We can't believe this is Han, the chairman of the listed company. Beijing Olkin Seed Industry Co., Ltd. was established in199765438+February. 13 years, from a small company with an initial registered capital of 3 million yuan to a large modern seed enterprise with a registered capital of 1 100 million yuan, which was recognized by the Ministry of Agriculture as? Top 100 Seed Industry Units in China? . In 2005, Olkin became the first agricultural biotechnology enterprise listed on NASDAQ in China.
Even after staying abroad for more than ten years, he is still not used to drinking coffee; Even after working hard in the mall for more than ten years, he still doesn't like to put on the boss's shelf in a suit and tie; Even after living in Beijing for more than ten years, his Henan accent is still very strong. All this seems to tell people that I am a farmer and a down-to-earth farmer.
Find your own piece of land.
? Why are you going back to China? This is home. Why don't I come back? ?
Han has a deep affection for this land, which may be related to his family. In 1950s, Han was born in a peasant family in Henan. The farmer faces the loess with his back to the sky, and the scene of hard sowing and cultivation is printed in his mind from an early age. After graduating from high school, I became a member of the people's commune, and carrying hoes became a common practice. It is because he comes from the countryside and has really worked in the fields that he knows what farmers need. What the countryside lacks is scientific and technological knowledge. If this knowledge can be applied to agricultural production, it can change the lives of many people. ? Later, as a student of workers, peasants and soldiers, he was sent to Henan Agricultural College (now Henan Agricultural University) to study genetics and breeding. 198 1 After graduating from graduate school, I taught in the school for three years.
From 65438 to 0984, Han stood out from many competitors with her high English level and solid professional skills, and obtained the opportunity to study abroad. In September of that year, he entered Iowa State University, and his major was still genetics and breeding.
1987 after receiving his Ph.D. degree from Iowa State University, he successively worked as an associate researcher at Mexico International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, a researcher at Pioneer Seed Company in the United States, and a technical manager in Asia. At that time, Han's life in the United States was superior, with stable work and comfortable life. You know, most international students are worried about finding a job at the same time.
However, Han knows that the United States does not belong to him, and he has never forgotten his dream: to bring back the advanced technology and ideas of foreign breeding, so that farmers in China can plant the best seeds. In fact, from the first time he came to the United States, he knew that he would eventually return to China. I just study abroad and then bring back advanced technology from abroad. ? He said that the reason why he stayed in the United States for ten years after graduation was not for a stable job and a superior life, but for returning to China to accumulate experience and capital.
Since the 1990s, he has visited China every year. The domestic entrepreneurial environment is getting better and better, and he realizes that it is better to go back early than late. So, 1996, he gave up his enviable work and life and returned to Beijing to start his own business.
When he first came back, many people didn't understand and asked him why he wanted to return to China. Han's answer is simple. This is home. Why don't I come back? ?
199765438+In February, Han founded Seed Industry Technology Co., Ltd. in Zhongguancun, Beijing, with an initial capital injection of 3 million yuan. He finally found his own piece of land, thus sowing the seeds of entrepreneurship.
Work hard and have no regrets.
Describe your entrepreneurial road in one word? Maybe we can use one word: no regrets.
In fact, the establishment of Olkin was not smooth.
? When you were abroad, no one questioned your scientific research status. However, the establishment of scientific and technological enterprises after returnees return to China requires the qualification certificate of scientific research personnel. But after going abroad for so many years, I don't know where the files are. How to go to the corresponding personnel management department to prove it? ?
Just when Han couldn't start a business, a news in the newspaper caught his attention. Beijing Haidian Overseas Students Pioneer Park was established. This policy played a great role at that time. Han said that from the establishment of this pioneer park, we know that the government supports overseas students to return to China to start businesses. It was not known at that time whether the government would support it. ? So, Han found Haidian Pioneer Park according to his new address, and he finally settled in the Pioneer Park.
? The establishment of Haidian Pioneer Park is very helpful for overseas students to return to China to start businesses. With this park, many people with entrepreneurial ideas can get together. Some policy issues are also reflected through channels. ?
In addition to starting a business, the family's inadaptability to domestic life has also become a problem. At that time, Beijing's living standards and infrastructure were not comparable to those of the United States. I remember that there seemed to be very few supermarkets at that time, and I had to go to the farmer's market to buy food. Besides, when children go back to school, they need to readjust the whole culture? . But Han saw the bright side. This is also a good experience for children, and their horizons will be broader. You get what you want, you lose it. ?
In 13, Han encountered more difficulties. ? One winter, when the company planted corn in Xiamen, it encountered an ice disaster once in 30 years. At that time, the company lost a lot of money. ? From domestic enterprises to listed companies, the management of personnel and the grasp of the market are all problems.
Han has encountered such problems and troubles countless times. But he used it? No regrets? To describe his entrepreneurial process in 13. ? /kloc-Beijing 0/3 years ago was much worse than it is now. /kloc-China 0/3 years ago is a far cry from now. It was impossible to see the present development at that time. But now, tens of millions of farmers in China have used our seeds, which proves that my decision to return to China and Beijing is correct. ?
China should have a world-class seed enterprise.
Enterprises want to make money, but what they want is bigger than making money.
The period of 13 years is just a blink of an eye for seed industry. Han said that he just laid the foundation. With a stable management team and scientific research foundation, he wants to let farmers in China use the best seeds. ? Serve the peasants? Is it the slogan of Olkin? Have farmers benefited? Olkin's success is his criterion. Han said frankly that the seed industry in China started late, so can it be said that it is still there? Babies? With the development of industry, competition is bound to increase. However, Han believes that competition mainly comes from foreign multinational enterprises, and it will be a cooperative relationship with domestic enterprises.
Han is very busy. He has been in a meeting for half a month. However, he did not attend the shareholders' meeting in Olkin, but held various industrial research meetings with relevant government departments and breeding research institutions. As the head of the top 100 seed enterprises in China, he has the most direct insight and feelings about the market and industrial development trend. At these meetings, he will communicate with the government on behalf of the enterprise and provide suggestions for its policy formulation.
Looking back on that dream, he said that at present, only the phased goal has been achieved: the company expected to go public on 10, and it took only eight years to go public on Nasdaq in the United States. But the bigger goal is that the overall development of domestic seed enterprises is not as fast as expected. ? It was expected that the development of seed industry in China would be relatively concentrated in 10- 15, but it did not meet the expectation. It is hoped that the seed industry in China can accelerate its development and become a world-class seed enterprise, which should at least be the top five in the world. This enterprise may not be Olkin, but there must be some such enterprises to promote the development of seed industry in China and improve the competitiveness of agriculture in China. ?
Looking forward to the next decade, he said with a smile that he would definitely retire by then. However, he hopes to do more work in the research of seed industry policy in China. ? We should not only consider making money for enterprises, but also consider the overall development of agriculture. Enterprises should make money, but they should think more than making money. ?
? Why don't you sit down and talk? This is Han's advice to more overseas people. In the next 30 years, the center of world economic development will still be in China, so there is bound to be great potential for returning to China to start a business. ? (Nie Qingchuan, Wang Feifei)