Xiang Wenbo CCTV "Dialogue": "You can make mistakes, you can't miss them"

On February 20, Xiang Wenbo, chairman of Sany Heavy Industry, appeared in CCTV's "Dialogue" 2023 special plan - "Dialogue" Friends, talking about Sany's past, present and future, sharing new tracks and new dreams, and exploring the new growth of China's economy.

Look back

11 years ago at the scene of "Dialogue", Xiang Wenbo's goal is to build China's first and the world's leading construction machinery company.

(2012 "Dialogue" recording site)

Future-proof

Today, he made a new dream at the "Dialogue": to create a global model for the integration of industrial technology and digital technology.

Xiang Wenbo: Now we are in the super technology window period, the fourth industrial revolution superimposed on the third energy revolution, and the two superimposed changes in human history have never been superimposed. Therefore, we say "either turn over or capsize", and we must have a strong sense of crisis to promote the development of Sany.

31 years ago, why did you give up the "golden job bowl" to start a business?

Xiang Wenbo: Due to the particularity of that era, we have confidence in China's economic development and reform and opening up.

(2012 "Dialogue" recording site)

At the age of 61, is the courage of the year still there?

Xiang Wenbo: We must maintain the spirit of hard struggle. Entrepreneurs are a different group, and we still have "nothing to do" now, and there is a lot to do in the future.

Mindset in the face of new goals

Xiang Wenbo: "You can make mistakes, you can't miss them." We can make mistakes, and the cost of making mistakes is affordable. We can't afford to miss it, and the cost of missing out is unaffordable.

The pain and stress of transformation

Xiang Wenbo: We have always felt this crisis, in the past we knew who our competitors were, but now we don't know who our competitors are.

When to fulfill the promise of 5 million rewards for gold medal employees

Xiang Wenbo: It is impossible to achieve it without transformation, because the capital market looks at the future. It is not that the investment of money affects the issuance of bonuses, but that this money must be invested in order to have a chance to issue bonuses in the future.

About the time of retirement

Xiang Wenbo: (Chairman Liang Wengen) always told me that "the first peak of life is 60 to 70 years old", so my first peak has just begun. It is also important to seize such an opportunity to work hard, and the joy and happiness that it brings, and I enjoy it, so the retirement plan can only be postponed.

What do you want others to say about you in the future?

Xiang Wenbo: It doesn't matter, maybe no one will remember that there is a Xiang Wenbo in a few years. Life is a journey, and it is to try your best to fulfill your mission. I want my life to be happy, and happiness comes from work, from love. If I can enjoy the joy of this job and make a small contribution to society, it will be enough.

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