Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large, served as Singapore's AmbassadorU.S. Ambassadorand resident in SingaporeRepresentative of the United NationsHe is also High Commissioner to Canada and Ambassador to Mexico. He has been based in the United States for 16 years.
Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew Innovation City Centre at the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Chen Qingzhu's recommended book list
Chip War" by Chris Miller
Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and the United States, by Shan Weijian.
The **oidable war" by Kevin Rudd
The Back Channel: A Memoir of American Diplomacy and the Case for Its Renewal" by William Jburns
The Age of AI and Our Human Future" by Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, and Daniel Huttenlocher
Dr. Shan Weijian: An international investment giant who came out of China's Gobi
Experience: Graduated from the University of International Business and Economics **, and then went to the United States to study, and received an MBA from the University of San Francisco and a master's and doctoral degree from the University of California, Berkeley.
He has worked for the World Bank, Graham & James Law Firm, and others. In 1993, he was appointedJ.P. MorganManaging Director. He is responsible for the Greater China business at Newbridge Investment and also serves as an independent director of BOCHK.
Point of view. The more knowledge you accumulate, the more likely you are to seize opportunities
After enduring hardship, I found that work is largely enjoyable
Interview. I wrote a bookOut of the Gobi: My Story of China and the United StatesLast year's publication in the United States was written in English, and this year's Chinese edition published in Hong Kong was rewritten by me, and the book mainly describes the farming of our generation in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia.
My life in the Gobi Desert has nothing to do with the investment I am making now, my experience has taught me whether or not an opportunity can be grasped depends on whether a person is ready, and when the opportunity comes, you will not be able to seize the opportunity if you are not ready. What does it mean to be ready? It is to accumulate knowledge and read books, and the more knowledge you accumulate, the more likely you are to seize opportunities. Therefore, when we invest, we pay the most attention to understanding the industry, the market, and the investment object, that is to say, we must study and read, read various research reports, and so on.
Secondly, it is very hard to work in the Gobi Desert, spring sowing, autumn harvest, summer weeding, and in winter, I have to go to Wuliangsuhai to hunt reeds, the ice and snow are very hard, I can't eat enough, I can't wear warm clothes, and I work for more than ten hours a day, so no matter what work I do, I don't feel bitter anymore. There are times when it is hard to invest. I just published a new book, Money Games, in the U.S. in September. This book describes how I led the team to acquire the former largest bank in South Korea at the Shimbashi Investment Group, how I negotiated and acquired it, how I reversed and reformed the bank, and then gave it to another bank a few years later. At one point during that time, I didn't sleep for 43 hours. But it's still much easier than farming in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia. After enduring hardship, we will find that the work we are doing now is actually to a large extent enjoyment, no matter how bitter it is.
Source**: Money Games Build an Investment Legend |ICB Horizons Issue 6 Highlights Review (The***CN), 5 November 2020, Dr. Shan Weijian in conversation with Professor Liu Ningrong of the University of Hong Kong. ）