Our company has only been active in Beijing and Shanghai, two very market-dominated cities. This was an advantage. Land is purchased here in public auctions, in a transparent way. When you do real estate development outside Beijing and Shanghai it… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
When we started out, we didn't really think that the era of great opportunity would end one day. We were much too busy developing our companies. But in today's China you can build a city, even a mega-city like Beijing… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
But the higher our standard of living, the higher our levels of education, the further people will look around. And we can see which… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I'm very, very focused on my children. In fact, I'm very religious about having breakfast with them every morning, having dinner with them every… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Because people along the route had realized that there was demand and quickly organized supply. That's so Chinese. In a well-organized country like Germany,… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Many years ago, we were only able to build boxes. Today, architects from all over the world are working with us - Zaha Hadid from London, Gerkan, Marg and Partner from Hamburg, Kengo Kuma from Japan. We brought design and digitalization from abroad to China. — Zhang Xin Copy Share
Many Chinese companies are run like military camps with military discipline. We do not run a company that way. It does not help the… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Isolation means a lack of growth. I grew up in China at a time when the country was completely isolated. That era is over. — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
China - if you think about what is the character of China, it's enormous scale. It's bigness. — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Investors don't like uncertainty. The market is telling us that they need certainty, they need to see where the economy is heading. If the… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
I find it hard to be labelled in this new 'super-rich' category because we all grew up with very little. The idea that 'to… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me. — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
On the one hand the world is getting more integrated and we should not dismiss social values as "Western" when they are actually modern… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
When we started out, we were among the first. Beijing had no and Shanghai had very few large buildings. At that time, it was… — Zhang Xin Copy Share Image
