Mr.
Kuang Piu Chao took controlling part and acted as Chairman
in Ningbo Yongxin Optical Co. Ltd. since 1997.
Mr. Chao is one of Hong Kong's most renowned industrialists,
Chairman of the Board of Novel Enterprises, Honorary Chairman
of Dragon Air, and Honorary Mauritian Consul to Hong Kong.
He is also an Honorary Doctorate and Honorary Professor
of Zhejiang University, Advisor (Professorial rank) to
Tsinghua University, and Advisor (Professorial rank) to
Ningbo University.
Mr. Chao was born to a Ningbo family in Shanghai in 1920.
He moved to Hong Kong in the early 1950s. After encountering
many hardships, he opened a wool-spinning factory and
Hong Kong's first knitwear factory. As a result, Mr. Chao
earned the moniker, "King of Hong Kong's Wool Industry."
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In
1978, before the Full Session of the Third Plenum of the
Eleventh Congress, Mr. Chao opened Xiangzhou Wool-Spinning
Factory in Xiangzhou [today's Zhuhai Special Economic
Zone]. This marked the birth of both the "compensation
trade" and the "San Lai" compensation trade
that contributed markedly to the subsequent opening of
China to the rest of the world.
In 1985, Mr. Chao founded Hong Kong Dragon Airlines (Dragonair).
Dragonair developed from a single-plane airline into today's
20+ plane regional carrier employing more that 2,000 and
connecting major cities throughout China as well as trunk
cities throughout the Asian region.
Under Mr. Chao¡¯s leadership, the Hong Kong-based Novel
Group, has also been very active over the past decades
in developing and expanding overseas. The Group has now
emerged into a multinational company covering a range
of business such as textile, garment, airline, property
development, jewelry, high-tech development, etc. with
operations in many countries of the world.
Mr. Chao loves his home land and has made significant
contribution to China¡¯s education. His donated funds at
Tsinghua University, Zhejiang University, Ningbo University,
Shanda University, as well as other educational donations
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| Awards: |
¡°Wharton
School Dean¡¯s Medal¡± --- awarded by the Wharton
School, University of Pennsylvania on 5 June 2004.
Mr. Chao is one of the only two awardees from China
in the history of the Award.
¡°Silver Bauhinia Star¡± --- conferred by the Government
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in
2002.
¡°Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette¡±
--- awarded by the Government of Japan on June 13,
2001.
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Honorary
Citizen: Shanghai, Ningbo and Zhuhai.
In 1999 the International Minor Planter [asteroid]
Naming Commission approved the naming of asteroid
#4566, discovered by the Chinese Academy of Science's
Zijin Mountain Observatory outside Nanjing, after
Mr. K P Chao. |
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| 2¡¢Ningbo Industry Investment Liability Co.,Ltd. |
| Ningbo
Industry Investment Liability Co., Ltd. is a solely stated-owned
enterprise that was approved by Ningbo municipal government.
It mainly engages in project investment, state-owned assets
management, investment consultation service, investment
agency and concerned leasehold & hypothecates operation.
The company holds plenty of staterun assets. Now there
are about 20 investment projects including 3 listed company,
which are Ningbo Bird Co., Ltd, Ningbo Veken Jinghua Co.,
Ltd. and Ningbo Fubang Jingye Group Co., Ltd. The company
own total capital of one hundred and sixty millions RMB.
In 2004, the company makes an investment in Ningbo Yongxin
Optical Co., Ltd. |
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| 3¡¢Ningbo Electronics Information Holdings Limited |
| Ningbo
Electronic Information Holdings Limited is founded in
Aug. 1998, who was reorganized on the basis of Ningbo
Electron Meter Industrial Bureau. The company is a key
member of China Putian Information Industry Group and
one of chairman enterprises of Ningbo electronic Industry.
The company mainly engages in capital management and increment
service. As an enterprise group of multiple property structure,
the company emphasizes investment on the field of mobile
communication, solar power supply, LED illumination. The
company also keeps close attention on development of auto
electron, electronic components, new material, soft service¡etc.
The total capital is about seven hundred millions RMB.
In 2002, the company makes investment in Ningbo Yongxin
Optics Co., Ltd. |
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