Wang Huasheng

Wang Huasheng

Wang Huasheng, born in 1925 in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, is the "king of shipbuilding" in Hong Kong, China. One of the founders of Accor in Hong Kong, the founder of Zhonghua shipyard. Former chairman of China shipyard Co., Ltd. In the 1970s, he was as famous as Bao Yugang and Dong Haoyun. Currently, he is the chairman of Wang's investment (holding) Co., Ltd., the honorary chairman of Caiyu group (08022-hk), the chairman of Accor bus services (China) Co., Ltd., and the vice president of Hong Kong Sports Association and Olympic Committee of China. He is also the founder of JPC in Hong Kong. He has the reputation of "father of JPC" and "father" of Baoliang Bureau. He is also the forever honorary president of JPC.

Personal overview

Wang Huasheng, BH, MBE, born in Dongguan, Guangfu, started shipbuilding, known as the "king of shipbuilding" in Hong Kong, China. Involved in nine industries: shipbuilding, industry, mechanical and electrical engineering, steel structure engineering, bus service, transportation, hotel industry, retail industry and machinery industry, and the core business is heavy industry, shipbuilding, warehouse and cargo handling and real estate. He came to Hong Kong at the age of 14 and worked as an apprentice in Kowloon shipyard. He founded Zhonghua wind power iron welding factory in 1941 and Zhonghua shipyard in youtang Bay in the 1960s. He has been expanding his business since then. Now he is the group chairman of Wang's investment (Group) and Accor enterprise (Group). Wang Huasheng has made a great contribution to the development of sports in Kwun Tong District. He is the founding president of the Kwun Tong Sports Association. He is also the founding president of the Kwun Tong juvenile police, the Kwun Tong Community Development Association and the Kwun Tong children's Choir. In the 1970s, he was as famous as Bao Yugang and Dong Haoyun. He is the founder of Zhonghua shipyard. He is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Zhonghua shipyard Co., Ltd., the chairman of Wang's investment (holding) Co., Ltd., a private company, and the co-founder and chairman of Accor Hong Kong. Wang Huasheng is the founder of Hong Kong's JPC. He is known as the "father of JPC" and the "father" of Baoliang Bureau. He is also the forever honorary president of the organization. Wang is also the co-founder of China Shipyard Group Co., Ltd. and China Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Wang Huasheng is the father of Mr. Wang minchao, one of the executive directors of the company, and the brother of Mr. Wang Huansheng, the managing director of the company. Wang has rich experience in engineering and shipbuilding in Asian countries. He served as chairman of Sabah shipyard, ship repairing sdnbhd in Malaysia and Eurasian shipyard in 1970s. The projects completed by Wang include the maritime works of the eastern and Western Harbour Crossing in Hong Kong, and the 12000 ton steel structure erection works of the Singapore Treasury building and the United Overseas Bank building. Mr. Wang Huasheng is a director of Tongbu Co., Ltd. and Mingde Travel Motor Co., Ltd.

In the 1940s,

Wang Huasheng

Three years after he came to Hong Kong, he was only 17 years old and founded Zhonghua wind power iron welding factory. His main business is to undertake ship building iron welding engineering. It will become a stepping stone for his shipyard business in Hong Kong. In the 1950s,

Wang Huasheng

It was the first time that it started transnational business. At that time, it contracted to build the first drilling platform "Oriental Explorer" in Southeast Asia in British Borneo. Since then, its business has been booming. In the 1960s, Zhonghua Shipyard Group and Zhonghua Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. were set up in youtang Bay, Kwun Tong. Zhonghua shipyard covers a large area and has enough operation space. In the early days, it mainly made barges. His son, Wang Mingang, completed a course in ship design at the University of California in the United States. After returning to Hong Kong, he began to design a marine police ship, and designed a working ship with the fourth largest horsepower in the world. Its function is comparable to that of the polar rescue ship. The ship was later used for war by the British government. Zhonghua shipyard was listed in the 1970s as a public joint stock company and participated in international offshore shipbuilding and oil exploration equipment projects.

In addition to Zhonghua shipyard, he also cooperated with the Malaysian government to establish the largest shipyard of self elevating platform for ship repair: Sabah shipyard. In addition, he also cooperated with Wang shipyard

Dong Haoyun

In cooperation with Mr. Wang, he founded a Eurasian shipyard in Hong Kong to manufacture deep-sea oil exploration platforms. In the 1980s, because of the great potential of the industrial and commercial development in the mainland, we concentrated on expanding the business in the mainland and diversified the development, including hotels, real estate investment, retail, bus transportation, heavy industry, shipbuilding, etc. He was one of the Hong Kong businessmen who returned to the mainland earlier to invest. With the rapid development of land and air transportation, the importance of ships is not as important as before. In addition, due to

shipbuilding industry

It involves a lot and is closely related to national defense. The Chinese government subsidizes domestic shipyards. China shipyard, which is rooted in Hong Kong and belongs to the commercial nature, naturally can not get financial support. It is difficult to compete with domestic shipyards and has less and less living space.

Wang Huasheng

Finally, in 1991, the company sold the shares of China Shipyard Group. Since then, the shipyard land has been divided among several real estate developers, including

New World

And Henderson real estate. Later, the Wang family reorganized its business to

Wang's investment

(Group) is the flagship company of the family business.

Wang Huasheng

He has been engaged in industry and Commerce for more than 50 years. He has always made contributions to the society. In particular, he has actively promoted sports activities in Kwun Tong, the community where the shipyard used to be located. In the early days of Kwun Tong, it was a barren land. With the development of industry, the population in the area increased greatly, and the working class accounted for the majority of the population. At that time, the workers lived hard, worked very long hours, had few sports opportunities, and there were not many sports venues in the area, so many people were weak. The number of young people in the district has also increased. Children and teenagers often play in the streets near Jiliao, and many of them are forced to join the underworld. In view of this,

Wang Huasheng

Together with other interested people, the Sports Association will be set up with self raised funds to organize basketball, football, volleyball and other activities. The director of civil affairs is responsible for organizing the activities, and the culture, sports and sports department is responsible for preparing the activities. The sports association is the Kwun Tong Sports Association.

Wang Huasheng

He was very active when he was young. He loved swimming alone in many sports. Every time he went to the swimming pool, he would swim more than 1000 meters. A group photo of the awarding guests of the youth police call poster design competition with Mr Tung Chee Hwa (middle), Mr Timothy FOK (second from right) and Mr LAN Hongzhen (first from right) when bidding for the Asian Games.

start from scratch

Like most of the entrepreneurs who started in Hong Kong brick by brick in the 1940s, Wang Huasheng also started from a low-level job. In 1938, Wang Huasheng, who was only 14 years old, came to Hong Kong from Dongguan, Guangdong Province. At that time, he was penniless and worked as a welding apprentice in Kowloon shipyard. Two years later, with hard training skills, he became a welding expert. One of his hard-working skills is accurate eyesight. At the end of the 1930s, there was still a lack of scientific inspection instruments. Because of Wang Huasheng's unique vision, the factory would hand over each welding project to him for inspection to see if he could pass the test. In this way, three years later, he redoubled his efforts and founded "Zhonghua wind welding factory". The road of starting a business is always bumpy, but after crossing the bumpy road, it is necessary to leave unforgettable and thought-provoking experience. In 1959, he led an engineering team to Borneo to undertake an offshore drilling rig for an American company. At that time, the sea breeze was strong, and the climate was hot. Working in such an environment, even if we put our heart into it, we encountered difficulties in welding four giant steel standards with a diameter of more than 3 meters, and the total welding effect was not ideal. However, if Wang Huasheng had not excelled in this respect, he would not have broken into his own world. With his rich welding experience, he came up with a simple and easy way to complete the task successfully, which was affirmed and appreciated by the representative of the American company and British Welding Expert Gabriel.

This contracted project has established the overseas reputation of "China". This foreign expert highly appreciated Wang Huasheng's technology. Wang Huasheng also appreciated the talents of foreign experts when he contacted him. Any happy cooperation begins with mutual affection. In 1966, when Gabriel visited Wang Huasheng in Hong Kong, Wang Huasheng invited him for business cooperation. In this way, the instant match laid the foundation for the joint development of the next 20 years. However, as the vice chairman of Zhonghua group, Gabriel is also blocking Zhonghua's development from a small handicraft factory to a large-scale enterprise, and its business from sea to land, even to high altitude. To be able to understand the law of economic cycle, to disperse risks as much as possible, so as not to put all the eggs in one basket, these are the basic considerations of successful entrepreneurs.

The diversified development of enterprises is a means for them to expand their business. “

China Group

The goal is to become a multinational company. " Wang Huasheng said with pride: "now we have bought Kuncheng shipyard in Singapore and transformed it into a steel plant; we have invested in five hotels in the mainland and Hong Kong; we have contracted steel frame projects in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and other places.

China Group

It also plans to acquire companies in the United States. "

China Engineering

China shipyard's business has rapidly expanded to the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries. Its business scope also ranges from undertaking simple seaport ships to offshore oil exploration services, steel processing and steel structure construction factory projects. The mark of China group can be found in many parts of the world. The most powerful oil exploration vessel "savior" in the United Kingdom, the famous far east financial center in Hong Kong, the Hong Kong and Macao wharf Shun Tak Center, the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation building, the steel structure engineering of the Overseas United Bank building in Singapore, the mechanical and electrical installation engineering of Hong Kong Tai Po gas plant and Castle Peak Power Plant are all undertaken by China company He also participated in the construction of the second cross harbour tunnel in Hong Kong and the new building of the Bank of China in Hong Kong.

Its companies

Huashi Enterprise Co., Ltd

Wang's investment (Holdings) Limited

Hong Kong Zhonghua Construction Engineering Co., Ltd

Zhonghua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd

Wang Huasheng Physical Education

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