Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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We believe that success alone is not enough for me, others must fail. We must defeat our competitors. ”① In Singapore, the arrogant Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew demanded that the government, businesses, and schools learn Japanese management and introduce Japanese corporate management systems. For example, if the government holds a Japanese style management seminar and hires senior executives from well-known Japanese companies to speak in Singapore, university management professors are required to participate, take notes, and use them as part of the teaching materials.

In the newly awakened China, Deng Xiaoping also regarded Japan as the first object of learning. Wang Xiaoxian, who was then the Deputy Director of the Japan Division of the Asia Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recalled, "Apart from exchanging the ratification documents of the treaty, Xiaoping's most important task during his visit to Japan was to learn from Japan. I remember he told Mr. Konosuke Matsushita at Panasonic that in order to achieve the Four Modernizations, the electronics industry was not enough. Therefore, I want to visit your factory and hope that you can mobilize Japan's electronics industry to invest and build factories in China together. We want to learn from you

On June 29th, a few months later, Konosuke Matsushita visited China at the invitation of Deng Xiaoping. Deng Xiaoping repeatedly consulted with him on strengthening enterprise management and the development of the electronics industry. He said in the conversation that China needs to truly introduce some advanced technologies to drive improvement, and needs to seek more advice from Japan. China's modernization cannot just follow others.