Wu Shunde Wu Shunde is successful in his career and has a good heart. In Taishan, he has donated to the construction of children's palaces, primary schools, middle schools, secondary professional schools and other education bases, and has also invested a lot of money in the construction of libraries, hospitals, newspapers, etc. Later, he focused on the construction of colleges and universities, and invested heavily in the construction of teaching buildings and libraries of Wuyi University in Jiangmen and Lingnan University in Guangzhou.
The name of Wu Shunde hometown of overseas Chinese Taishan It is known to all women and children. Dr. Wu Shunde loved Hong Kong and his hometown all his life. He was enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings in his hometown. Over the past 20 years of reform and opening up, his family has donated more than 200 million Hong Kong dollars in total in China, of which 100 million Hong Kong dollars have been donated to his hometown. He has donated more than 40 projects, making him the most overseas villagers since the reform and opening up in Taishan. The construction of these projects has played a huge role in promoting the culture, education, health and other aspects of Taishan. The former residence is still in the countryside today
On a sunny morning, the reporter came to Taishan City, the former residence of Mr. Wu Shunde Sijiu Town Tangxia Village. In 1912, Wu Shunde, a famous patriotic industrialist in Hong Kong, was born here. [1] An old man sitting at the entrance of the village took the road when he learned that the reporter was visiting Mr. Wu Shunde's former residence. The former residence of Wu Shunde is not far from the village entrance, surrounded by similar blue brick houses. Seen from the outside, this ancestral house of Wu is some years old, but it is well preserved. The old man said that the ancestral house was built by Mr. Wu's grandfather. Because of the disrepair, some windows and beams were damaged by termites. Many people advised Mr. Wu Shunde to build a new room, but Mr. Wu Shunde always said, "Keep the original state, and do not collapse." One of the beams will be replaced, and the roof leakage will be simply repaired. Therefore, the ancestral house has not changed in general.
The warm-hearted old man asked the reporter to help take care of Huang Yumei, a 70 year old relative of Wu Shunde's ancestral home. After learning about the reporter's intentions, Huang Yumei took out a brass, rather primitive key to open the triple door of the former residence. Under the guidance of Huang Yumei, the reporter walked into the house built at the beginning of last century. The house has a three bay main room. The middle of the main room is a hall, which is dedicated to the shrine. The two rooms on the side are secondary rooms. In front of the hall is a small courtyard (courtyard), which is cool and so on. On both sides are wing rooms, kitchens and utility rooms. According to Huang Yumei, the second room in the left room of the hall was occupied by Wu Shunde, and there were also furniture he had used in those years. The tables in the hall were used by Mr. Wu Shunde when he was a child to write, which had a history of more than 100 years. The small patio was used for cooling and eating.
In a village not far from Tangxia Village, the reporter met another relative of Wu Shunde, Wu Delun. The old man said that when Wu Shunde was 7 years old, his mother took him and two younger brothers to the United States to reunite with his father. Unfortunately, when he was 11 years old, his father Wu Xuexue died. His mother had to drag three children back to their hometown, Tangxia Village, to spend hard times. Later, Wu Shunde's mother sent his 11 year old eldest son, Wu Shunde, to Lingnan Primary School in Guangzhou. The annual tuition of 400 yuan was provided by his mother's hard work and thrift. The poor family situation not only did not erode the young Wu Shunde's will to seek knowledge and make progress, but encouraged him to work hard and make progress. In 1935, Wu Shunde graduated from the Department of Business Economics of Guangdong Lingnan University with outstanding achievements. In September of the same year, Wu Shunde went to Hong Kong at the request of the Hong Kong Luhaitong Company, worked in the Six Countries Hotel of the company, and began his career. In the 1950s, Hong Kong gradually developed into a world commercial port. Wu Shunde seized the good opportunity of the growing prosperity of the catering and food industry in Hong Kong and founded Maxim's Food Co., Ltd. with his brother Wu Zhande in 1956. The two brothers worked together to make Maxim's Food Co., Ltd. rise rapidly. For decades, it has stood like an evergreen tree in Hong Kong and become a leader in the catering industry in Hong Kong.
Support hometown to develop education
Wu Shunde is knowledgeable, knowledgeable about the past and the present, and has been traveling to Hong Kong for a long time to do business. He has grasped the pulse of the development of the times. He has always taken "education must be developed first to prosper the country, and people must be enriched first to become a strong country" as his motto, and "everyone has a responsibility to rise and fall of the country" as his ambition to encourage himself, constantly benefiting the people. He believes that construction needs talents. Talents come from education. To support the development of education in hometown is to support the construction of hometown fundamentally. Since the early 1980s, Mr. Wu began to donate more than 60 million yuan to Taishan education in his hometown. He also mobilized relatives and friends to donate tens of millions of yuan. He has been tirelessly committed to the practice of his ideal of building a "one-stop" education system for his hometown, from fetal education, preschool education to primary school, middle school and university. He has donated money to establish and support the "Three Excellence Center" in Taishan City, Ma Lanfang Kindergarten, Sijiu Middle School, Taishan No.1 Middle School, Taishan Normal School, Taishan Secondary Vocational School, etc. He also strongly supports Wuyi University, Sun Yat sen University and other colleges and universities, and has donated more than 50 million Hong Kong dollars to build five projects in Tsinghua University, thereby transforming the "one-stop education" system he has formed in his hometown, It extends from South Guangdong to Beijing.
During the interview, the reporter learned that Mr. Wu Shunde has devoted his efforts to the construction, management and development of the donated schools while donating huge amounts of money. While living in Hong Kong, he traveled through the business world and managed countless opportunities every day. However, he did not donate all the projects he donated, but did it himself and worked hard to participate. Every time a new school is opened, he always adheres to the construction of a high starting point and strict requirements for management. It is commendable that he puts forward insightful opinions every year on the training program, key points of school management, routine routine of work and rest, etc. of the donated school, just like an education expert. The school of study located on Tangxia Mountain is the birthplace of Mr. Wu Shunde's education and service to the country. Every building in the school, from the teaching building and experimental building to the canteen and bicycle shed, is ingenious and carefully built, reflecting Mr. Wu's conscientious and meticulous spirit. Therefore, although the school of study is located in the countryside, its teaching quality and management level can be rated as first-class, It was rated as a first-class school in Guangdong Province. Gu Mu, the former Vice Premier of the State Council, Wang Shoudao, the former member of the Standing Committee of the Central Advisory Committee, Wang Daohan, the chairman of the "ARATS Association", Huang Hua, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and provincial and municipal leaders at all levels visited the school, and they all gave high praise.
Under the warm introduction of Mr. Wu Shunde, Mr. Wu Weiquan, the son of Mr. Wu Shunde, and Mr. Chen Bozuo, a friend of Mr. Wu Shunde, have successively set up a grant fund for poor students who have difficulties in life to help them overcome difficulties and ensure normal learning and living conditions. He attached great importance to sports and believed that sports competitions could strengthen the spirit of national unity and cooperation, and cultivate individual strong will and spirit of striving upward. In view of Mr. Wu Shunde's outstanding knowledge and virtue, as well as his hard work and important contribution to the development of education and culture in the mainland the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council Approved by Tsinghua University, Mr. Wu Shunde was awarded by Tsinghua University Honorary Doctoral Degree 。 The "Mayor Outside Taiwan" in the Eyes of Taishan Citizens
Dr. Wu Shunde did his best for the construction of his hometown, and the people of Taishan honored him as "Mayor of Foreign Countries". Wu Shunde and his wife not only donated money for education in their hometown, but also were outstanding advocates of serving their hometown. "When people gather firewood, the flame is high" is his mantra.
One year, Taiwanese overseas Chinese held a grand meeting in the grand Ma Lanfang Auditorium. Mr. Wu led the meeting and called for: "All of us should do something for our hometown and our motherland. If we have money to contribute, we should do our best. If we have money difficulties or are in poor health, we should 'export' -- go back overseas to do propaganda." Mr. Wu is an adviser to the Taishan Chamber of Commerce, He often introduces the construction of his hometown and his own contribution to education to colleagues of the Chamber of Commerce, and encourages everyone to donate to support his hometown. Sometimes he also acts as a guarantor.
Huang Qianheng Huang Qianli and Huang Qianli are good friends of Wu Shunde. Mr. Wu learned that Huang Kunzhong once donated a school for his hometown Taishan in 1987, but because the school cadres were thoughtless, they bought a car first to increase the value of the Huang brothers' donation. Unexpectedly, the car could not be sold later, which made the school construction fund difference of 170000 yuan, so the Huang brothers had to make up for it. In this regard, the Huang brothers are very opinionated and dare not donate any more. According to this situation, Mr. Wu advised the leaders of Taishan City at that time to suggest that the government should make up the difference of 170000 yuan, which was agreed by the government at that time. Later, the facts proved that this law was very effective. Wu Shunde advised Taishan City to decorate with beautiful frames the verses of Huang Huanan, the father of the Huang brothers, about his hometown's education career, and respectfully place them in Taishan No.1 Middle School, which Huang Huanan launched to donate. Then Mr. Wu led the descendants of Huang Huanan to come to No.1 Middle School to pay homage. Huang Qianheng and Huang Qianli Kunzhong were very excited when they saw their father's posthumous works, He said that he must inherit his father's will to revitalize education in his hometown, and donated more than 20 million Hong Kong dollars successively. The spirit of Wu Shunde inspires future generations forever
Although Mr. Wu Shunde has passed away for nearly 20 years, his spirit of patriotism, love for his hometown and selfless dedication has always inspired future generations. Tan Guoqu, member of the Standing Committee of Taishan Municipal Party Committee and Minister of Publicity, has known Mr. Wu Shunde for decades because of his work. When recalling Mr. Wu, Tan Guoqu said with emotion that people who have contacted and communicated with Mr. Wu Shunde will deeply feel that Mr. Wu has an invaluable spirit -- patriotism, truth-seeking, plain living and selfless dedication, It is admirable.
Mr. Wu Shunde's valuable spirit has been extended to his descendants.
Mr. Wu Weiquan, the son of Mr. Wu Shunde, has always adhered to the spirit of Mr. Wu Shunde and contributed a lot to the cause of his hometown. The gymnasium and plastic playground of Taishan No. 1 Middle School were built because of Mr. Wu Weiquan's generosity. Every time Mr. Wu Weiquan returned to Taishan No. 1 Middle School, he would console the students of No. 1 Middle School, "Do you have any difficulties in studying here? Is the food OK?" A student's sentence that the food in the canteen is not good would make Mr. Wu Weiquan worried, and then he would donate money to improve the students' food!
Tan Guoqu told the reporter that Mr. Wu Shunde is deeply attached to his hometown, his hometown, and his love for his hometown's education, and he is tirelessly committed to the practice of his idea of building a "one-stop" education system for his hometown, from fetal education, preschool education to primary school, middle school and even university. The experience of the past 20 years is enough to prove that Mr. Wu's support for the education cause in his hometown is not a whim, but comes from his patriotic love for his hometown and his foresight for rejuvenating the country through science and education.
According to Tan Guoqu, as a famous industrialist and philanthropist, Mr. Wu Shunde has always spared no expense in the construction of his hometown, but he believes in the spirit of hard work and simplicity in his personal life, and has maintained the virtue of frugality throughout his life, which is respected by people. Wu Shunde is a leader in the catering industry in Hong Kong, but people who have eaten with him say that he eats ordinary vegetables in his hometown, which is not worth much money. Wu Shunde usually eats a piece of fish, a dish, a bowl of soup and a bowl of rice. Wu Shunde lives in an old mansion in Hong Kong and wears old clothes. Once, when he returned to his hometown and talked with the person in charge of the Taishan Children's Palace, the person in charge of the Children's Palace said that because foreign guests and leaders often visit, he intended to make a suit of about 1000 yuan for each teacher, which was specially used for reception. Wu Shunde asked the person in charge to guess how much his suit was worth. "Not less than 1000 yuan, right?" said the person in charge. When Wu Shunde turned over the bottom lining of the suit, he saw that the customized date on it was 1963. He said: "You don't have to wear luxuriously, as long as you are clean and tidy, and the quality of people is not the appearance." Wu Shunde has worn every garment for decades, and changed it if it doesn't fit, changed the small collar if it doesn't fit, and changed every trousers several times, not only the clothes but also the hat. He had worn a woolen hat for decades, but one day he found that it was too narrow to wear. Mrs. Wu could not find the cloth of that color, so she had to find a piece of cloth lighter than the original color, cut it into a small triangle and inserted it in the middle of the hat. Wu Shunde loved it so much that he wore it when he went out and said happily, "This is the latest fashion in Paris, and Hong Kong is the only one."
