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　　Original title: Chen Lihua’s past

　　Source: China Entrepreneur Magazine.

　　With a net worth of nearly 40 billion yuan, the 78-year-old legendary female rich in China actually only loved the Beijing Gate and rosewood in her later years.

　　In China’s billionaire circle, Chen Lihua is a name that cannot be ignored.

　　On January 21st, Forbes China released the list of the richest women in 2019, and Chen Lihua, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fuhua International Group, ranked third, with a net worth of 39.15 billion yuan. Among the rich women with an average age of 53, her 78-year-old age is particularly noticeable. As early as 2016, she became the richest woman in China for the first time with a wealth of 50.5 billion yuan. In 2010, she was selected into Hurun’s list of the richest women in China, ranking fourth with a net worth of $4 billion.

　　Although her wealth has shrunk slightly compared with the past few years, she is still a legendary businesswoman. She not only created Chang ‘an Club, Jinbao Street and other projects, but also attracted much attention because of her love story with Zhongrui Chi, the Tang Priest. Now, at the age of 80, she has handed over the core business of real estate to her son to take care of, and she and her husband are focusing on the art of rosewood collection.

　　Beijing natives, transformed into real estate queens.

　　According to Chen Lihua’s own disclosure, she was born in the Summer Palace, the eighth descendant of Yehenala, the Manchu nationality. But she was not a lucky "Gege", and her family was poor, so she dropped out of high school.

　　From the descendants of declining aristocrats to the richest woman in China, there is little disclosure about Chen Lihua’s road to prosperity, and there are many versions circulating.

　　One theory is to speculate in real estate in Hong Kong. In 1982, Chen Lihua moved to Hong Kong and dug up the first bucket of gold. She bought 12 villas in Beverly Hills and sold them at a high price, quickly completing the original accumulation.

　　Another view is that Chen Lihua’s capital empire, which comes from selling furniture and cultural relics, began with the cultural relics left over from the Cultural Revolution. In her early years, she worked in a sewing society. After the reform of public-private partnership, she became a sewing self-employed. She once revealed that when she was young, her family came down, and she worked around the clock, making clothes for others at night and taking care of children during the day.

　　在街坊的印象里，陈丽华最大的特点是豪爽。她教育子女，从小不要占别人便宜，但别人不占她便宜她还不高兴，“这么好的东西给你不要，是看不起我”。她为人仗义，结识了很多朋友，掌握了很多信息。

　　80年代中期，她了解到，北京的龙顺城中式家具厂里，保藏有大量文革中得来的珍贵明清紫檀、金丝楠和黄花梨木家具，在当时，这些都是“无主”之物。

　　陈丽华通过关系，以较低的价格得到了其中的一部分。随后，她通过那个年代常见的亲戚介绍信和律师证明，移民到了香港，并且创办香港富华，主营地产交易，收获颇丰。

　　90年代初期，陈丽华拿到了临近天安门广场的一块地皮，兴建长安大厦。“那时候长安俱乐部是一个球场”，她是作为港商招商引资进入内地的。

　　从这个动作来看，陈丽华的能量非同小可。

　　因为毗邻紫禁城，与天安门广场一墙之隔，这块地的政治敏感度很高。适逢北京主办亚运会，政府对项目的审批格外严格。陈丽华等了4年，才得到相关部门首肯。期间，很多朋友都劝她别做了，成不了。

　　手续办成的当天夜里，她就带着4辆汽车的人开始干活，因为项目位置，白天不能施工，只能晚上建设。陈丽华天天跑工地，昼伏夜出，偶尔还把自己当工人使。

　　这个工程让她愈发重视人脉关系的重要性，项目落成后，她将大厦的6层划出，成立了长安俱乐部。

　　长安俱乐部位于天安门广场沿长安街东行500米，　占据得天独厚的地理位置。长安俱乐部首开京城富豪俱乐部之先河，是京城四大顶级会所之一，李嘉诚、郑裕彤、郭炳湘均名列长安俱乐部理事会成员。

　　一进入长安俱乐部大门，便是“屏风·宝座”，通体金箔，灼灼逼人。据称，它由中国紫檀博物馆出品，按故宫乾清宫龙椅比例制作。旁侧的“紫檀如意”与其相呼应。

　　这家俱乐部低调而奢华，非会员不得参观，入会条件更是严苛。据《中国新闻周刊》报道，长安俱乐部的个人会籍会费目前是16.8万，每年的年费是1.6万，终身会籍会费为48万。长安俱乐部的会员甄选规则一是会员推荐，二是审核，并非是只要有钱就能进入。

　　而拿下金宝街改造项目，又是陈丽华的另一个大手笔之作。

　　西起王府井商圈的金鱼胡同，东至东二环雅宝路，南望长安街，北依朝阳门大街，全长730米，在其上可以俯瞰核心北京商业区王府井和中央商务区CBD。

　　On Jinbao Street, wealth flows like a stream. There are eight plots on both sides of the street, covering luxury hotels, Grade A office buildings, Beijing Hong Kong Jockey Club, Jinbaohui Shopping Center, luxury apartments and other high-end commercial properties. Jinbaohui Shopping Center has gathered many international brands such as GUCCI, Bottega Veneta and VERTU. Ferrari, Masalati, aston martin, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Jaguar and other luxury car brands also have a place in the exhibition hall.

　　In June, 2018, Chen Lihua’s son Zhao Yong revealed that the street was still undergoing renovation, and it was really completed when the renovation was over.

　　Fuhua International Group’s wealth empire is still expanding. Founded in Hong Kong in 1988, Fuhua International has developed into a diversified multinational enterprise with high-end commercial real estate as its core and covering culture, art and finance in the past 30 years. At present, Fuhua’s commercial real estate investment projects in Beijing have been completed and under construction, covering an area of over 1.5 million square meters.

　　Since 2010, Fuhua has successively joined the construction and development of Beijing City Sub-center, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Development and Construction, and Hainan Free Trade Zone, and invested in the construction of Zhuhai Hengqin rosewood museum. In 2014, Fuhua entered the international market and invested in hotels and other projects in Australia and New Zealand.

　　In May 2017, Fuhua International made its debut in the capital market, and its Beijing Fulihuade Biomedical Technology Co., Ltd. was listed on the New Third Board.

　　"Chasing" Tang Priest’s Rosewood Queen

　　Besides being extremely rich, Chen Lihua’s married life has also attracted much attention.

　　Zhongrui Chi was born in a family of Peking Opera. He played the Tang Priest in the CCTV version of The Journey to the West in 1986, and was a sensational national idol in that era. But then he faded out of the show business, married Chen Lihua in a low-key way, and assisted his wife’s business wholeheartedly.

　　In 1988, Chen Lihua and Zhongrui Chi met under the introduction of friends. Coincidentally, they both loved Peking Opera.

　　But Chen Lihua was 11 years older than Zhongrui Chi, divorced and had three children. At that time, she was 47 years old. In "An Appointment between Lu and Yu", she admitted that Zhongrui Chi was chased by herself. "Mr. Chi is so beautiful that many women queue up to chase him." In the 1980s, it took courage to do so. She had consulted her children for this, but they all supported her mother to find a partner.

　　In 1990, the two finally came together. At that time, Chen Lihua was already the richest woman, with assets exceeding 100 million. They used to be controversial because of their age differences, and now they have been working together for 29 years.　

　　After the marriage, the husband and wife treated each other as guests, and they called each other "Chairman" and "Mr. Chi". They all spoke with "you" and never joked. "With the chairman for 28 years, it seems that we have only been together for 10 years, and I feel that time has passed very quickly." Zhongrui Chi, who has gained some weight, said with a smile that he looks as slow, courteous and gentle as the Tang Priest.

　　Although there is a big age gap, Chen Lihua and Zhongrui Chi have found a common hobby and topic on rosewood.

　　Because of her love for rosewood, Chen Lihua is also known as the "rosewood queen". Since 2008, Chen Lihua has spent eight years restoring 16 old city gates of "nine inside and seven outside" in old Beijing with red sandalwood and dark wood in a scale of 1: 10, and 10 watchtowers are still being made. She devoted herself to studying rosewood carving for 40 years, just to make the old Beijing city gate "live".

　　Without sample paper, she and the workers were in the basement, kneeling on the ground and proofreading the drawings. Everyone was injured and her knees were scarred. She recalled that 40 years ago, she also went to the Indian jungle to buy red sandalwood. "Snakes and pythons are in groups, and the grass is deep. When the elephant pulls out, it can’t be seen."

　　In her factory, 77-year-old Chen Lihua introduced the Zhengyangmen model to Lu Yu. She jumped twice excitedly on the tower, bluntly saying that 100 people could stand on it, and every door and window could be opened and closed. The whole process was made without a nail. At that time, Zhongrui Chi silently hugged Chen Lihua behind her and gave her protection. While observing the red sandalwood carving, Zhongrui Chi reminded her to wear glasses, and when she was sweating, she put out her hand behind her to wipe her sweat.

　　As an old Beijinger and a descendant of Manchu Dynasty, Chen Lihua has a special complex for traditional culture. She laughed at herself and did this because "she can’t get over it." When her rosewood was copied from the work of the city gate, it could only be stored in the basement, and it was temporarily impossible to show it to the world. That kind of sadness was beyond words. She cried many times at home.

　　Chen Lihua’s life focus is now completely on rosewood. It will take her several years to go to the headquarters of Fuhua International Group in Jinbao Street. This company has now been left to her son Zhao Yong to take care of. On her latest visit, after greeting her son, she went straight to the rosewood furniture in the office and sighed at a scratch on it.

　　Chen Lihua admits that her living expenses are only in 10 yuan. Her favorite food is rice mixed with snow red. She doesn’t drink coffee or tea, and she doesn’t drink alcohol or tobacco. The only obsession is rosewood art, so she feels guilty for her children.

　　In 1999, Chen Lihua spent 200 million yuan to build the only rosewood museum in the world-"China rosewood museum" on the edge of the East Fifth Ring Road in Beijing, and invited Zhongrui Chi as the deputy curator. It is also considered as a gift from her to Zhongrui Chi.

　　Her restored old Beijing city gate was recognized by experts such as Shan Shiyuan, a consultant of the Palace Museum, and she got a special endorsement from the Palace Museum, "Any warehouse can enter and do as much as possible". Subsequently, Chen Lihua spent more than ten years trying to copy all the woodwork in the Forbidden City, and now 999 pieces of furniture displayed in the Red Sandalwood Museum are all original copies of the Forbidden City. She said, "Without the Forbidden City, there would be no today. The China Rosewood Museum is not mine, but the Forbidden City."

　　Chen Lihua and his wife now go to the rosewood factory on the outskirts of Beijing every morning to polish and carve rosewood works with workers. Chen Lihua personally supervised in the factory, and also carved the details of every African claw and leaf.

　　Chen Lihua said, "Although I am a businessman, all my funds should be left on this (red sandalwood) for the country. If I don’t do something in my life, it will be for nothing." Although investing in the rosewood museum costs a lot, just doing exhibitions and not selling them to the outside world is like a bottomless pit, but she thinks that "it is more meaningful than keeping money."

　　Chen Lihua, who has a bright and hearty nature, bluntly said that he is a man and loves to work. "It’s like plowing cattle all his life, pulling a cart and walking by himself, and I still feel very comfortable.".

　　It seems that the aura of a strong woman in Chen Lihua overshadowed that of Zhongrui Chi, but Zhongrui Chi also said in an interview before that, "I am not afraid of her strength, but I like this kind of strong woman very much". Zhongrui Chi and Chen Lihua’s three children also get along well. Three generations of their family have dinner and breakfast together every day. If Chen Lihua comes home late, everyone will wait for her to have dinner together and help her back to the sofa after dinner.

　　Chen Lihua hasn’t spoken out about the inheritance of wealth. According to Tianyancha data, there are 71 companies under the name of her eldest son Zhao Yong, who are in charge of core businesses such as Chang ‘an Club and real estate. The eldest daughter Zhao Li also has 14 companies under her name. In contrast, Zhongrui Chi’s performance in investment and business is mediocre, with only two companies as executives, both of which are related to rosewood technology.

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A few days ago, Ant Group set up a new company "Digital Ant Force" in Beijing to launch the AItoB market, which will be operated by artificial intelligence technology service enterprises. Digital Ant is headquartered in Ant T Space in Haidian District. This space is also the innovation and technology headquarters of Ant Beijing. Ant Group will rely on the advantages of capital science and technology and talents to increase investment in scientific and technological innovation and carry out frontier exploration around artificial intelligence and data element root technology. Digital Ant Force is an important business practice for Ant Group to explore the landing industry of artificial intelligence.

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(Caption: Zhou Wei, Chairman of Digital Mali)

She introduced that in the past, Ant Group has precipitated a series of mature AI application practices of man-machine integration in serving its own business, which has enabled ants to deeply integrate AI technology with industry knowledge processes and talents, and precipitated rich practical experience and mature solution system. Now, Digital Mali has opened up this set of capabilities to help enterprises upgrade their management with AI technology more conveniently.

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"We hope that digital power can help the digital transformation and intelligent upgrade of enterprise management, and bring new ideas and new strength to the AI enterprise service market." Zhou Yun said that the product family of Digital Ant will be unveiled at the Bund Conference in September.

　　【 HarmonyOS system can be used on mobile phones? Yu Chengdong: Anytime] On the 9th, at the Huawei Developers Conference, Huawei’s own system HarmonyOS was officially unveiled, and the system was open source. Can HarmonyOS be used on mobile phones? Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, said at the scene, "At any time, but considering the partners and ecological construction, the mobile phone still gives priority to using Android."

　　Wen Yi Zhang Tengjun Assistant Research Fellow, American Institute, China Institute of International Studies

　　US President Biden will visit Europe on the 9th. This is Biden’s first visit since he took office. The itinerary is intensive and focused, covering G7 summit, NATO summit, US-Europe summit and US-Russia summit.

　　On June 1, US President Biden delivered a speech at a commemorative event in Tulsa. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters

　　Since Biden’s administration took office, it has placed the alliance policy at the core of its foreign policy, frequently attacking, trying to strengthen strategic competition with China by reactivating and consolidating the alliance system and regain the position of the United States as a "world leader". Biden’s trip to Europe can be called the key battle of Biden’s government’s "alliance diplomacy", and it can also be regarded as a test of the effect of his "anti-China alliance".

　　The goal of the trip to Europe is clear

　　Biden wrote an article in the media before his trip, saying that his trip was intended to unite "democratic countries", fulfill the new commitments of the United States to its allies and partners, demonstrate the ability of "democratic countries" to cope with challenges and threats, and "lead the world" with strength. He said that the United States will "focus on ensuring that the 21st century’s trade and technology rules are formulated by democratic countries that implement market economy, not by China or any other country".

　　Obviously, the important goal of Biden’s trip is China.

　　Since Biden’s administration came to power, it has fanned gangs, incited a new round of anti-China upsurge, encouraged Japan, Australia and other countries to be tougher on China, and indirectly led to the temporary grounding of China-EU Comprehensive Agreement on Investment.

　　At first glance, Biden’s government’s "alliance diplomacy" seems to have the effect of multi-echo, which may also give Biden some confidence to continue to speculate on the "China threat" and advocate anti-China alliances.

　　However, the game of international politics is never as simple as it seems. On the issue of China, the calculations of American allies may not be on the same channel as the United States. Most countries are unwilling to choose sides between China and the United States, and even more unwilling to give up their interests in China in order to cooperate with the US anti-China strategy.

　　The alliance offensive is threatening.

　　Over the past four months or so, Biden’s government has made great efforts to win over the core allies of Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, and spared no effort to seek consensus and cooperation. The Biden administration’s "alliance diplomacy" is mainly reflected in the following four aspects:

　　First of all, "cloud diplomacy" swears that the United States will return to the alliance system.

　　During the Trump era, American allies were given a cold shoulder. As soon as Biden took office, he quickly established contact with major allies, from the periphery to Europe and then to the Asia-Pacific region. Within three weeks, he talked with 11 heads of state and NATO Secretary General, eight of whom were allies. The core members of the ruling team, such as the US Secretary of State, the Presidential Assistant for National Security Affairs, and the Minister of National Defense, are not idle, and frequently interact with diplomatic and security officials of allies by telephone.

　　On February 19th, Biden made his debut in major international occasions, attending the online video conference of G7 leaders and the special meeting of Munich Security Conference, shouting "America is back, and the transatlantic alliance is back".

　　This is a picture taken in Munich, Germany on February 19th, when US President Biden attended the special online meeting of Munich Security Conference. Xinhua News Agency (Photo courtesy of Munich Security Conference)

　　Secondly, carefully design the route of the visit, step by step.

　　In March, senior officials of Biden’s government began to visit China and started strategic communication and consultation with allies. Take Secretary of State Blinken as an example. He first visited Japan and South Korea with Defense Minister Austin, and then visited Europe four times in less than two months, which shows the good intentions of Biden’s government to win over European allies. At the end of May, Blinken went to many countries in the Middle East to try to mediate the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, but he always sided with Israel, a die-hard ally.

　　Third, stop quitting the group and try to revive American leadership.

　　Immediately after Biden took office, he broke with Trump’s practice, announced his return to the Paris Agreement, stopped withdrawing from WHO, reconfirmed his security commitment to his allies, and deliberately downplayed the differences with his allies, suspended tariff war in Europe, and gave up the sanctions against European allies on the "Beixi -2" project.

　　Fourth, step up the construction of a small circle of strategic competition with China.

　　Biden’s administration tied the strengthening of the alliance system with its China policy, and believed that the most effective way to deal with the so-called "China challenge" was to establish a "united front" with China, including allies and partners.

　　On the one hand, under the slogan that the world is at the so-called crossroads of democracy and autocracy, Biden’s government tried to form a so-called global alliance of democratic countries and incited its allies to take a unified stand and take actions against China on human rights and other issues. On the other hand, in the fields of economy, trade, science and technology, military security, etc., Biden’s government tried to form various small circles to put pressure on China, such as strengthening the "Quad(Quadrilateral Security Dialogue)" mechanism and the five-eye alliance, so as to maximize competition with China.

　　Alliance strategy is strong outside and hollow inside.

　　During the Trump era, the United States went further and further on the road of isolation of conservatism and unilateralism. Biden took "America is back" as his motto as soon as he took office. However, can the United States still come back?

　　On March 16th, in Tokyo, Japan, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken (second from the right) and Defense Minister lloyd austin (first from the left), Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu (second from the left) and Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi touched elbows after the joint press conference. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Ichigo Noki)

　　First of all, the premise of "America is back" is that the United States can provide public goods and tangible support to its allies as always, otherwise everything will only be empty talk.

　　Biden’s government’s ruling environment can be described as internal and external difficulties and accumulated disadvantages. Biden’s administration focused on sorting out the internal affairs, and launched a large-scale American rescue plan, American family plan and American employment plan, trying to alleviate the epidemic, revive the economy, bridge the differences between parties and ethnic conflicts, and lead the United States to "rebuild beauty." This series of measures need to consume a lot of political and material resources and overcome huge internal and external obstacles, and the implementation prospect is highly uncertain.

　　In this context, the Biden administration’s promises to return to and lead the alliance system are likely to be "lip service".

　　Second, the necessary condition for "America is back" is to assume that history can repeat itself, but the world is no longer that world.

　　The main routine of Biden’s administration is to instill an idea in its allies that although the world has changed a lot, the alliance system under the leadership of the United States can be repaired as before. However, the wheel of history is rolling forward, and the world pattern under the change of a hundred years has accelerated its evolution. The essence of the alliance system is the outdated cold war mentality, and the attempt to continue to dominate the world with the help of the alliance of a few countries is impossible.

　　Third, the solid guarantee of "America is back" is that allies are still firmly United around the United States, but in fact allies have doubts about the United States.

　　Trump’s destructive diplomatic style has caused cracks in the alliance system, and allies have lost their trust in the United States, and they have strengthened their strategic autonomy and found another way out. Although Biden’s government has vowed to return to the alliance system, the deep internal crisis and repeated policies every four years have made allies uneasy about Biden’s ruling prospects.

　　Merkel and Macron, the leaders of major allies, have expressed their reservations about American diplomacy and emphasized the strategic autonomy of Europe.

　　The broken mirror of reunion is a broken mirror after all, and the repair of trust cannot be done overnight. Biden’s imaginary circle of friends may still be there, but his allies have gradually drifted away.

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Let’s take a look at the appearance of Parrish Emperor. The front face of Parrish Emperor looks very fashionable and elegant. Coupled with stylish and simple headlights, the overall look is very avant-garde personality. The car is equipped with LED daytime running lights, automatic opening and closing, adaptive far and near light, delayed closing and so on. Come to the side of the car, the car body size is 4995MM*1975MM*1775MM, the car uses fashionable lines, the car side looks very comfortable, with large-sized thick-walled tires, the shape is quite young and fashionable. Looking back, the overall shape of the rear of the car echoes the front face, and the taillights look very beautiful and neat.

When I came to the Parisi car, the interior of Parisi looked younger and more fashionable, and it looked fashionable and dynamic. The steering wheel of the car is well designed, made of genuine leather, and the visual effect is good. Take a look at the central control, with a 12.3-inch central control screen, which makes the interior style impressive and very consistent with the temperament of the car. Let’s take a look at the dashboard and seats again. The dashboard of this car presents a rounded design style, giving people a very capable feeling. The car uses leather seats, which are wide and thick, and the overall ride feels soft and comfortable.

Parristi matched the automatic manual transmission (AT) gearbox, with the maximum power of 200KW and the maximum torque of 336N.m, and the power performance was good.

The car is equipped with car networking, driving mode selection, remote control key, rear wiper, interior atmosphere light and other configurations, which fully ensures the convenience and comfort of the car experience.

Summary: The car introduced today is not only eye-catching in space, but also has reached the mainstream level in various configurations, and there is nothing to be picky about driving experience and space experience.