the evening of the 22nd.
Representatives carried out a joint inspection in Jiangmen. Source: Jiangmen released
According to news released by Jiangmen, on the afternoon of the 22nd, Dong Mingzhu and other representatives came to the Investment Promotion Center of Jiangmen High-tech Zone to listen to the work report of the High-tech Zone on "leading the construction of a modern industrial system with technological innovation" and inspect Jiangmen safety on the spot. The latest progress in the construction of the emergency industrial park. Visit the national high-tech enterprise-Jiangmen Bellston Electric Co., Ltd. to learn about the company's technology research and development, manufacturing, sales and operations, etc., so as to strengthen the main position of enterprises in scientific and technological innovation for Jiangmen City and use scientific and technological innovation Provide advice and suggestions to promote industrial innovation.
Nandu reporter learned that on February 23, Dong Mingzhu and other representatives will also go to Xinhui District, Jiangmen City, Taishan City and other places to inspect enterprises such as China New Aviation Technology (Jiangmen) Co., Ltd., Huangmao Sea Cross-sea Channel, etc. Major projects, etc.
“Qiaodu Coffee” and Gree can join forces?
Representatives such as Dong Mingzhu appeared at the second China Overseas Chinese Capital Jiangmen Coffee Culture Week and were warmly welcomed by participating coffee companies and citizens. It also aroused the infinite reverie of Jiangmen people: Will Gree and "Overseas Chinese Capital Coffee" have a future? What big move?
The 2nd China Overseas Chinese Capital (Jiangmen) Coffee Culture Week was held at Wuyi Overseas Chinese Square. Source: Jiangmen Cultural Tourism
Jiangmen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government attach great importance to the development of the coffee industry and actively build the "Qiaodu Coffee" brand. In 2023, the Jiangmen Municipal Government and the Circulation Industry Promotion Center of the Ministry of Commerce signed the "Strategic Cooperation Agreement for the Development of Overseas Chinese Coffee Industry" to jointly build the "China (Jiangmen) Coffee Consumption Industry Base". Jiangmen has now formed a complete and mature coffee industry chain, and is an important coffee production and processing base and trade center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. According to the person in charge of the Jiangmen Municipal Commerce Bureau, Jiangmen currently has 17 coffee companies with food production license qualifications. In 2023, the city's roasted coffee bean products will be 2014 tons, with an output value of 137 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 72.6%; the city's coffee equipment and spare parts production There are more than 350 companies, and the annual export value of coffee equipment in 2023 will be approximately 650 million yuan. It is reported that there are 1,580 coffee shops in Jiangmen City, and the number of coffee shops per 10,000 people is 3.79, surpassing major cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Guangzhou.
Huang Dachang, a representative of the 14th National People's Congress from Jiangmen and chairman of Guangdong Qiansehua Chemical Co., Ltd., is familiar with Dong Mingzhu, and they also inspected together this time. On February 23, Nandu reporters contacted Huang Dachang." This time, when Representative Dong came to Jiangmen, the first thing she asked when she sat down was 'What is the best tangerine peel in Xinhui?' The most popular thing she said was 'I never thought Jiangmen has so many delicacies!'; she also asked I said, 'Gree's design and manufacturing capabilities can quickly help improve the quality of Jiangmen's coffee industry.' " A question, a sigh, and an expectation. Dong Mingzhu's three sentences can be called "golden sentences." For this reason, Huang Dachang was deeply impressed . Moreover, Huang Dachang, who is also an entrepreneur, admired Dong Mingzhu's professional and dedicated attitude during the inspection. He revealed that Dong Mingzhu was very attentive when listening to the staff's introduction to the Jiangmen High-tech Zone Investment Center, and also reported to the staff The staff learned some details, and she was the last one to leave, “We had a long chat last night, and she said that Gree Electric’s industrial equipment technology and Qiaodu Coffee can be combined to use Gree’s industrial manufacturing capabilities to empower Qiaodu Coffee provides support for Qiaodu Coffee."
The space for cooperation between Gree and Jiangmen is really huge
In fact, this is not Dong Mingzhu’s first visit to Jiangmen.
Public information shows that on August 29, 2016, the "Made in China 2025" Jiangmen Small and Medium Enterprises Innovation and Development Exchange Conference was held at the Wanda Realm Hotel in Jiangmen. Thousands of Jiangmen entrepreneurs and citizens listened to Dong Mingzhu's speech - " Create and achieve the future”.
Jiangmen Women Entrepreneurs Association is one of the organizers of the event. According to its official Weibo, “Sister Dong also praised Jiangmen as a beautiful city and left a good impression. She hopes that Gree Electric can launch some projects in Jiangmen in the future. "Jiangmen Daily reported on this event that Dong Mingzhu said at the end of the event, "This is my first time coming to Jiangmen. I feel like I came late. Jiangmen left a very good impression on me. If I have the opportunity, , I hope that Gree can carry out some projects in Jiangmen, and we also welcome Jiangmen entrepreneurs to enter Gree, and welcome Jiangmen enterprises to develop collaboratively with Gree to bring Chinese manufacturing to the world."
Dong Mingzhu's words 8 years ago not only brought Jiangmen closer to The relationship has also brought the space for industrial cooperation between Gree and Jiangmen closer.
Nandu reporters noticed that the official website of the Jiangmen Municipal Government stated that on August 9, 2023, Jiangmen Mayor Wu Xiaohui led his company to Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliances Co., Ltd. for inspection and exchange. At the symposium, Dong Mingzhu hoped that the Jiangmen enterprises participating in this exchange could form supporting and coordinated development with Gree, achieve diversified cooperation in production line transformation, product supply, brand building, etc., and pool their strength to create influential Guangdong brands and China brand. Wu Xiaohui said that Jiangmen is vigorously cultivating 15 key industrial chains, among which the home appliance industry chain has a good industrial foundation and development potential. He hopes to deepen cooperation and exchanges with Gree Electric Appliances, strengthen leading and collaborative innovation, and develop in small household appliances, smart equipment, precision Expand cooperation space in mold manufacturing and other fields to jointly promote high-quality development of manufacturing industry.
As Mayor Wu Xiaohui said, there is a lot of room for cooperation between Gree and Jiangmen’s key industrial chains. For example, Jiangmen's modern agriculture and food industry cluster has a value of over 100 billion yuan, and it is currently deploying a whole industrial chain of prepared dishes. Dong Mingzhu established Zhuhai Gree Prepared Vegetable Equipment Technology Development Co., Ltd. at the end of 2022. In 2023, he took the lead in establishing the Guangdong Provincial Prepared Vegetable Equipment Industry Development Federation, and built a prefabricated vegetable smart factory to fully advance into prefabricated vegetable equipment. In this industrial cluster alone, there is unlimited room for cooperation between the two parties.
This time, Dong Mingzhu was so impressed by Jiangmen’s food, coffee, tangerine peel, etc. The cooperation between the two parties is bearing fruit, which is totally worth looking forward to!
Written by: Nandu reporter Zeng Yujun
