The Wealth Empire Crossing the Hong Kong

Chapter 798 Penang
When Chen Yulian arrived in Brunei, Li Jianhui and Zhou Jiayi also led Liu Xiaoyan, Wang Haichuan, Du Ningxue, Zhou Bingqian, Li Huidong, Wang Minliang and others to Penang.

As the automobile R&D and production center of Malaysia, and also the automobile manufacturing center of ASEAN, Penang City, the capital of Penang state, has not been able to compare with Johor Bahru in terms of development speed in recent years, but it is also at the forefront. Currently, it is tied with Kuala Lumpur and Johor Bahru in Malaysia three major cities in Malaysia.

Penang was once the region with the highest proportion of Chinese. It was only due to the promotion of the Tung Wah Association in recent years that the influx of Chinese from Johor Bahru and even Johor has suppressed Penang.

Moreover, Penang is special compared to some states in that it is not the seat of the nine major families. There is only the state head of state, not the sultan.

This time, Li Jianhui led many high-level officials to come here. One is to expand the momentum of the Xinjian Department, the other is to increase investment in Penang, and the third is to visit the Penang Chinese family headed by Guo Henian who has returned to Penang from Xiangjiang.

In the afternoon of the same day, Li Jianhui and others visited the headquarters or production bases of Yushi Group, Penang Motor Group, Luofu Motor Group, Jaguar Motor Group, Toyota Motor Group Nanhua Motor Company, etc., accompanied by Governor Cao Zhian of Penang.

After several years of development, Penang has become a new automobile manufacturing center in the world. Whether it is the real Detroit or Taoyuan, which is known as the Eastern Detroit, it is no longer comparable to Penang in terms of scale.

The automobile companies headquartered here include Yushi Group, a well-known automobile company in Asia, and Penang Motor Group, a well-known automobile company in Nanyang.

In addition, this is the headquarters of Nanhua Motor Company, which is controlled by Xinhonghui, and currently has a good reputation in Nanyang.

What really made Penang an automobile manufacturing center was the automobile companies or production bases established by world-renowned automobile groups such as Luofu, Jaguar, Toyota, and Volkswagen in joint ventures or sole proprietorships here.

The rapid development of the automobile industry in Penang these years has been promoted, and the scale is also very large. Detroit, which has already declined, and Taoyuan, which has just risen, cannot be compared with it.

Thinking back a few years ago, without the Jade Lion Group under the Tung Wah Association and the Penang City Government to establish the Penang Automobile Company, the automobile industry in Penang was almost blank.

However, in just a few short years, there have been dozens of wholly-owned or joint venture automobile manufacturing companies, and hundreds of companies supporting automobile manufacturing, employing hundreds of thousands of people.

It is also because Donghua will focus on supporting the development of Johor. There are not only financial centers and high-tech R&D and manufacturing centers mainly in Johor Bahru, but also Nanxin City, a shipping logistics and petrochemical center, and Xiangfei City, a textile and garment industry center. .

This has led to the fact that the current economy has been suppressed by Johor, and it can only rank second among the thirteen states.

In the city rankings, because most of these auto industries are not located in Penang City, the capital, but are scattered in many counties and cities in Penang State, it also makes Penang City lag behind Kuala Lumpur, the municipality directly under the Central Government, and Johor Bahru, the capital of Johor State.

This time Li Jianhui led many high-level executives from the Xinjian Department to Penang, and the family of Li Jianhui’s second sister moved to Penang not long ago, which also allowed Cao Zhian and the state government’s senior officials to see the development of Penang and even Penang from a single industry to a diversified industry. hope.

I have to say that the Penang government is quite far-sighted. They have not been blinded by the current rapid development. They have always used the example of Detroit to remind themselves that Penang will never become the next Detroit.

And this requires a new pillar industry, or a pillar industry that can be compared with the scale of the automobile industry. The only one that can do this is currently Donghuahui.

It's a pity that the Xinjian Department is not only located in Penang, the home appliance industry is in Ipoh, the film and television media industry is in Kuala Lumpur, financial electronics and semiconductors are in Johor Bahru, textiles and clothing are in Xiangfei City, petrochemical and shipping are in Nam Sin, shipbuilding and steel industries are in In Malacca and Penang, the focus is on the automobile industry, so the plans of Cao Zhian and others are doomed to fail.

Although Cao Zhian mentioned that Johor Bahru is located at the southern tip of Malay and Penang is close to the northern tip of Malay, Penang can definitely be built as the center of northern Malay, especially the financial center and manufacturing center.

However, Li Jianhui still said that the current industrial layout has been relatively complete, and there is currently no plan to enter Binzhou with new manufacturing industries.

However, Li Jianhui also said that he will actively build a bridge for Penang to attract more Heung Kong and Baodao enterprises to invest in Penang and provide assistance for the economic development of Penang.

When talking about culture and education, Li Jianhui said that Xinjian Education Group will increase investment in Penang.

As for higher education, Yushi Group intends to cooperate with Penang Automobile Group and Jaguar Group to jointly build Binzhou University of Mechanical Engineering, which will focus on automobile R&D and manufacturing for the time being, and gradually expand to other mechanical equipment majors in the future.

At the same time, Li Jianhui also put forward a request, that is, this university should be the same as Nanlong University, and the future teaching will be mainly in Chinese.

In this regard, Cao Zhian, who is a Chinese, is also happy to hear it, but he just said that the matter will be brought up to the state assembly in the future. As long as the assembly does not object, there will be no problem at all.

During the meeting, Li Jianhui also mentioned the issue of Chinese emigrating to Penang, hoping that the Penang state government would open the door for convenience. At the same time, he also explained the policy given by the Johor state government a few days ago.

The expressions of the high-level Penang government officials who were present did not change much. Obviously, they had heard about this for a long time, so they were not surprised, and the subsequent responses also confirmed this point.

"Regarding the issue of emigrating to Penang, due to the rapid development of Penang in recent years, there has been a relative shortage of employees, especially technical employees, so our state is far more open than many states, even Johor is difficult to compete with in this regard. We are on a par.

This time, in order to attract a large number of immigrants to settle in Johor, it can be said that there is basically no threshold. This is indeed a bit surprising to our states.

But we in Penang have never been far behind. We have also discussed and adjusted the threshold for settling in Penang in the past few days.

And it is ready to be submitted to the state assembly, and it can be implemented only after the approval of the state assembly. At that time, our policy in this regard will be consistent with that of Johor state. I also hope that Li Sheng and Donghua will treat us equally in Penang.

We know that Li Sheng plans to help Johor Bahru become an international metropolis, with a permanent population of more than 500 million in the urban area.

Penang, the capital of Penang, does not have the ambition to become an international metropolis, but we also hope to become a world-renowned city.

Our state government has also formulated a plan, that is, within ten years, the permanent population of Penang City will exceed 300 million, and its economic strength is second only to Johor Bahru.

Of course, the plan is just a plan. It not only needs the population, but the most important thing is the enterprise. I hope that Donghua Association can give us strong support in this regard. "

Li Jianhui did not expect that the high-level ambitions of Penang State are not small. You must know that because the vast majority of automobile production bases are not in Penang City, the capital of the state, so that the permanent population of Penang City is currently just over 80, not even 100 million. Now It is actually proposed to reach 300 million within ten years, and I really don't know where the confidence comes from.

However, for his own plan, Li Jianhui did not speak out against these people. Instead, he said that Tung Wah will increase investment in Penang City in the future.

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(End of this chapter)