2024年11月1日，新大陸科技集團(tuán)30周年晚會(huì)慶典在福州隆重舉行。集團(tuán)董事長胡鋼圍繞“感恩之心”“奇跡之旅”“與國同頻”“精神力量”和“新起點(diǎn)”五個(gè)主題，面向全球8000名新大陸人發(fā)表致辭。現(xiàn)將胡鋼董事長中英雙語演講稿全文刊發(fā)。
全球各地的新大陸同仁們，大家晚上好。
對(duì)于新大陸人來說，今天是個(gè)大日子。我們?cè)谶@里歡聚一堂，共同慶祝新大陸科技集團(tuán)30歲生日。
30年前，我和一批充滿激情的創(chuàng)業(yè)者們，在福州市鼓屏路銀聯(lián)賓館四樓租了兩個(gè)房間，房號(hào)是410和411。我至今清晰記得，1994年1月9日，我們召開創(chuàng)業(yè)團(tuán)隊(duì)第一次全體會(huì)議，那時(shí)公司還沒有成立，尚處在籌備和規(guī)劃階段，我們?cè)趯?duì)未來的無限憧憬中，討論了公司框架和經(jīng)營設(shè)想、管理原則等等，并且將公司正式命名為“新大陸”。
30年光陰荏苒、歲月如流，今天，當(dāng)我站在新大陸30周年盛大慶典的舞臺(tái)上，回想起這一路走來的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴，令我百感交集，萬千感慨涌上心頭。
今天的新大陸，是值得我們驕傲的——
在支付領(lǐng)域，新大陸是全球第一的數(shù)字智能支付終端和支付方案供應(yīng)商，終端累計(jì)交付數(shù)量超過1億臺(tái)。
在識(shí)別領(lǐng)域，新大陸是識(shí)讀設(shè)備全球第四、掃碼引擎全球第三的供應(yīng)商。
在數(shù)字商業(yè)領(lǐng)域，新大陸是中國頭部的第三方支付運(yùn)營商，服務(wù)370萬家商戶，年?duì)I業(yè)流水2.5萬億元。同時(shí)，我們還為中小微實(shí)體商戶累計(jì)提供了280億元小額貸款，解決他們的資金周轉(zhuǎn)難題。
在軟件和大數(shù)據(jù)領(lǐng)域，新大陸連續(xù)19次入選中國軟件百強(qiáng)企業(yè)，具備電信級(jí)大數(shù)據(jù)業(yè)務(wù)支撐核心平臺(tái)的能力。
在職業(yè)教育領(lǐng)域，新大陸是福建省唯一的國家級(jí)產(chǎn)教融合型企業(yè)，與全國1600多所院校開展合作。
在通信終端領(lǐng)域，新大陸為全球運(yùn)營商提供智能終端，海內(nèi)外智能制造中心年總產(chǎn)能合計(jì)可達(dá)5000萬臺(tái)。
在智慧交通各領(lǐng)域，新大陸參與全國16個(gè)省市約4500公里的近百條高速公路機(jī)電工程項(xiàng)目建設(shè)。
我們也在數(shù)字中國的戰(zhàn)略賽道上不斷創(chuàng)新探索。新大陸首次提出數(shù)字公民理念，推動(dòng)全國首個(gè)數(shù)字公民試點(diǎn)落地，可信數(shù)字身份相關(guān)技術(shù)和應(yīng)用正在多個(gè)行業(yè)逐步推廣。
我們基于在支付技術(shù)領(lǐng)域的長期積累，探索數(shù)字人民幣技術(shù)和應(yīng)用創(chuàng)新，支撐北京冬奧會(huì)數(shù)字人民幣場(chǎng)景建設(shè)，發(fā)起成立數(shù)字人民幣聯(lián)盟并成為首任理事長單位。
我們還在大灣區(qū)試水跨境電商的業(yè)務(wù)，比如票務(wù)市場(chǎng)，比如跨境藥品、保健品銷售等等。
從18人到超過8000名全球員工，從21平方米的賓館套房到9萬平方米花園式科技園區(qū)以及世界多地的分子公司、辦事機(jī)構(gòu)，從150萬元的營業(yè)規(guī)模到百億級(jí)的營收。新大陸30年跨越式發(fā)展，堪稱中國民營企業(yè)發(fā)展史上的一個(gè)奇跡。
我們值得一起為自己喝彩，我數(shù)一二三，大家一起喊：新大陸好樣的，新大陸人好樣的！
一，二，三！
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站在新大陸30年的時(shí)間節(jié)點(diǎn)上，我們充滿了感恩。
首先是感恩時(shí)代。企業(yè)發(fā)展壯大，從來都是在大時(shí)代背景下的，也就是“時(shí)勢(shì)造英雄”。新大陸在多次時(shí)代機(jī)遇面前都做出了正確的選擇，實(shí)現(xiàn)了今天的發(fā)展成果。
其次是感恩黨和國家。改革開放讓中國進(jìn)入新時(shí)代，國家發(fā)生翻天覆地的變化，民營經(jīng)濟(jì)因改革開放應(yīng)運(yùn)而生，也才有了我們施展拳腳的舞臺(tái)。
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第三是感恩關(guān)心和支持新大陸發(fā)展的相關(guān)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和社會(huì)各界朋友們。創(chuàng)業(yè)之初，我們就得到了許多領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和各級(jí)黨委、政府的鼓勵(lì)和支持，尤其是福建省、福州市歷任主要領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。有些時(shí)候，我都感覺到有些坎要過不去了，但總有人伸出援手拉我們一把，幫助新大陸挺過難關(guān)。
第四是感恩客戶。客戶給企業(yè)提供產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的機(jī)會(huì)，才有了企業(yè)及其從業(yè)者們以科技創(chuàng)新施展才華、實(shí)現(xiàn)理想的可能性，新大陸很多好的產(chǎn)品創(chuàng)意和服務(wù)理念，都是和客戶共同創(chuàng)造的，真正實(shí)現(xiàn)了“互利共贏”。
最后，我們要感恩新大陸的員工以及員工家屬們。新大陸人就像是我的家人，一代又一代的新大陸人在不同的階段為公司做出了卓越的貢獻(xiàn)。同時(shí)，也正是有了員工家屬們的默默奉獻(xiàn)、有所犧牲、有所擔(dān)當(dāng)，才讓新大陸人能夠沒有后顧之憂地努力奮斗，創(chuàng)造業(yè)績、實(shí)現(xiàn)價(jià)值。
5年前，同樣是在這個(gè)舞臺(tái)上，我說過一句話：一路走來風(fēng)風(fēng)雨雨，我們相互砥礪，相伴相隨，共同度過最寶貴的青春歲月，締造了新大陸發(fā)展的傳奇。能夠和曾經(jīng)的新大陸人、現(xiàn)在的新大陸人共度一段人生時(shí)光，這是我胡鋼莫大的福分！希望我們大家都更加珍惜。
那么，這30年，我們共同奮斗過什么、經(jīng)歷過什么呢？這段時(shí)間，我對(duì)新大陸自1994年以來的“奇跡之旅”進(jìn)行了系統(tǒng)思考，一共分為5個(gè)階段。
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第一個(gè)是創(chuàng)業(yè)階段，時(shí)間是1994年到1997年。
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1994年10月6日，在公司正式成立大約半年后，我們召開了第一次企業(yè)發(fā)展研討會(huì)。之所以開這個(gè)會(huì)是為了糾正幾個(gè)問題：發(fā)展上不夠務(wù)實(shí)，業(yè)務(wù)上不夠聚焦，內(nèi)功上不夠夯實(shí)。這些問題往往會(huì)出現(xiàn)在企業(yè)的創(chuàng)業(yè)期和快速發(fā)展期。
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為此，我們明確提出了新大陸發(fā)展方向——以高科技為龍頭的產(chǎn)業(yè)化、多元化、國際化的集團(tuán)。圍繞這一目標(biāo)，我們?cè)谌陜?nèi)完成了三步走：
1994年，建設(shè)產(chǎn)品研發(fā)體系和生產(chǎn)體系，初步構(gòu)建全國性銷售網(wǎng)點(diǎn)；1995年，確定“有限多樣性經(jīng)營”的策略，關(guān)閉一些已開設(shè)的小公司，集中投入金融信息化業(yè)務(wù)；1996年，探索軟件和系統(tǒng)集成行業(yè)，圍繞金融終端產(chǎn)品開發(fā)各種應(yīng)用解決方案和銀行應(yīng)用軟件。
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三年創(chuàng)業(yè)期，我們遇到了很多預(yù)想之外的困難，團(tuán)隊(duì)成員肝膽相照、心心相印，共同撐過了這一段艱難的時(shí)期，資金得到快速積累，年?duì)I收從150萬到4500萬，員工數(shù)到287人。這些都為新大陸下一步發(fā)展奠定了很好的基礎(chǔ)。
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第二是二次創(chuàng)業(yè)階段，時(shí)間是1998年到2000年。
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我們清醒地意識(shí)到，企業(yè)在完成原始積累后，進(jìn)入了轉(zhuǎn)折期，因此提出“二次創(chuàng)業(yè)”。1998年9月，我們召開了新大陸二次創(chuàng)業(yè)總動(dòng)員會(huì)，重新梳理發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略愿景，推動(dòng)從“技術(shù)為核心”向“市場(chǎng)為核心”轉(zhuǎn)變。
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這次會(huì)議上，我們明確提出，二次創(chuàng)業(yè)成功的標(biāo)志是公司上市。為了快速做大規(guī)模，新大陸大舉進(jìn)軍行業(yè)軟件和系統(tǒng)集成業(yè)，正是有了在金融行業(yè)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，我們比較快速地在移動(dòng)通訊、高速公路信息化領(lǐng)域有所斬獲。同時(shí)，1999年5月，我們成立了新大陸中安公司，這是自動(dòng)識(shí)別公司的前身，開始探索二維碼技術(shù)。這一階段，新大陸生物公司、藥業(yè)公司和環(huán)保公司也相繼成立。
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2000年，新大陸在深交所上市，標(biāo)志著本輪變革成功。
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第三是“拐大彎”階段，時(shí)間是2001年到2006年。
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2001年1月10日，集團(tuán)年度總結(jié)大會(huì)上，凝聚新大陸集體智慧的《新大陸集團(tuán)發(fā)展綱要（2001－2005）》首次亮相，提出了以“拐大彎”方式推進(jìn)從“產(chǎn)品提供商”向“產(chǎn)品提供商與IT綜合服務(wù)提供商”的重大戰(zhàn)略轉(zhuǎn)變。
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2002年到2006年，我們推動(dòng)“扁平化”組織變革：組建金融產(chǎn)品事業(yè)部、系統(tǒng)集成事業(yè)部、高速公路事業(yè)部、金融IT服務(wù)事業(yè)部，建立產(chǎn)品研發(fā)中心，“4+1”的組織結(jié)構(gòu)形成；我們組建新大陸軟件工程公司，向行業(yè)IT服務(wù)商轉(zhuǎn)型繼續(xù)深入；我們成立上海翼碼公司，全力發(fā)展“電子回執(zhí)”業(yè)務(wù)。
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也正是在這一階段，我們首次提出——要使新大陸POS產(chǎn)品、二維碼產(chǎn)品成為國產(chǎn)第一品牌。
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第四階段的變革，時(shí)間是2007年到2014年。
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2007年1月，新大陸在福州于山賓館召開研討會(huì)，提出進(jìn)入第三輪變革。2008年，我們開始導(dǎo)入戰(zhàn)略管控型模式，梳理決策層、管理層、經(jīng)營層三個(gè)層面責(zé)權(quán)利，成立各公司共享公共資源的服務(wù)平臺(tái)，也就是今天的總部職能平臺(tái)。
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之后的兩年間，我們做了兩個(gè)影響至今的變化：其一，將金融產(chǎn)品業(yè)務(wù)、IT行業(yè)應(yīng)用、商用事業(yè)部以及研究院、制造工廠合并，組成電子產(chǎn)品公司，后來改名為數(shù)字設(shè)備公司。在此基礎(chǔ)上，新大陸支付公司于2012年正式成立；其二，成立房地產(chǎn)事業(yè)部，對(duì)大理、福建兩個(gè)地產(chǎn)公司實(shí)行統(tǒng)一管理，支撐地產(chǎn)業(yè)務(wù)創(chuàng)造出良好的業(yè)績，集團(tuán)為了扶持上市公司發(fā)展，將福建地產(chǎn)項(xiàng)目裝入上市體系，緩解了主業(yè)的業(yè)績壓力，同時(shí)也解決了公司主要骨干的住房問題，為主業(yè)的創(chuàng)新發(fā)展和外延擴(kuò)張?zhí)峁┝撕芎玫默F(xiàn)金流支持。
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第五是數(shù)字化轉(zhuǎn)型升級(jí)階段，時(shí)間是2015年至今。
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習(xí)近平總書記視察新大陸后，公司開啟第四輪變革，實(shí)現(xiàn)戰(zhàn)略聚焦，創(chuàng)新商業(yè)模式，圍繞戰(zhàn)略內(nèi)生式增長與外延式并購雙輪驅(qū)動(dòng)構(gòu)建競爭力。從2015年到疫情之前的幾年中，公司業(yè)績實(shí)現(xiàn)穩(wěn)步快速增長，人均效能也得到提升。
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這一階段，新大陸尤其在兩個(gè)方面發(fā)力，也成為如今業(yè)績的“支柱”：其一是從“賣鐵鍬”向“挖金礦”的轉(zhuǎn)變，2016年，我們以6.8億元收購國通星驛，先后一共陸續(xù)投入了十幾億的資金，進(jìn)軍數(shù)字商業(yè)領(lǐng)域。其二是進(jìn)一步加大強(qiáng)化國際化布局，以支付、識(shí)別、通信等智能終端產(chǎn)業(yè)為“走出去”的主力軍，收獲了比較好的成效。在國內(nèi)業(yè)務(wù)內(nèi)卷嚴(yán)重的當(dāng)下，海外市場(chǎng)的重要性就顯得尤為突出了。
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同時(shí)，我們也在為數(shù)字經(jīng)濟(jì)大爆發(fā)做準(zhǔn)備。比如，我們以可信數(shù)字身份技術(shù)作為抓手，與公安部一所合作，做了大量基礎(chǔ)性、系統(tǒng)性的研發(fā)工作，共同開發(fā)了一些支撐軟件、專用芯片、專用服務(wù)器等，共同制定了許多技術(shù)規(guī)范和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，協(xié)助開發(fā)一部分的系統(tǒng)平臺(tái)以及便于再開發(fā)的中間件產(chǎn)品。同時(shí)，我們?cè)诔鲂�、旅游等垂直�?chǎng)景上做了深度研究和應(yīng)用開發(fā)，有望在這些行業(yè)中開始規(guī)模性的推廣和應(yīng)用。
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從新大陸發(fā)展歷程中，我們可以清晰地看到一條脈絡(luò)：從創(chuàng)業(yè)期到后續(xù)的四輪變革，我們始終圍繞國家戰(zhàn)略方向、圍繞時(shí)代發(fā)展趨勢(shì)，也通過自我革命來順應(yīng)外部環(huán)境的變化，真正踐行了“科技創(chuàng)新，實(shí)業(yè)報(bào)國”的初心。
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新大陸與國家同頻共振的案例有很多。比如，二維碼應(yīng)用已經(jīng)融入我們生活的方方面面的，有一項(xiàng)統(tǒng)計(jì)說，全球每天會(huì)生成100億個(gè)二維碼，大家想象一下，如果我們每用一個(gè)二維碼，就要給外國企業(yè)付哪怕只是1分錢的專利費(fèi)，總共累加起來，那也是天價(jià)。正是我們新大陸，為國家守住了二維碼技術(shù)專利。2011年，美國霍尼韋爾提出訴訟，說新大陸二維碼識(shí)讀產(chǎn)品侵犯了專利，要求賠付一筆巨款。但事實(shí)是，當(dāng)時(shí)，霍尼韋爾為進(jìn)軍條碼識(shí)讀的產(chǎn)業(yè)，先后收購了兩家行業(yè)內(nèi)數(shù)一數(shù)二的公司，也向我們提出收購，想把新大陸自動(dòng)識(shí)別相關(guān)技術(shù)和產(chǎn)品也兼并過去，但被我們拒絕了。因此，霍尼韋爾就威脅我們要打官司，意圖用這種方式拖垮我們。面對(duì)這樣的巨無霸企業(yè)，我們沒有退縮，尤其是我們得知，霍尼韋爾的目的是形成壟斷，讓我們每一次使用二維碼都要給它付專利費(fèi)，這讓我們更加堅(jiān)定要死磕到底。我們前后一共打了8年的官司，在美國打了兩場(chǎng)，在中國打了6場(chǎng)，一直打到國家最高法。這樣的巨無霸企業(yè)真的太厲害了，在最高法判決新大陸勝訴一年后，案子居然還能被翻出來復(fù)審，一直到2019年12月，我們才獲得了最終的勝利。大家可以想象，8年時(shí)間，公司花了多少錢，投入了多少資源，才捍衛(wèi)住了這項(xiàng)技術(shù)。
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30年來，我們也積極履行社會(huì)責(zé)任。近年來，新大陸每年納稅貢獻(xiàn)5~6億元，每年吸納數(shù)百名來來自五湖四海的大學(xué)應(yīng)屆畢業(yè)生，也多次捐資助學(xué)，幫助寒門學(xué)子。同時(shí)，我們還參與脫貧攻堅(jiān)、環(huán)境保護(hù)等公益事業(yè)中。在國家危難時(shí)刻，也都有新大陸的身影，比如新冠疫情、非典、汶川地震等等，公司不僅捐錢捐設(shè)備，我們員工也義不容辭地沖在抗災(zāi)第一線。據(jù)不完全統(tǒng)計(jì)，多年來，新大陸公司和領(lǐng)導(dǎo)員工們，一共捐贈(zèng)了上億元回饋社會(huì)。
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當(dāng)整體回顧完新大陸這30年的發(fā)展歷程，我不由得開始思考：應(yīng)當(dāng)如何總結(jié)和歸納這30年呢？我們成功的經(jīng)驗(yàn)到底是什么？面向未來，我們應(yīng)當(dāng)從中傳承些什么呢？
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人是要有一點(diǎn)精神的，企業(yè)同樣如此。尤其是在艱難的環(huán)境和巨變的局勢(shì)中，新大陸人寶貴的精神不僅不能丟，還要發(fā)揚(yáng)光大。因此，在我看來，新大陸的企業(yè)精神，是最值得每一代新大陸人繼承發(fā)揚(yáng)、代代相傳的寶貴財(cái)富。
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第一是敢為人先的創(chuàng)新精神。創(chuàng)新，是新大陸發(fā)展最大的核心競爭力，我們就是靠創(chuàng)新發(fā)展起來的，這是公司立業(yè)之根本，是我們的致勝法寶。
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“敢為天下先”的創(chuàng)新故事在新大陸屢見不鮮，除了大家熟知的第一臺(tái)分體式POS機(jī)、第一個(gè)二維碼解碼芯片外，今天我想講兩個(gè)鮮為人知的故事。
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也許很多人不了解，對(duì)社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)產(chǎn)生深遠(yuǎn)影響的“第三方支付”模式其實(shí)是新大陸是先驅(qū)者。隨著移動(dòng)通訊和電子商務(wù)的興旺，直覺告訴我們，這里應(yīng)該是有創(chuàng)新機(jī)會(huì)的。為此，公司成立了一個(gè)創(chuàng)新小分隊(duì)，我對(duì)小分隊(duì)負(fù)責(zé)人說：“公司不會(huì)給你們具體的KPI指標(biāo)，你們的任務(wù)就是去摸市場(chǎng)，找出一種新的商業(yè)模式。”之后，小分隊(duì)先后在重慶、江西、湖南等地深入調(diào)查，發(fā)現(xiàn)第三收單業(yè)務(wù)是有市場(chǎng)前景，而且能夠很好地和現(xiàn)有產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)合的。具體做法是，我們出錢鋪POS機(jī)，發(fā)展各類線下商戶，商戶在形成交易流水后，我們?cè)倥c金融機(jī)構(gòu)分成手續(xù)費(fèi)用。我們投入了重金，也收購了一個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)，正準(zhǔn)備大干一場(chǎng)，可惜，當(dāng)時(shí)第三方支付還是新鮮事物，政策法規(guī)還不夠完善，我們的創(chuàng)新模式遭到整個(gè)體制圍剿，十分艱難。最后我們和中國銀聯(lián)協(xié)商出一個(gè)折中的方案：新大陸把這些市場(chǎng)賣給銀聯(lián)，銀聯(lián)則大規(guī)模采購新大陸的POS機(jī)。
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還有另一個(gè)鮮為人知?jiǎng)?chuàng)新故事。掃一掃二維碼，就能完成支付，提到移動(dòng)支付，大家更熟悉的是微信支付、支付寶支付等等，但其實(shí)新大陸才是中國最早創(chuàng)新移動(dòng)支付的公司。眾所周知，新大陸的二維碼解碼技術(shù)是全球領(lǐng)先的，也是全國唯一一家，當(dāng)時(shí)，我們派了很多員工去騰訊、阿里、京東等互聯(lián)網(wǎng)大廠，給他們講條碼怎么應(yīng)用于支付，但是，互聯(lián)網(wǎng)企業(yè)的模式就是“贏家通吃”，我們教會(huì)了他們之后，他們就只跟新大陸買設(shè)備，我們也非常遺憾地沒有分享到運(yùn)營的紅利。
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正因如此，新大陸開始反思：我們做了那么突破性的、改變?nèi)祟惿畹陌l(fā)明創(chuàng)造，但是，我們得到的商業(yè)利益太少。所以，我們又重新殺回第三方支付市場(chǎng)，開始做運(yùn)營的工作，同時(shí)也參與到國家相關(guān)法規(guī)和標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的制定當(dāng)中，為規(guī)范第三方支付市場(chǎng)做出貢獻(xiàn)。
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第二是腳踏實(shí)地的務(wù)實(shí)精神。踏實(shí)務(wù)實(shí)，是新大陸人最為寶貴優(yōu)秀的品德，是我們能夠不斷在競爭中勝出的保障，也是沉淀至今的核心價(jià)值。
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多年來，我們一直在強(qiáng)調(diào)兩個(gè)觀點(diǎn)：一個(gè)是新大陸的核心能力是：基于行業(yè)洞察和場(chǎng)景深度研究，將客戶需求快速轉(zhuǎn)化為優(yōu)質(zhì)、低成本的產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)。二是打造比較優(yōu)勢(shì)，這是形成核心競爭力的基礎(chǔ)。比較優(yōu)勢(shì)怎么來？唯有依靠創(chuàng)新，并通過踏實(shí)務(wù)實(shí)的工作，也就是“苦練內(nèi)功”，在經(jīng)營各環(huán)節(jié)和生產(chǎn)各要素中，將其中一兩個(gè)做到極致。
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這幾年來，支付公司取得的發(fā)展成績，大家有目共睹。支付團(tuán)隊(duì)總結(jié)的成功的經(jīng)驗(yàn)，我非常贊同。他們打造了一支密切合作的團(tuán)隊(duì)，從業(yè)務(wù)部門發(fā)現(xiàn)銷售機(jī)會(huì)點(diǎn)，到研發(fā)響應(yīng)實(shí)現(xiàn)需求，再到向客戶交付產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)，全鏈條高效協(xié)同。具體表現(xiàn)在兩點(diǎn)：一是團(tuán)隊(duì)能夠敏銳洞察市場(chǎng)和客戶需求變化，快速響應(yīng)、高效決策，集中優(yōu)勢(shì)開發(fā)資源，實(shí)現(xiàn)短時(shí)間產(chǎn)品迭代；二是團(tuán)隊(duì)形成系統(tǒng)性供應(yīng)鏈優(yōu)勢(shì)，各部門高效配合，交付保障表現(xiàn)出色。這些其實(shí)就是支付公司的比較優(yōu)勢(shì)，他們已經(jīng)把這個(gè)觀點(diǎn)真正融入到了經(jīng)營工作中。
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此外，我們攻關(guān)二維碼解碼核心技術(shù)的故事，也是務(wù)實(shí)精神的典范。1999年5月，我們成立中安公司，專門研發(fā)二維碼技術(shù)產(chǎn)品，6個(gè)月后就和福州市公安局簽訂了“福州市暫住人口管理系統(tǒng)”項(xiàng)目。我們的二維碼識(shí)讀產(chǎn)品雖然有市場(chǎng)，可即便在微利情況下仍然飽受客戶抱怨——價(jià)格太貴。原因在于識(shí)讀設(shè)備核心部件得靠進(jìn)口，尤其是識(shí)讀模組價(jià)格非常高。
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要不再受制于人，必須掌握二維碼核心技術(shù)。二維碼技術(shù)關(guān)鍵不在于“碼”，而是解碼，核心是識(shí)讀算法。由于前期研發(fā)投入大、周期長，中安公司連續(xù)虧損6年，新大陸也堅(jiān)持投入了6年。同期，還有兩家實(shí)力比新大陸更加雄厚的公司也在攻關(guān)二維碼技術(shù)，一家是聯(lián)想，另一家是四通。但這兩家公司在兩三年努力沒有成果后，選擇了退出，最終只剩下新大陸還在堅(jiān)持。為了鼓勵(lì)研發(fā)團(tuán)隊(duì)，董事會(huì)每年都拿出錢來，給骨干工股權(quán)、工資、獎(jiǎng)金激勵(lì)。我很少參加子公司半年會(huì)，唯有這家公司每年我都去，給團(tuán)隊(duì)鼓勁打氣、提振士氣。
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我們的堅(jiān)持得到了回報(bào)。2005年，新大陸成功開發(fā)具有自主知識(shí)產(chǎn)權(quán)的二維碼識(shí)讀模組，成為全球4家掌握二維碼核心解碼技術(shù)的企業(yè)之一。后來，四通公司三個(gè)股東之一的王輯志專門來福州找我。當(dāng)時(shí)，他受聘一家著名央企科研公司，擔(dān)任首席科學(xué)家，唯一的工作就是幫助公司尋找下一代技術(shù)。他對(duì)我說，找了一大圈，還是看中了二維碼，令他費(fèi)解的是，我在福州這個(gè)相對(duì)閉塞的地方，為什么能做成功？于是，我給王輯志講了這個(gè)故事，他聽了以后非常感慨地說：“實(shí)業(yè)創(chuàng)新就是一種堅(jiān)守，只有堅(jiān)定的信念和扎扎實(shí)實(shí)地不斷積累，才能取得最后的成功�！彼芟胝f服我把二維碼技術(shù)賣給他們。我笑著回復(fù)道：“這是我們的核心技術(shù)，不可能賣的”。
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第三是善觀時(shí)變的發(fā)展精神。這是新大陸成為時(shí)代企業(yè)的根本。面對(duì)時(shí)代的變化，面對(duì)行業(yè)的洗牌，必須改變觀念，洞悉行業(yè)變化和市場(chǎng)脈絡(luò)，才能制定“順勢(shì)而為”的戰(zhàn)略和戰(zhàn)術(shù)。
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新大陸成長過程中的幾次變革，本身就是很好的例證，面對(duì)時(shí)代的變化和機(jī)遇，通過改變自我、調(diào)整自我來順應(yīng)時(shí)代的發(fā)展。比如在數(shù)字商業(yè)領(lǐng)域，我們?cè)?016年收購國通后，過了兩三年好日子，由于整個(gè)行業(yè)比較粗獷，處于大發(fā)展期，各家公司基本都賺到了錢。但從2019年開始，國家對(duì)金融行業(yè)開始嚴(yán)監(jiān)管，行業(yè)環(huán)境翻天覆地。一方面，野蠻增長的風(fēng)口已經(jīng)過去了。另一方面，規(guī)范要求越來越多，大幅增加了企業(yè)經(jīng)營難度和成本。我們都認(rèn)識(shí)到：國通公司必須改變自身，如果再走老路，就是死路一條。
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為此，我們重拾收購國通時(shí)的初心，重回?cái)?shù)字商業(yè)發(fā)展道路。2023年，董事會(huì)引入新經(jīng)營團(tuán)隊(duì)，調(diào)整經(jīng)營思路，圍繞真實(shí)中小微商戶數(shù)字化、生態(tài)化的增值服務(wù)、數(shù)據(jù)服務(wù)、場(chǎng)景建設(shè)以及垂直行業(yè)的深耕等等方面下功夫。我們一方面圍繞國家的合規(guī)性要求進(jìn)行大力整改，得到監(jiān)管部門認(rèn)可；另一方面秉持“結(jié)硬寨，打呆仗”的理念，優(yōu)化迭代經(jīng)營管理水平，對(duì)團(tuán)隊(duì)進(jìn)行了整合優(yōu)化，導(dǎo)入AI技術(shù)提升產(chǎn)品和服務(wù)的精細(xì)度和精準(zhǔn)度，同時(shí)加大激勵(lì)機(jī)制。經(jīng)過一年多實(shí)踐，國通有了巨大變化，已經(jīng)能夠比較好地適應(yīng)外部環(huán)境，提升了經(jīng)營業(yè)績，也提高了經(jīng)營質(zhì)量，最可貴的是，我們具備了可持續(xù)發(fā)展能力，盡管還面臨很多困難和變化，但數(shù)字商業(yè)前景還是非常樂觀的。
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正是在創(chuàng)新精神、務(wù)實(shí)精神、發(fā)展精神的引領(lǐng)下，新大陸一步一個(gè)腳印地走到今天，證明了新大陸人是有家國情懷、有使命擔(dān)當(dāng)、有理想追求的一群人。我可以無愧于心地說：我們是中國優(yōu)秀的民營企業(yè)，我們沒有辜負(fù)時(shí)代，也沒有辜負(fù)我們自己的人生！
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今年是新大陸30周年，也是新起點(diǎn)，我們開啟了新一輪變革，目的是應(yīng)對(duì)外部環(huán)境的巨變。巨變從來都是機(jī)遇和挑戰(zhàn)并存，我們正是在一次次巨變中發(fā)展壯大的，歷史充分證明，新大陸人有能力在巨變中抓住機(jī)遇、戰(zhàn)勝挑戰(zhàn)，我們有用血和肉熬出的好精神、好經(jīng)驗(yàn)、好做法，我們有一支卓越 且久經(jīng)考驗(yàn)的團(tuán)隊(duì)和員工隊(duì)伍，這些都是我們面對(duì)巨變的底氣。
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我們將在幾個(gè)方向上努力。第一，加強(qiáng)戰(zhàn)略引領(lǐng)，有所為有所不為，收緊不掙錢或前景不夠清晰的業(yè)務(wù)，加大力度支持符合時(shí)代發(fā)展趨勢(shì)的公司和業(yè)務(wù)。第二，緊隨國家數(shù)字經(jīng)濟(jì)戰(zhàn)略，除已在做的智能設(shè)備繼續(xù)升級(jí)做大做強(qiáng)外，發(fā)展以數(shù)字商業(yè)、可信數(shù)字身份為基礎(chǔ)的相關(guān)產(chǎn)品、技術(shù)和服務(wù)。第三，進(jìn)一步加強(qiáng)國際化的發(fā)展步伐，加速實(shí)現(xiàn)全球化布局。第四，實(shí)施雙輪驅(qū)動(dòng)，讓資本和產(chǎn)業(yè)積極互動(dòng)、相互賦能。第五，進(jìn)一步優(yōu)化和完善公司治理，完成有效傳承、新老交替。
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30年前，新大陸剛剛創(chuàng)立時(shí)，我曾引用一對(duì)古聯(lián)來激勵(lì)團(tuán)隊(duì)：有志者事竟成，破釜沉舟，百二秦關(guān)終屬楚；苦心人天不負(fù)，臥薪嘗膽，三千越甲可吞吳。人同此心，人同此志，因此我把橫批擬定為——新大陸同志。
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30歲新大陸，有鮮衣怒馬的青春年華，有羽扇綸巾的從容氣魄，有華彩真章的錦繡前程。時(shí)光深沉悠遠(yuǎn)，讓我們都毅然來到新起點(diǎn)，勇闖新征程，奔向新大陸！
English Version
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Newlanders from all over the world, good evening.
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This is a big day for all Newlanders. We gather here today for the celebration of Newland Hi-Tech Group’s 30th birthday.
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Thirty years ago, together with other passionate entrepreneurs, we rented two rooms, room 410 and room 411, at Yinlian Hotel, Guping Road, Fuzhou City. I still remember clearly that on January 9, 1994, our startup team convened the first meeting. At that time, we were still planning and preparing for the establishment of the company. Full of hope for the future, we discussed corporate frameworks, operation visions, and management principles, and formally named the new company Newland.
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Thirty years fly by. As I stand on the stage for the celebration of Newland’s 30th anniversary, I reflect on what we have been through all the way, and my mind brims with thoughts.
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Today’s Newland is our pride.
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In payment, Newland is the top global provider of commercial digital technology services, delivering over 100 million terminals.
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In AIDC, Newland is the world’s fourth largest handheld barcode scanner provider, and the third largest supplier of barcode scan engines globally.
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In digital commerce, Newland is among China’s leading third-party payment operators, serving 3.7 million businesses, with annual transactions worth 2.5 trillion yuan. We have provided microloans of 28 billion yuan to micro, small and medium-sized businesses to help them maintain cash flows.
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In software and big data, Newland has been listed among China’s top 100 software companies for 19 consecutive times, able to support core platforms with telecom-grade big data businesses.
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In vocational education, Newland is Fujian’s only state-level enterprise integrating industry and academic research, cooperating with more than 1,600 universities across China.
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In communication terminals, Newland provides smart terminals for global operators, and its smart manufacturing centers in China and beyond can produce as many as 50 million units annually.
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In smart transportation, Newland has participated in electromechanical engineering projects for nearly 100 highways stretching for approximately 4,500 kilometers in 16 provinces and cities nationwide.
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We also keep innovating and exploring in delivering the strategic initiative of Digital China. Newland has initiated the digital citizen concept and launched the first digital citizen pilot project. Technologies and applications related to credible digital identity are being gradually promoted in multiple industries.
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Based on our strong record of payment technology development, we have explored innovative E-CNY technologies and applications, supported E-CNY payment scenarios in Beijing Winter Olympics, and launched E-CNY Industry Alliance, in which it serves as the inaugural governing unit.
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We have also piloted cross-border e-commerce businesses for ticket market, and sales of medicines and healthcare products in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
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From 18 founding members to more than 8,000 employees worldwide, from 21 square meters of hotel rooms to 90,000 square meters of garden-like science and technology parks and various subsidiaries, branches and offices around the world, from businesses worth 1.5 million yuan to revenues reaching tens of billion yuan, Newland has made a quantum leap over the past 30 years, a miracle in the Chinese history of private enterprises.
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I think we deserve some recognition. On the count of one to three, let’s say together: Well done, Newland! Well done, Newlanders!
One, two, three!
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On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Newland, we are full of gratitude.
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First, we are grateful to the times.?As the saying goes, the times produce their heroes, companies always pursue progress against the backdrop of the times. Newland has made right choices in seizing multiple opportunities presented by the times, thus achieving today’s results.
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Next, we are grateful to the party and the nation.?The reform and opening up have propelled China into the new era, and the whole nation has undergone tremendous transformations. Thanks to reform and opening up, the private economy thrives, giving us a stage to shine.
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Third, we are grateful to officials and friends from all sectors who have supported Newland’s development.?Even when the company was just founded, we were encouraged and supported by officials from party committees and governments at all levels, especially major officials of Fuzhou City and Fujian Province. Sometimes even I felt that we were not going to make it this time, but there was someone who helped us get through difficulties.
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Fourth, we are grateful to our customers.?Customers offer us the opportunity to provide products and services, making it possible for us and our workers to show their talent and realize dreams through S &T innovations. Many of Newland’s great product ideas and service concepts are co-created with our customers, a true win-win.
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Finally, we are grateful to our employees and their families.?Newlanders are like my family, and generations of Newlanders have made great contributions to the company at different stages. At the same time, it is their families’ making sacrifices and shouldering responsibility that they can work hard carefree to create and deliver.
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Five years ago, on this same stage, I said that through the ups and downs, we have stood in solidarity, spent the most precious years of youth together, and achieved Newland’s legendary development. It is my greatest privilege to be able to spend a part of my life with the former and the current Newlanders. This is something we should all cherish.
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So, over the past three decades, what have we striven for and been through??Recently, I have systematically thought over Newland’s miraculous journey since 1994. I think there are five stages.
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Stage 1, entrepreneurship, from 1994 to 1997.
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On October 6, 1994, about half a year after the company was established, we held our first meeting on business development to address several problems: not pragmatic enough in development, not focused enough on business, and not solid enough in strength. These issues tend to appear in the start-up period and rapid development period of enterprises.
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Therefore, we charted the course for Newland’s future development, namely building a industrial, multi-pronged, global-oriented group driven by high tech. To this end, we have taken three steps in three years.
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In 1994, we established the product research and development system and production system, and basically put into place a national sales network. In 1995, we formulated the strategy of focused diversification, shut down some small companies, and concentrated on financial information business. In 1996, we explored the software and system integration industry, and developed various application solutions and banking application software centering on financial terminal products.
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During the three years of entrepreneurship, we encountered plenty of unexpected difficulties. But team members stood together to tough it out. Then our capital quickly accumulated; our annual revenue skyrocketed from 1.5 million to 45 million; and the number of our employees increased to 287. All these laid a sound foundation for Newland’s further development.
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Stage 2, the restart, from 1998 to 2000.
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We were soberly aware that the enterprise entered a transitional period after completing the original accumulation. Therefore, we believed it was necessary to have the restart. In September 1998, we held the pep rally for restarting Newland by rethinking development strategic visions and pushing for the transition from tech-centered to market-centered approach.
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At this meeting, we made it clear that the hallmark of a successful restart was the listing of the company. To scale up business quickly, Newland invested heavily in the industrial software and system integration industry. Thanks to our experience in the financial industry, we could make quick gains in mobile communications and highway informatization. At the same time, in May 1999, we established Newland Zhongan Company, the predecessor of Newland AIDC, and began to explore 2D barcode decoding technology. During this period, Newland Biotech, Newland pharmaceutical company and Newland Entech were also established.
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In 2000, Newland was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, marking the success of this round of reform.
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Stage 3, the momentous shift, from 2001 to 2006.
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On January 10, 2001, at the group’s annual meeting, the Newland Group Development Outline (2001-2005), the gems of collective wisdom, was released. It was proposed that the group should undergo a major strategic transformation from being only a product provider to become both product provider and integrated IT service provider by taking a big turn.
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From 2002 to 2006, we streamlined our organization by establishing financial products division, system integration division, highway division, financial IT service division, and product research and development center, thereby forming a 4+1 organizational structure; we set up Newland Software to continue transforming ourselves into an industrial IT service provider; and we founded Shanghai Imageco Information to develop the electronic receipt business.
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It was also at this stage that we proposed making Newland China’s top brand in POS products and 2D barcode decoding products.
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Stage 4, the transformation, from 2007 to 2014.
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In January 2007, Newland held a symposium in Fuzhou Yushan Hotel, proposing the third round of reform. In 2008, we began to introduce a strategic control model, identifying responsibilities, rights, and interests at decision-making, management, and operation levels, and establishing a service platform of shared public resources for all affiliated companies, which later became today’s headquarters functional platform.
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In the following two years, we made two changes with far-reaching impact till this day: the first was to merge the financial products business, IT industrial applications, commercial business department, and the research institute and manufacturing plant into an electronic products company, which was later renamed digital equipment company. On this basis, Newland NPT was established in 2012; the second was to establish the real estate business department, which put real estate companies in Dali and Fujian into unified management and supported the real estate business in delivering sound performance. The group supported the development of the listed company by integrating the Fujian real estate project into the listed system, which alleviated the pressure on the main business to deliver, and met the housing demand of the company’s top talent, providing a steady cash flow for the innovative development and outward expansion of the main business.
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Stage 5, the digital transformation and upgrade, starting from 2015.
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After General Secretary Xi Jinping’s inspection visit to Newland, the company initiated the fourth round of transformation to sharpen strategic focus, innovate business model, and build competitiveness by driving both strategic inherent growth and outward mergers and acquisitions. From 2015 till the outbreak of the pandemic, the company’s performance grew steadily and rapidly, and per capita efficiency also increased.
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During this period, Newland made particular efforts in two sectors, which have become the company’s pillars today. The first is the transformation from “shovels selling” to “gold mining”, exemplified by our acquisition of Fujian Guotong Xingyi Network Technology Co., Ltd., for 680 million yuan in 2016, and our total investment of over 1 billion yuan in digital commerce. The second is to further strengthen and expand our international presence, spearheaded by our smart terminal industries including payment, AIDC, and communication, which has delivered good results. As the domestic market becomes overcompetitive, the overseas market has grown in importance.
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At the same time, we are also preparing for the explosive growth of digital economy. For example, we are working with the First Institute of the Ministry of Public Security on plenty of fundamental and systematic R&D work of credible digital identity technology, jointly developing supporting software, special-purpose chips and servers, and formulating many technical specifications and standards. We have also assisted in the development of system platforms and reusable middleware products. Meanwhile, we have carried out in-depth research and application development for closely linked scenarios such as travel and transportation, which are expected to be promoted and applied at large-scale in these industries.
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We can clearly see a thread weaving through Newland’s history. From the entrepreneurial period to the subsequent four rounds of reform, we have always focused on national strategies and trends of the times, and adapted to external changes through self-revolution. We have truly lived up to our original aspirations of “Pioneer Technological Innovation, and Serve the Nation Through Industrial Endeavors”.
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There are many examples of Newland staying in tune with the state. For example, the 2D barcodes have already become part of our lives, with statistics showing 10 billion QR codes generated every day. You can imagine that even if one 2D barcode costs as little as 1 cent in patent fees payable to foreign enterprises, the total amount of expenses would still be dauntingly high. It is us Newland that has defended the 2D decoding technology patent for the nation.?
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Over the past 30 years, we have also actively fulfilled our social responsibility. In recent years, Newland has paid 500 to 600 million yuan in taxes annually, recruited hundreds of college graduates from all over the world every year, and donated on multiple occasions to help underprivileged students. We also participate in poverty alleviation, environmental protection and other public undertakings. Newland always rose to national emergencies including the Covid-19 epidemic, SARS, and Wenchuan earthquake, by not only donating money and equipment, but also having our people working on the front line of disaster relief. According to incomplete statistics, over the years, the Newland and its managers and employees have donated in total hundreds of millions of yuan to give back to society.
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After reviewing the 30-year history of Newland, I couldn’t help but start thinking: how should we summarize this 30-year period? What are our successful experiences? What should we carry forward to the next generation?
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People need to have a certain spirit, and the same is true for enterprises. Especially in difficult circumstances and landscapes undergoing tremendous shifts, Newlanders can only promote their precious spirits instead of losing them. Therefore, in my opinion,?Newland’s spirits are the most valuable asset that every generation of Newlanders should carry forward.
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The first is the pioneering spirit of innovation.
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Innovation, the biggest core competitiveness for Newland’s development, is the very reason why we have developed. It is the foundation of our business and our winning formula.
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The stories of daring to be the first in innovation are not uncommon at Newland. In addition to the well-known first split-type POS machine and the first 2D barcode decoding ASIC chip, today I would like to tell two lesser-known stories.
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Many people may not know that the third-party payment, a model with profound impact on socioeconomic development, was actually pioneered by Newland. We intuitively felt that thriving mobile communication and e-commerce provided possible opportunities for innovation. Therefore, the company formed an innovation team, and I told the team leader, “For you, the company will not set specific KPI indicators. Your task is to explore the market and find a new business model.” After that, the team conducted in-depth surveys in Chongqing, Jiangxi, and Hunan, and found that third-party payment receipt business was promising and could be well integrated with existing industries. The specific approach was that we would invest in promoting and introducing POS machines to various brick-and-mortar stores. After transactions were completed on the machines, we would then split the processing fees with financial institutions. We invested heavily and acquired a team, ready to make a big move. Unfortunately, at the time, third-party payment was still a novel concept, and the policy and regulatory framework was not yet fully established. Our innovative model was met with institutional objection, making it almost impossible to proceed. In the end, we compromised with UnionPay: Newland would sell these markets to UnionPay, and UnionPay would purchase large quantities of Newland’s POS machines.
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There is another lesser-known story about innovation. Completing payment is easy with scanning a 2D barcode. While WeChat Pay and Alipay are more familiar examples of mobile payment, Newland is actually the first in China to innovate in mobile payment. Newland was then known for its globally leading 2D barcode decoding technology as one of its kind in China. At that time, we sent many workers to big internet companies like Tencent, Alibaba, and JD.com to explain barcode application for payment. However, internet companies believe in “winner takes all”. After we taught them, they only bought devices from Newland. Regretfully, we did not share in the operational benefits.
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For this reason, Newland began to reflect on the minimal commercial benefits despite such groundbreaking and life-changing inventions. Therefore, we returned to the third-party payment market and began to do operational work, and also participated in the formulation of relevant laws and standards to contribute to the standardization of the third-party payment market.
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The second is a pragmatic spirit.
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Pragmatism is the most valuable quality of Newlanders, the guarantee for our continuous victories in competition, and the core value we still cherish today.
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For many years, we have been emphasizing two viewpoints. One is that Newland’s core capability is to quickly transform customer needs into high-quality, low-cost products and services based on industry insights and in-depth research of scenarios. The other is to create comparative advantages, which is the basis for forming core competitiveness. How to gain comparative advantages? Only through innovation and down-to-earth work to strengthen and excel ourselves in one or two aspects across all the processes of management and factors of production.
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In recent years, the achievements of the payment company have been evident to all. I wholeheartedly agree with the experience of success summarized by the payment team, and I highly endorse their approach. They have built a close-knit team that works closely together across all departments, from identifying sales opportunities in the business division to responding to customer needs in the research and development department and delivering products and services to customers. There are efficiency and synergy across the entire chain, specifically manifested in two features: the team can sharply identify changing markets and customer needs, quickly respond, make efficient decisions, concentrate their strengths on development and resources, and quickly upgrade their products; the team has formed a systematic supply chain advantage, with departments working efficiently together, delivering excellent performances. These are actually the payment company’s comparative advantages, and they have truly integrated this into their business operations.
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Moreover, our story of 2D barcode decoding core technology breakthrough is also a model of pragmatism. In May 1999, we established the Zhong’an Company specifically for the research and development of 2D barcode decoding products. Six months later, we signed an agreement with the Fuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau over the project of non-permanent residents management system. Our 2D barcode decoding products were marketable, but despite tiny margins, we still received customer complaints about high prices. The reason was that the core components of barcode decoding products had to be imported, especially the 2D barcode OEM engines, which were overpriced.
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To break through the choke hold on supply, we must master the 2D barcode decoding core technology. The key to 2D barcode decoding technology is not the “barcode”, but decoding, and the core is barcode decoding algorithm. Due to large initial investment and long development cycle, Zhong’an Company suffered losses for six consecutive years, but Newland persisted in investing. During the same period, there were two other more resourceful companies also working on?2D barcode decoding?code technology, with one being Lenovo and the other Stone. But after two or three years of fruitless efforts, the two companies opted out, leaving Newland as the only one to persist. To encourage the research and development team, the board of directors earmarked funds each year to provide key employees with stock rights, salaries, and bonuses as incentives. I seldom attended the semi-annual meetings of subsidiary companies, but I went to Zhong’an Company’s semi-annual meeting every year to encourage the team and boost their morale.
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Our persistence paid off. In 2005, Newland successfully developed 2D barcode OEM engines with independent intellectual property, becoming one of the world’s only four companies mastering the 2D barcode decoding core technology. Later, Wang Jizhi, one of the three shareholders of Stone, made a point of visiting me in Fuzhou. At the time, he was hired by a well-known state-owned research company as chief scientist, and his only job was to help the company find the next-generation technologies. He told me that after looking around, he still found 2D barcode decoding technology most promising, but what puzzled him was how I had succeeded in the less connected city of Fuzhou. So I told him the story, and he said emotionally, “Industrial innovation is a matter of perseverance. Only with firm beliefs and consistent, solid work can one achieve ultimate success.” He really wanted to convince me to sell the 2D barcode decoding technology to them. I laughed and replied, “This is our core technology, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.”
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The third is the spirit of identifying changes of the times.
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This is what makes Newland a company of the times. In the face of changing times and industry reshuffling, it is necessary to change our views, gain insight into the industrial changes and market trends, in order to formulate strategies and tactics that follow the trend of the times.
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The transformations during Newland’s development is a good example of following the trend of the times by self-adjustment in the face of changes and opportunities of the times. For example, in digital commerce, after acquiring Guotong Xingyi in 2016, we had a few good years, as the entire industry was in a period of wild growth, and most companies made profits. However, starting from 2019, the government began to tighten regulations over the financial industry, and the industry environment underwent a complete transformation. On one hand, the time for wild growth was over. On the other hand, more regulations were been put in place, significantly increasing the difficulty and cost of business operations. We all realized that Guotong Xingyi must change itself, otherwise it would hit a dead end.
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Therefore, we have retraced our original path of digital commerce development when we acquired Guotong Xingyi. In 2023, the board of directors introduced a new management team and adjusted management strategies, focusing on ecology-based, data-driven, and scenario-based services and more refined industrial applications for related micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. On the one hand, we have made great efforts to comply with the regulatory requirements and have won regulatory approval. On the other hand, we uphold the vision of a strong fortress for a long fight, and upgrade and optimize our business and management levels, optimizing our team, introducing AI technology to enhance the precision and accuracy of our products and services, and increasing our incentive mechanism. After more than a year of practice, Guotong Xingyi has undergone significant changes and is now able to adapt better to the external environment. It has improved its business performance, and enhanced its business quality. What is most valuable is that we have the ability for sustainable development, and the prospect of digital commerce is still very bright despite many difficulties and changes.
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It is guided by the spirit of innovation, pragmatism and development that Newland has taken one step at a time to reach where it is today, proving that Newlanders are patriotic and mission-driven in pursuing their dreams. I can say from my heart that we are an outstanding private enterprise in China, and we have not failed our times nor ourselves!
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This year marks the 30th anniversary of Newland, and it is also a new starting point. We have launched a new round of reform aimed at adapting to the profound changes in the external environment. Profound changes always bring both opportunities and challenges. It is in the course of such profound changes that we have developed and grown. History has fully proved that Newlanders have the ability to seize opportunities and overcome challenges in profound changes. We have good spirits, good experiences, and good practices boiled down from blood, sweat, and tears. We have an outstanding and well-tested team and staff. All these are the confidence we have in facing profound changes.
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We will make efforts in following aspects.?First, we will strengthen strategic guidance, and stay focused. We will scale down not profitable or not promising businesses, and scale up our support for companies and businesses that are in line with the trend of the times. Second, we will follow the national digital economy strategy, in addition to continuing to upgrade and expand our smart devices, we will develop products, technologies, and services based on digital commerce and credible digital identity. Third, we will further accelerate our international reach and speed up the global presence. Fourth, we will be driven by both capital and industry, making them interact and mutually reinforce each other. Fifth, we will further optimize and improve corporate governance, and ensure effective transition from the old to the new.
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30 years ago, when Newland was just established, I quoted a famous Chinese couplet to inspire the team: where there is a will there is a way; breaking cooking pots, sinking their ships—the one hundred and two Qin cities were taken by Chu finally; man of firm resolve never forsaken by fate, but one needs to endure great hardship—just three thousand armoured Yue troops, great victory over Wu did scoop. The same aspirations unite us all, so I have decided to write the horizontal inscription as “Newlanders with shared aspirations.”
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Turning 30, the Newland boasts youthful exuberance, self-assured composure, and splendid prospects. The significance of time runs deep, so let us all resolutely set out on a new journey, bravely embark on a new expedition, and head for the new land!
