Liu Qiangdong, besides known as Richard Liu (chin. 刘强东; born 10 March 1973), founders and head of JD.com company decided to surprise the villagers of the village where he was born and raised.
On the occasion of the upcoming Chinese fresh Year (this year begins on January 29), Richard Liu, decided to give residents of his native village GuangMing (chin. 光明 ) in the territory of SuQian (chin. 宿迁), in JiangSu state (chin. 江苏 ), Christmas gifts.
Every resident of the village who was over 60 years old received from Liu in a red envelope of 10,000 RMB (about 5650 PLN). A full of 650 people received this gift. Red envelopes with the same sum were besides given to primary school teachers attended by the head of JD.com.
Each of the 1,300 families surviving in GuangMing received gifts in the form of fluff jackets (useful in the winter in homes where heating is traditionally not used), a Christmas fruit box (new secular tradition), sweets, household appliances and household items.
Richard Liu personally gave out presents. It was held on 8 January, according to Chinese numerology recommendations. The 8 and the 1 symbolize “richness” and “adversity”.
During a gathering with the residents of the household village of Liu, he said that without the love and support of the residents of the household village he would most likely not be able to proceed his studies, survey and thus accomplish everything he has today.
“The aid of the villagers was my capital, which allowed me to go out into the world.”
Liu was born to a peasant household on March 10, 1973. Due to the hard financial situation of the family, his education way was full of ups and downs. After years of study, erstwhile he received a letter informing him of the successful passing of Gaokao exams and admission to the university, it was clear to his loved ones that they could not afford to send their boy to the college to bear advanced fees and another costs associated with studies. advanced relative, for mediocre people from mediocre village.
But since Liu was the first individual in the village of GuangMing to pass state exams and could go to college, residents decided to submit to send a boy to university. At that time 500 RMBs (about PLN 285, in those crucial amounts) and 76 eggs were collected.
Liu was a immense success, 1 of the richest people in the country. However, he did not forget the kindness and aid the people of his native village gave him. Not the first time he appeared in his village with fresh Year's presents. It helps its residents in various cases, different situations. This year, his visit was made public through social media. possibly it is simply a kind of provocation of Liu, who knows the nature of social media.
Perhaps soon, another Chinese billionaires will begin to visit where they came from, where they were born, where they finished their first schools, where they embarked on a journey that led them so far and high.
For the little oriented:
JD.com, Inc., besides known as Jingdong (chin. 京东), formerly called 360buy, is simply a Chinese e-commerce company based in Beijing. It is 1 of the 2 largest B2C online vendors in China in terms of volume of transactions and revenues and the main competitor of Tmall conducted by Alibaba.
With gross exceeding US$152.8 billion in 2023, JD.com is China's largest retailer in gross and ranks 52nd on the luck Global 500 list. JD.com portfolio includes:
- retail,
- technology,
- logistics,
- health care,
- industry,
- property management,
- own brands,
- insurance and
- international business.
The company was founded by Liu Qiangdong on June 18, 1998, and its retail sales platform was launched in 2004. The company began operations as an online magnetooptic store, but shortly diversified its operations, selling electronics, mobile phones, computers and akin products. The company changed its domain name to 360buy.com in June 2007, then to JD.com in 2013. The company is partially owned by Tencent, which has a 15% stake in it.
JD.com invested in advanced AI technologies and supplies via drones and robots. The company late began investigating robotic transportation services and building transportation airports for drones, as well as handling supplies without driver, presenting its first autonomous truck.
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