In September, Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd. kicked off its construction on the Production Base Project in Sealy, Houston, USA, reflecting that Hailiang was another step closer to having its own factory in the United States. On October 29th, the most beautiful time of autumn, Zhejiang Hailiang ushered in a group of guests who came from afar—representatives of the Greater Houston Partnership of the United States, including officials from the Houston Partnership and the Sealy Economic Development Board and the Sealy Independent District Education Bureau. Their visit to Hailiang aimed to learn more about its corporate culture and express their sincere gratitude to Hailiang for choosing the city of Sealy. Zhu Zhangquan, chairman and general manager of Zhejiang Hailiang Co., Ltd., together with senior managers of the company, warmly welcomed them.
Zhejiang Hailiang is going to march into the US market. In order to strengthen the understanding of its team managers responsible for the US project to the American corporate culture to effectively promote relevant work, Zhejiang Hailiang invited Chen Fan, co-founder of Nguyen & Chen LLP to deliver relevant training lectures on the afternoon of the 29th.
Mr. Chen analyzed the differences of the corporate cultures between Chinese and American enterprises and explained the corporate values, corporate goals, basic codes of conduct and institutional management practices between the two. During his speech, the participants were actively encouraged to discuss with him in terms of the problems and practical difficulties encountered when carrying out the US project.
This training seminar aimed to help Hailiang’s managers to learn more about US-related businesses, enable the smooth process of the US project, and lay a solid foundation for Hailiang’s global layout.
On the morning of the 30th, the delegates visited the coil production workshop of Hailiang. The introduction of the workshop’s production process and product features by Jiang Feng, deputy director of Hailiang’s Investment and M&A Department, attracted the attention of these guests.
Through this visit, the delegates personally experienced the production process of Zhejiang Hailiang and were also affected by the advanced production concept and strong strength of Hailiang. They said that this visit surprised them a lot and made them know a different Hailiang, which further strengthened their confidence in Hailiang’s development and success in the United States. As for its future development in the city of Sealy, the Sealy government will also provide more comprehensive services and support, and hope that the two sides can maintain close cooperation and seek common development and common progress in the future.
Led by Shen Jiansheng, director of the Greater Houston Partnership responsible for the Asian and Oceania areas, the delegates included Wu Jing, coordinator of the Greater Houston Partnership, Wyn McCready, chairman of Sealy Economic Development Board, Robert Worley, director of Sealy Economic Development Board, Sheryl Moore, director of Sealy Independent District Education Bureau, Yu Hongyan, founder and chairman of the Future Education Group (U.S.), Chen Fan, co-founder and managing partner of Nguyen & Chen LLP, Wang Xiao, founder & CEO of AoShape, as well as Bowen Lo, general manager of Rigid Global Buildings.