Taiwan-funded enterprises have been developing in Xiamen for nearly 40 years and have become a strong force in the pulse of Xiamen's economy. The picture shows the Jimei Taiwanese Investment Zone. (Xiamen** data map).
In 1989, Taiwan Shilin's wholly-owned Jianlin enterprise in Xiamen began to take root in Hecuo, and Jianlin Sanitary Ware was born.
The Xiamen Special Economic Zone was established because of Taiwan, and in the early days of its establishment, Taiwan businessmen came to understand and inspect Xiamen's investment environment in various forms. In 1985, the first Taiwan-funded enterprise, Sandexing Company, was established, and since then, the number of Taiwanese businessmen investing in Xiamen has increased year by year.
In 1989, a new term emerged in China - Taiwanese Investment Zone. In May of that year, with the approval of the country, Xiamen took the lead in setting up Haicang and Xinglin Taiwanese investment zones in the country. In 1992, ** also approved the establishment of a Taiwanese investment zone in Jimei. Xiamen, which has three state-level Taiwanese investment zones, has become a blessed place for investment favored by the majority of Taiwan businessmen, and the number of Taiwan businessmen investing in Xiamen has risen rapidly.
Today, Taiwan-funded enterprises have been developing in Xiamen for nearly 40 years, and more than 5,300 Taiwan-funded enterprises have settled in Xiamen, becoming a strong force in the city's economic pulse. With the active assistance of the majority of Taiwan businessmen, Xiamen has maintained close exchanges and cooperation with Taiwan, from melting the ice blocking the strait to building the "first stop" for Taiwan compatriots and Taiwan enterprises to land in the first home, and constantly exploring a new path for cross-strait integration and development. Taiwanese businessmen and enterprises that have enthusiastically embraced the development of Deng's "Heron" have also made Xiamen a "second hometown" where 120,000 Taiwan compatriots and Taiwan businessmen feel at ease.
An injection molding machine.
Witness the development and growth of Taiwanese enterprises in Xiamen.
Jianlin Group, a Taiwanese enterprise located in Jimei Taiwanese Investment Zone, has grown into a listed company after more than 30 years of deep cultivation in Xiamen. Recently, the reporter went to the interview and noticed that in the enterprise exhibition hall, there was an old-fashioned injection molding machine, which was extremely conspicuous. It is Jianlin's first injection molding machine, which crossed the strait from Taiwan to Xiamen, and Jianlin used it to establish Xiamen's first plastic bathroom enterprise. It is the hero, opening the prelude to the company's new life in Xiamen;It is also like an old man, witnessing every transformation and upgrading of the company, telling the story of the prosperity and development of Taiwanese enterprises in Xiamen.
In 1978, reform and opening up opened the "gate of spring". At that time, in Taiwan, Shilin, which was mainly engaged in sanitary products, had just started. Since then, in the wave of reform and opening up, Taiwan businessmen have discovered huge business opportunities on the mainland with their keen business sense.
In 1989, Taiwan Shilin's wholly-owned Jianlin enterprise in Xiamen began to take root in Hecuo, and Jianlin Sanitary Ware was born. In the past few years of He Cuo's factory, Jianlin replaced the traditional metal with plastic, creating a precedent for plastic sanitary ware. The cultivation of "water and soil" in the mainland's policy of benefiting Taiwan has made Jianlin, a Taiwan-funded enterprise, stronger and stronger in Xiamen. In 2017, Xiamen Jianlin acquired Taiwan Shilin and incorporated it as its subsidiary. Today, Jianlin Group has transformed into a top student in China's healthy home furnishing industry.
In addition to Jianlin, at the end of the 80s of the 20th century, taking advantage of the reform and opening up, from Taiwan to Xiamen development, there are Zhengxin Tire, Laiming Industry, Luda Industry, Chunbao tungsten steel and other Taiwanese enterprises, they started from small-scale enterprises, after rounds of capital increase and expansion, continue to be better and stronger, and develop into a leader in the industry.
A Taiwanese youth. In Xiamen, he has grown into a listed company at the helm.
The establishment of the Taiwanese Investment Zone has further extended the preferential policies of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone to outside the island and promoted the development of the vast area outside the island.
In 1996, the fast-growing Jianlin added a factory in Jimei to buy land. In 1999, the new factory was completed and began to tackle the core technology of surface treatment related to the sanitary ware industry. Chen Daihua, the current chairman and president of Jianlin Group, was only 28 years old at the time, and followed the footsteps of Jianlin's development and firmly came to Xiamen, a place that made him feel very cordial. "The accent, customs, and spirit of hard work are all similar, and this is it. Chen Daihua said that this treatment is 24 years. In 2002, the company moved to the Jimei Taiwanese Investment Zone and set up its headquarters here.
Jianlin has been developing in Xiamen for nearly 35 years, from focusing on bathroom products at the earliest to gradually expanding the healthy home furnishing industry enterprises with five industrial chains, including kitchen and bathroom, water purification, livable air, health care, and advanced intelligent manufacturing, and has become a listed company with annual sales of more than 4 billion yuan. Chen Daihua also started as the company's executive vice president, step by step, and became the current chairman and president of Jianlin Group after serving as general manager and director.
In Chen Daihua's view, the company's achievements today are inseparable from its own focus on technological innovation, and it has benefited from the care and support of the best at all levels, and has enjoyed all aspects of reform and policy dividends. "Without the support of the mainland's market, talents, and open policies, we would not be able to achieve today's scale. In addition, Xiamen has taken the lead in implementing the policy toward Taiwan, increased encouragement for Taiwan-funded enterprises in terms of independent research and development, technological innovation, and brand building, and provided necessary support in terms of export tax rebates and the introduction of qualified personnel, so as to solve problems for the further development of enterprises. Chen Daihua said.
A "second generation of Taiwan".
From keeping the business to starting a business to integrating into Xiamen.
By asking where the investment is going, Taiwan businessmen pointed to Xinglin Bay. At that time, Taiwan used such a title to praise the Taiwanese investment zone in Xiamen as an ideal place for Taiwanese investment.
In 1996, Zhan Shufang's father seized the favorable policy of the Taiwanese investment zone and founded Fuquan Iron and Steel in Jimei. Enterprises are getting bigger day by day, and Taiwanese businessmen are getting older day by day, and enterprises are not only facing transformation and development, but also facing the problem of "who will come and how".
In 2006, Zhan Shufang gave up her job as a designer after a difficult choice and came to Xiamen Jimei from Taoyuan, Taiwan. Having lived and worked in Xiamen for 18 years, she said: "Taking over my father's 'baton', I have been deeply integrated into Xiamen from keeping my business to starting a business. Now, Zhan Shufang's family has settled down in Jimei.
Knowing that scientific and technological innovation is the only way for enterprises to transform and upgrade, with the support of the best at all levels, she actively participated in a series of training courses such as the second generation class held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, made full use of various support policies such as technological transformation, and cooperated with Xiamen University and other units to upgrade the enterprise order system, and actively docked with Xiamen Digital Intelligent Manufacturing Industry Research Institute to promote the digitalization of enterprise production. Under the leadership of Zhan Shufang, Fuquan Steel has also continued to grow and develop, from one company to three companies, with an annual industrial output value of nearly 400 million yuan.
Not long ago, Zhan Shufang went to Suzhou to study Xi, and when she communicated with local Taiwanese businessmen, the other party praised investing in Xiamen as a matter of high rate of return. She replied with a smile: "That's right, it's great to settle down in Xiamen and start a business!."”
Digit. As of March 2023, a total of 9,929 Taiwan-funded projects have been approved in the city, with 236 Taiwanese contracts in the city$9.9 billion.
Up to now, the cumulative number of Taiwan-funded enterprises established in Xiamen ranks first among all investment places, accounting for more than 54 of the city's cumulative foreign-funded enterprises1%。
As of December 2022, there are 5,306 Taiwan-funded enterprises in our city.
In 2022, a total of 64 Taiwanese enterprise projects will receive technical transformation subsidy funds10.4 billion yuan, 23 Taiwan enterprise projects received 36.79 million yuan of technical transformation incentive funds.
By the end of 2022, there were a total of 59 Taiwan-funded enterprises listed on the A-share market, including 8 in Fujian Province, of which 7 were in Xiamen.
Text: Xiamen** reporter Cai Mianmian, photo courtesy of the interviewee (except for the signature).