Zhang Bo, chairman of Weiqiao, is on the Fortune 2021 list of China's 50 most influential business leaders.

Published: Mar 23, 2021 10:18
Source: China Nonferrous Metals Daily

Zhang Bo, chairman of Shandong Weiqiao Entrepreneurship Group, ranked 43rd in the Chinese version of Fortune's "50 most influential business leaders in 2021". These are Zhang Bo's 50 most influential business leaders on the Fortune China list for the second year in a row.

For the 50 business leaders in 2021, Fortune magazine commented: China's business leaders have spent an extraordinary year and withstood extraordinary tests together with the rest of the world. Over the past year, whether they have enjoyed the stars and the moon, or become the target of public criticism, they have been waiting for the moment with wisdom, courage and perseverance.

Fortune magazine commented on Weiqiao Entrepreneurship Group and Zhang Bo: in 2020, Weiqiao Entrepreneurship Group cooperated with key scientific research institutes to build a lightweight base, and the green aluminum project in Yunnan was officially put into production, with annual sales revenue of about 297 billion yuan, an increase of 6.07 percent over the same period last year; profits and taxes of about 22.67 billion yuan, an increase of 46.35 percent over the same period last year; and self-supporting imports and exports of 2.85 billion US dollars. At the internal meeting at the end of 2020, Zhang Bo put forward the development vision of building the world's leading century-old manufacturing enterprise, and formulated the long-term plan of Weiqiao Entrepreneurship Group to 2035, and a new round of development plan is under way.

"China's 50 most influential Business leaders" is an annual list of people selected by Fortune (Chinese version). Through the follow-up observation and objective evaluation of the leaders in various industries, select the outstanding leaders who can influence the business management, the industry pattern and the wider business world.

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