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UPDATED: February 17, 2014 NO. 8 FEBRUARY 20, 2014
People & Points No. 8, 2014
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Dong Mingzhu, CEO of Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai, was elected as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Business Women by Fortune magazine on February 6. Dong is ranked 42nd on the list.

Dong, 59, joined Gree as a saleswoman in 1990 and became the company's sales chief in 1996, eventually working her way up to CEO in 2001. Under Dong's leadership, Gree has gone from a small appliance maker to the world's leading manufacturer of household air conditioners. Its revenue in 2013 was up 19.9 percent to 120.03 billion yuan ($19.7 billion).

Dong also wrote a best-selling autobiography focusing her marketing experience, Check Around the World, which describes the Gree Pattern of sales management.

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Li Jianrou, a Chinese women's short track speed skater, won China's first gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games on February 13.

Li avoided a collision between three of her competitors to capture first place in the women's 500-meter final with a time of 45.263 seconds. The 27-year-old was the only Chinese in the four-skater final.

Li, born in Jilin City in northeast China's Jilin Province, is the 2012 world champion of the women's 1,500-meter race. With her triumph in Sochi, she extended China's winning streak in the Olympic event to four consecutive victories.

"A growing number of Chinese tourists are not satisfied with simply taking photos in front of landmarks and shopping for luxury goods. Many of them prefer in-depth travel experience. They want to explore the city, visit the museums and gain a deeper knowledge about its history."

Han Fang, an employee at Mandarin Voyages, a French travel agency that deals mainly with Chinese tourists, commenting on the rise of Chinese tourists in Europe during the Spring Festival break

"It was a great honor to have spoken Shirley's lines. Losing her has brought sadness to the world."

Liu Chunyan, a noted hostess on China Central Television who has dubbed several of Shirley Temple's movies into Chinese, commenting on her death

"Chinese people who are buying a Bordeaux château want to service the market because domestic production cannot meet the growing appetite in China."

Li Demei, Vice Chairman of Wine Institute of China, commenting on Chinese people's increasing interest in wine

"Beijing must implement policies for controlling car ownership and use since they can help the government gain time to ease traffic problems. The move from private cars to a public transport system should be the ultimate goal for Beijing's policymakers in the transport sector."

Xu Kangming, a transport expert, commenting on Beijing's failure to meet its targets for easing road congestion in 2013



 
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