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第十一届世界华商大会 李显龙总理开幕致辞(全文)

(2011-10-06)

中华人民共和国全国政协副主席黄孟复先生

新加坡中华总商会会长张松声先生

各位来宾

大家早上好

首先,让我向来自海外的嘉宾表示热烈的欢迎,欢迎你们到新加坡出席世界华商大会。新加坡是第一届世界华商大会的主办国。我很高兴在相隔20年之后,我们能够再度主办这个盛大的国际会议。

自1991年以来,世界经济形势发生了根本的变化。科技的突破对经济活动和商业模式产生深远的影响;亚洲经济也翻了几番,使世界经济重心逐渐从西方移向东方。对个别的企业而言,这是个适者生存的世界。美国《财富》杂志每年发布世界500强(Fortune Global 500)名单,20年前排行榜上的许多企业,今天已经走向没落,甚至消失了。取而代之的,是不少新型的、前所未见的企业。在这全新的形势下,今年的华商大会着重讨论“新格局”和“新动力”,是十分合贴切和有意义的。

新加坡融贯东西文化,一般人民通晓两种语文,能够很自在地跟西方人士和中港台人士直接沟通和交流。我们熟悉西方的体制和管理观念,又继承了亚洲的传统文化和精神面貌。因此,新加坡向来是东西商贸和文化的交汇地,为国际交流提供了一个自然和理想的环境。

新加坡跟世界各大经济体建立了紧密的经贸联系,并且成了许多跨国企业的区域营业中心和国际人才的聚集地。中国近年来发展神速,为新加坡提供了许多商机。我们通过各种途径跟中国建立了商贸联系。例如,新中两国政府进行几项重大的合作项目,包括建立苏州工业园和天津生态城。新加坡也跟中国的七个省成立了联合商业理事会,全力推动两地的商贸交流。

长久以来,世界各地的华人在各自国家积极争取发展的机会。他们发挥创业的精神,建立了许多很具规模的企业,同时在取得成功后回报社会,支持文教和公益事业,对当地社会的发展做出很多贡献。过去30年,随着中国采取改革开放的政策,各地华商纷纷在中国寻找商机,投资设厂,对中国经济起了很大的推动作用。此外,各地华商之间建立广泛的人脉关系和商业联系,成为国际上一股不容忽视的商业力量。

近年来,世界经济危机四伏,乌云笼罩。欧美经济体目前深受财务问题所困扰。然而,尽管宏观形势不明朗,世界经济长远的前景具有不少的亮点。新科技的涌现和欣欣向荣的亚洲经济,都为商人带来很多机遇。如果商人能够把握经济动向,善于使用科技和勇于创新,将有机会脱颖而出,建立全新和成功的事业。企业的成功能够带动国家经济的发展,也能够为世界经济增添新的动力。我希望诸位利用这次的聚会,针对这些课题进行深入的探讨和交流经验,使今年的华商大会更具意义。

最后,让我祝贺第11届世界华商大会成功举行。接着,让我用英语继续演讲。谢谢!/ 5

The Chinese Entrepreneur Diaspora

Although the WCEC is only 20 years old, it honours a centuries-old phenomenon.Way back in the 2nd century B.C., during the Han dynasty, Chinese envoys explored the Western Regions – the Central Asian lands far west of China, and traders opened the Silk Road to trade with Rome.Later, from the Song dynasty a thousand years ago, overseas Chinese communities sprung up all over Southeast Asia.In the last two centuries, Chinese emigrated to every continent in the world, often to work as labourers in plantations, railroads, or mines.Wherever they went, Chinese communities thrived.They shared a culture of hard work and thrift, and focused on preserving family ties and educating their children.Many worked their way up from poor beginnings to become succeful businemen.They may not have had good family backgrounds, or much education, but they had native ability and drive, keen busine instincts and the resilience to overcome setbacks.Often, prominent businemen became community leaders and philanthropists, helping to organise the local community and contributing to society in many ways.This was especially true in Southeast Asia, where Chinese communities got together to support one another in areas where colonial governments were unable to aist.For instance, in Singapore, succeful businemen like Tan Kah Kee, Lee Kong Chian and Tan Tock Seng set up schools, hospitals and other public institutions which remain till this day.The same happened in many other countries.Although Chinese settled down around the world, their identities, family ties and loyalties often remained with China.They not only supported families back home, but also political causes in China.For instance, overseas Chinese played an important part in the 1911 Chinese Revolution.In the last years of the Qing dynasty, Chinese communities and businees all around the Pacific Rim, as far away as Hawaii and San Francisco, supported Sun Yat Sen and the Tong Meng Hui.They set up offices around the world and donated funds to the uprisings.Some overseas Chinese returned to China to fight the hated Manchus and were martyred.These included Chinese from Singapore, whose contributions and those of the Singaporean Chinese community will be displayed in the Sun Yat Sen Villa when it re-opens on Saturday.In the Sino-Japan war too, overseas Chinese communities raised funds and rallied to support the motherland, which for them was China.Over time, the sense of identity of overseas Chinese communities has changed.The international context has altered.In an age of nation states, overseas Chinese are citizens of the countries they belong to, and see themselves as such;their national loyalties take precedence over ethnic identities.Thus Singaporean Chinese, after decades of nation-building and living in a multi-cultural society, see themselves as Singaporeans first, and ethnic Chinese second.Singaporean Chinese have become quite different from Chinese from China or other countries.As a result, new immigrants or foreign workers who are ethnic Chinese but who are new to Singapore take a while to adjust to our norms.But one thing remains unchanged – many ethnic Chinese are still succeful entrepreneurs, and we are happy to welcome many of you here to this convention.New Global Environment, New Chinese Enterprise, New Impetus / 5

The global environment is continuing to evolve.China’s rapid growth and transformation will continue for many more years.In the three decades since Deng Xiaoping launched his policy of reform and liberalisation in 1978, China has lifted more than 600 million of its people out of poverty, and become the second-largest economy in the world with a GDP of US$5 trillion.China’s role in the world will continue to grow.As China’s economy develops, new Chinese enterprises are emerging.More are becoming large established companies with significant international operations.For instance, the number of Chinese companies in the Fortune Global 500 list has increased from 12 to 61 in the last 10 years.Other Chinese companies may not be as international, but they dominate their domestic markets, such as baidu.com in China.Many other small Chinese companies are starting up, hoping to one day join the ranks of succeful MNCs.Chinese entrepreneurs have played an important role in China’s modernisation and development.Ethnic Chinese capital from around the world provided initial investments for new industries.Overseas Chinese linked up international Chinese businees with contacts in China, perhaps in their ancestral provinces or cities.In the proce, they both drew upon and built up guanxi with their fellow Chinese around the world.Outside China, the global economy is going through a difficult period.The US faces major fiscal difficulties and bitter political gridlock.The EU’s debt crisis reflects deep structural problems regarding the future of the Eurozone.Japan’s economic weakne and political problems continue to hamper its development.The large international trade and fiscal imbalances that contributed to the global economic crisis have not gone away.But not everything is doom and gloom.Notwithstanding their present difficulties, the US, EU and Japan are powerful economies, with sophisticated technology, advanced R&D and large markets.It will take China many years to catch up with them, and they will remain major players on the global economy for a long time to come.In Southeast Asia, ASEAN member countries are enjoying steady growth.They are conscious of the competition posed by China and India, and are enhancing their competitivene through regional integration among ASEAN countries, as well as Free Trade Agreements with their main trading partners.With a combined population of 500 million people and a growing middle-cla, ASEAN countries offer many opportunities for businees.In addition, new technologies are creating new opportunities.They are fundamentally altering the busine landscape and restructuring jobs and entire industries.They have increased connectivity, shrunk global supply chains and opened new markets.It is a dynamic environment, which favours nimble and creative companies.Entrepreneurship will be at a premium.All entrepreneurs know that the best opportunities are found in the most difficult situations.Thus, it is all the more important for entrepreneurs to stay optimistic, discern hidden poibilities and pursue their busine ideas paionately.Your succe will not only benefit yourselves, but will help to rejuvenate economies and create a brighter future for everyone.Within this new environment, Singapore will continue to seek to stand out as a key node in the global marketplace.Entrepreneurs and companies can take advantage of our cultural diversity, world-cla busine/ 5

infrastructure and connections as a Global-Asia hub to grow and prosper.We aim to make Singapore a useful partner to Chinese entrepreneurs all around the world and succeed together with all of you.Looking ahead, what role can Chinese entrepreneurs play in this new environment? I offer three suggestions – enhancing links, modernising companies, and strengthening communities.Firstly, Chinese entrepreneurs can continue enhancing their links with one another.Chinese entrepreneurs are located all over the world, from US and Australia to Africa and Latin America, and have adapted to their respective local contexts.At the same time, they maintain ties with other Chinese entrepreneurs around the world by their common cultures and values.This global network is a strategic resource for Chinese entrepreneurs everywhere, as it is for other diasporas which have been succeful in busine, such as the Jews and Sindhis.However, Chinese entrepreneurs cannot rely on guanxi alone for succe.In China itself, guanxi has been particularly important.But as China opens up more to the world, and as more Chinese travel and operate overseas, they will have a wider choice of partners and networks to work with, be it for funding, busine collaborations or acce to new markets.This is already happening.Hence, Chinese entrepreneurs have to upgrade themselves and raise their game to remain useful and to keep their market positions.Secondly, Chinese entrepreneurs should strive to build modern and profeional businees.Many Chinese companies start out as family-owned enterprises, but such a basis for a busine has its limits.Relying on family members makes it difficult to scale the busine, for example to manage subsidiaries or overseas offices.Succeion is often an iue, beyond the founding generation.It also makes it hard to compete against global businees that hire and promote the best talent from all over the world, regardle of family ties.Beyond a certain point as companies grow and expand, the family structure no longer works.These businees have to adopt a more systematic and profeional structure, including hiring talent from around the world, appointing them to key positions and establishing a more institutionalised HR system.Sometimes the founders are reluctant to do so as they fear “losing control” over their busine, but this is a neceary step for the company to compete internationally and be truly world-cla.One company which has made this leap is Huawei Technologies.Founded in 1988, Huawei’s founders realised that to succeed, Huawei would have to benchmark its procees and systems to world-cla companies.It hired IBM Consulting to revamp its HR, IT, Finance and R&D systems when it began to internationalise, and learnt Western management systems to enhance its competitivene.Today, Huawei is a Fortune Global 500 company.That is the way to go.Finally, Chinese entrepreneurs should strengthen links with their local communities.They should go beyond merely growing the busine, to share their succe with the communities they belong to, and contribute to the societies that enabled them to succeed.In today’s globalised world, when the gap between winners and losers is wider, having a social conscience is particularly important, both for individuals and for firms.Succeful entrepreneurs and businees which help others through philanthropy or community work will enhance their standing with the local community, and help gain them goodwill that is crucial for the long term./ 5

Conclusion

Conventions like the WCEC are very useful to exploring these iues.I am glad that several of these topics will be discued at the Convention’s plenaries and learning journeys.Beyond these seions, I also hope that participants will make use of every opportunity to interact informally, strengthen their networks and pursue new busine opportunities with one another.I wish all participants a fruitful Convention, and I now declare the 11th World Chinese Entrepreneurs Convention open./ 5

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