On Sept. 21, 2019, the China-ASEAN Business Leaders Forum under the framework of the 16th China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit was successfully held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Political representatives, business leaders and academic elites from all over the world gathered here to discuss the potential for win-win results and cooperation.Yan Jiehe, founder of CPCG and Chairman of Zhuang Yan Think Tank, attended the forum at invitation and concluded the event. He delivered a speech around the forum, analyzing the current situation and discussing the past and the present.
  Hosted by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, hosted by the secretariat of the China-ASEANBusiness and Investment Summit and co-organized by China’s National Chambers of Commerce and Industry of the 10 ASEANcountries and the China-ASEANcenter, the forum is themed as “jointly building new land-sea corridors and sharing new opportunities for development”. The participants delivered speeches and dialogues on such topics as the new land-sea corridor in the west, construction of the China (Guangxi) free trade area, and the in-depth and wide-ranging cooperation between China and ASEAN.
  Yan started his talk from the international market. He said that people who achieve big success are those who “make friends first, and do business later”. They focus not only on the immediate interests, but also on the future market.He said our projects in Vietnam, Myanmar , Thailand, Cambodia and Malaysia have been fully started in 2019 and will be further pushed in 2020. In particular, during Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s visit to China, Yan and H.E. PM had in-depth exchanges.Through the implementation of a series of international projects, CPCG will become one of the most competitive private enterprise in infrastructure industry worldwide. He pointed out that greatness is out of hard work, but it does not mean that all the hard working people can be great; all that is extraordinary is simple, but it does not mean that all that is simple is extraordinary.
  Yan Jiehe said that through Chinese five-thousand-year history always those who are indifferent to fame and fortune gain fame and fortune. How can one talk about fame and fortune when one does not have them. Pride stimulates people to grow while modesty breeds maturity. It is always those who matter are inclined to be modesty.  Spike of rice gets bent when it gets ripe. I, known as the first madman in China, am not anymore mad.
  Yan’s speech was simple but profound. The audience expressed their interest and benefited a lot. At the end of the speech, the applause burst out and lasted for a long time.