"Every time I communicate with overseas compatriots, I will appear to 'canvass' Wuhan and promote the city's environment and opportunities." Chen Lili, founder of Wuhan Mingde Biotechnology Co., Ltd., said.
"The 'tropical rainforest-style' innovation and entrepreneurship environment created by Wuhan has allowed us to enjoy the sunshine and rain." Ye Yi, head of Fengmai Energy (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., said.
Chen Lili and Ye Yi have different professional fields and different life experiences, but they have a common identity - returned overseas Chinese. In recent years, more and more overseas Chinese have chosen Wuhan as the starting point for their innovation and entrepreneurship and the realization of their dreams.
Technicians at Wuhan Mingde Biotechnology Co., Ltd. concentrate on checking the appearance of chemiluminescent reagent strips. Photo by Gao Yong, reporter of The Yangtze River Daily
"Tropical rainforest-style" innovation environment, cultivating industry "bellwethers"
"Sowing the seeds of dreams in Wuhan will surely reap fruitful fruits"
"The government has policies, and financial institutions have responsibilities. At that time, the epidemic prevention and control situation was still grim, the bank outlets had not yet opened to the outside world, and the Huaxia Bank Financial Port Branch specially opened the door for the company, expedited the loan approval business, and successfully lent money in less than a month, sending charcoal to the enterprise. Speaking of this experience, Ye Yi was full of emotions.
Ye Yi introduced that in the first half of last year, during the critical period of post-epidemic revitalization, Fengmai Energy was approved to support the resumption of work of small and medium-sized enterprises in the first week of work, 10 million yuan bailout loan, and then successfully approved the second 10 million yuan bailout loan.
In 2009, Ye Yi, who was engaged in new energy technology analysis, returned to Wuhan from the United States and led the team to found Fengmai Energy (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., as a high-tech enterprise founded by overseas high-level talents, successfully registered in the East Lake High-tech Zone in the form of "zero fee" and "zero down payment", becoming the first company in Wuhan to enjoy the "double zero" preferential policy at the same time.
"The 'tropical rainforest-style' innovation and entrepreneurship environment created by Wuhan, especially the all-round ecosystem and multi-level service system provided by Optics Valley for start-up enterprises, let us enjoy the sunshine and rain." Ye Yi said that as a returnee entrepreneur, he settled in Optics Valley at low cost at that time, and enjoyed the support of various scientific and technological supporting policies and talent project funds in the provincial and urban areas, which enhanced the self-hematopoietic function of the initial stage of the enterprise.
After more than ten years of development, the enterprise has achieved a hundredfold growth. The scale of the company has grown from 8 people in the initial stage to more than 300 employees now; the business scale has expanded from an annual income of one million yuan to hundreds of millions of yuan per year. Nowadays, the company has grown into a first-class new energy asset management solution provider in China, a leading enterprise in the field of industry segmentation, a service management of more than 10 million kilowatts of new energy power plants, has been selected as a provincial and municipal listed "golden seed" enterprise, and is preparing for landing in the capital market.
"I was shocked that Wuhan was really using real money and silver to support talents and support good projects." As one of the overseas representatives of Huihan innovation and entrepreneurship, Qiu Qiyu, chairman of the US-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance in Washington, D.C., and chairman of Wuhan Denuomei Biomedical Co., Ltd., still remembers the experience of ten years ago.
Qiu Qiyu, chairman of Wuhan Denuomei Biomedical Co., Ltd. Photo by Shi Wei, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily
In July 2011, under the guidance of Wuhan's policies and funds, Qiu Qiyu returned to Han from the United States and led the R&D team and related projects to settle in the Optics Valley Bio-City Innovation Park of Wuhan National Biological Industry Base.
Before that, when he returned to his hometown to visit his relatives, he received an invitation from the Talent Office of the East Lake High-tech Zone. Qiu Qiyu recalled that at that time, the young staff took the initiative to contact him and introduce him to the scientific and technological innovation and talent development policies of the "Talent Special Zone". "I saw the passion and vitality in them, plus I was a Wuhan native, and I resolutely stayed."
Qiu Qiyu sighed, "I believe that sowing the seeds of dreams on the fertile soil of Wuhan will surely reap fruitful fruits." ”
Overseas "Recommendation Officer" Returns to Han to Start a Business as a "Recruitment Ambassador"
"With the good policy 'support' of the hometown government, we are more willing to match the bridge"
"I have been starting a business in Wuhan for many years and have a deep relationship with the city. If Wuhan is good, overseas Chinese enterprises will be better. Yu Peng, president of the Hubei Overseas Chinese Merchants Association, president of the Hubei Hometown Association of California, and chairman of Weipeng Group, has witnessed the effect of "attracting overseas Chinese" with the role of "participant" to "organizer".
Yu Peng, President of Hubei Overseas Chinese Merchants Association, President of Hubei Hometown Association of California, and Chairman of Weipeng Group
In 2015, Yu Peng, who was in California, was invited by the Provincial Overseas Chinese Affairs Office to participate in the organization of huachuang association overseas special activities. "That was the first time I heard about Huachuang, mainly to show Wuhan and promote Wuhan. As a hometown person, it is my duty to be this 'recommendation officer'. He introduced that the platform of the overseas special session attracted more than 300 overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese to participate in the meeting.
Yu Peng, who "won the first battle", was eager to try. In 2016, in response to Wuhan's "Valley Creation Plan", he moved his career focus back to Wuhan. "The core of 'Chuang' is innovation and entrepreneurship, which coincides with my purpose of choosing to return to Han." At that time, Yu Peng also valued the "nanny-style" enterprise services provided by the government such as industry and commerce, finance, and taxation, all-round financial support, providing convenient and livable life services for innovative and entrepreneurial talents, as well as providing services such as household registration settlement and application for preferential policies for talents.
Yu Peng, who has no "worries about the future", learned from the operation mode of silicon valley integration of "industrial city people" and "moved" the "Silicon Valley town" to the Optics Valley. There are a number of scientific and technological innovation enterprises, as well as emerging technology incubation, high-end service industry platform, the future will form a Silicon Valley town • science and technology park including silicon valley century history museum, five-star hotels and other highly integrated development of the city. "Although Silicon Valley cannot be replicated, we need to find a path to Silicon Valley's success, let it take root here, and plant hope." Yu Peng maintains a frequency of seven or eight times a year to travel between Wuhan and overseas, "Now some projects have been able to synchronize in Silicon Valley and Optics Valley roadshows to achieve the same frequency resonance of technology." ”
As the first batch of "talent ambassadors" and "Optics Valley investment ambassadors" in Wuhan, Yu Peng changed from spontaneous behavior to heavy responsibility for Wuhan to attract talents. "In the past, when attracting talents overseas, most of them were fellow villagers who helped each other and relied on prestige, but now that we have the good policies of the hometown government to 'support', we are more willing to match." Last year, Yu Peng ran in 5 provinces and cities such as Guangdong and Shanghai within 8 days, issuing invitations to overseas Chinese-funded enterprises, only for Wuhan to "lead the phoenix", "Wuhan's popularity and reputation continue to increase, attracting overseas talents, especially high-level talents, to develop in Han, it is just in time." ”
Continuously optimize the business environment for enterprises to "escort"
"The strong atmosphere of innovation and entrepreneurship ignited my enthusiasm at once"
Investment projects and enterprises have laid out Wuhan, "Every time I communicate with overseas compatriots, I will appear to 'canvass' Wuhan and promote the city's environment and opportunities." As a "regular customer" of Huachuang Association, Chen Lili, vice chairman of the Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese in East Lake High-tech Zone and founder of Wuhan Mingde Biotechnology Co., Ltd., has a different feeling for Wuhan.
Chen Lili, founder of Wuhan Mingde Biotechnology Co., Ltd
In 2006, by chance, Chen Lili participated in the first "Chunhui Cup" entrepreneurship and innovation competition for Chinese students while studying in Germany. At this competition, she learned about the support policies of the Wuhan International Student Entrepreneurship Park for returnees, "The strong atmosphere of attracting investment and wisdom and innovation and entrepreneurship has ignited my enthusiasm at once." ”
After returning to China, Chen Lili and partner Dr. Wang Ying deeply cultivated the field of POCT (instant diagnosis), starting from Wuhan Optics Valley Bio-City and becoming the first listed company independently cultivated by Wuhan Optics Valley Bio-City. "It can be said that the government continues to optimize the business environment and truly escorts the listing of enterprises." She was impressed that before going public in 2018, the company encountered a number of thorny issues. One night, she received a call from a company on the high-speed train, saying that a matter material was "stuck in the shell." "I immediately contacted the docking person in charge of the biological industry in the East Lake High-tech Zone, and he almost 'seconded back' the message: 'Docking now, full support'." Chen Lili later learned that the docking person was inspecting Germany at the time, "at that time, he should be busy." But the attitude of solving the problem at the first time warmed my heart. "The enterprise continues to grow and bear fruit in the "Huachuang Association". In 2019, the Mingde Health Industry Project with an investment of 1.6 billion yuan fell in Jiangxia District.
Wei Bin, chairman of Okabe Real Estate (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., is also very optimistic about the development potential of Wuhan.
After graduating in 1985, Wei Bin went to the United States to study, and after completing his studies in 1995, he went to Work in Hong Kong. In 2006, through participating in the Huachuang Association, Wei Bin returned to his hometown Wuhan to start a business, invested in running a school, and successively participated in the establishment of the School of Art and Design of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, Chutian College of Huazhong Agricultural University, and later developed into the Wuhan Design and Engineering College. In 2015, she led the Jackie Chan Film and Television Media Academy in Wuhan to develop a film industry that integrates technology and media. Up to now, Wuhan Design and Engineering College has trained more than 30,000 graduates. Among them, design talents account for 70%.
Wei Bin said frankly that over the years, although the road to entrepreneurship is very difficult, it is in Wuhan that he has the opportunity to recognize entrepreneurs and talents in different industries, discover new development opportunities, lay out emerging industries, introduce high-end talents, and grow step by step.
The relevant person in charge of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee said that overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese investment projects and enterprises have laid out Wuhan, which fully demonstrates the agglomeration effect of Wuhan on overseas Chinese businessmen and overseas Chinese, which is conducive to further promoting Wuhan to take the road of high-quality development, accelerating the construction of "five centers" and building a modern Wuhan.
(Yangtze River Daily reporter Wang Su Tan Delei correspondent Lin Hong Feng Sha)
【Editor: Fu Hao】
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