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Chinese fridge manufacturer Wang Guoduan, a man with only 7 years of formal

游客2025-03-18  7
问题     Chinese fridge manufacturer Wang Guoduan, a man with only 7 years of formal education, is proving you don’t have to be a Netrepreneur to take on the world. His is a more old-fashioned success story. Until Wang visited the Guangzhou trade fair in 1983, he had never even seen a fridge. At the time, he was managing a decrepit, state-owned rice-cooker factory in the Guangdong province backwater of Rongqi(pop. 60 000). But today his township enterprise is China’s largest and most successful refrigerator maker. Last year his Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Co. sold $ 677 million of refrigerators, air-conditioners and other "white goods", commanding nearly a quarter of the domestic market. Already popular in the U. S. , Kelon products are breaking into Europe and Southeast Asia.
    Now, with China poised to enter the World Trade Organization, Wang has a make-or-break opportunity. WTO market liberalization could increase competitive pressures—harming firms like Kelon—experts warn. But Kelon executives counter that the firm is already competing on level terms against U. S. companies like Whirlpool, which manufactures in China, and will also benefit from falling tariffs in its export markets. "We just have to become even smarter," says Wang. Like many other non-Internet Chinese companies, Kelon will soon find out if its older model still works in a new economy.
    Until now the company has been as hot as a fridge maker can be. Kelon has repeatedly won awards as the best-run and most investor-friendly company in China, ahead of such leaders as China Telecom and computer giant Legend. Prominent analysts have declared that "Kelon is the best managed company in China. " That helps explain the company’s stellar returns: since 1994, profit attributable to shareholders has risen by more than 500%.
    Last year Kelon produced 2. 2 million, making it one of the world’s top manufacturers.
    But the boom may be approaching its end as the market for refrigerators in China’s cities nears saturation. A sluggish economy and increased competition brought about by economic reforms are squeezing profit margins. Despite record sales last year, the company reported a 1.3% fall in operating profit. It has responded by targeting China’s secondary cities and rural areas, where refrigerators are so rare that many owners proudly display them in the living room, not the kitchen. The company has also branched out into air-conditioners, which it hopes will become China’s next consumer-appliance fad. Says Rachel Tsang of Vickers Ballas Securities in Hong Kong, "What Kelon has done is revolutionary. The future may depend on whether it can start another revolution. " And there’s no reason to suppose it won’t, if Wang Guoduan and Kelon keep on humming. [br] We can infer from the first paragraph of this passage that______.
选项 A、if you want to be a successful man you should spend much time in school
B、Wang Guoduan had learned much about fridge before becoming famous
C、Guangdong Kelon Electrical Holdings Co. is an enterprise owned by state
D、Kelon products have become famous both at home and abroad
答案 D
解析 文章第一段指出，仅受过7年正式教育的中国冰箱生产商王国端在向人民证明，不用做一名网络创业者照样可以征服世界。他的成功故事没有什么新鲜之处。在他参加1983年广交会之前，连冰箱是什么样都不清楚。那时，他是广东省偏远的容奇镇(人口6万人)的一家破旧的国有电饭锅厂的厂长。但今天他经营的乡镇企业发展成为中国最大、最成功的冰箱制造公司。去年，他经营的广东科龙电器有限公司出产的冰箱、空调及其他白电电器的销售额达6．77亿美元，控制了几乎1／4的中国市场。科龙产品已经赢得美国消费者的欢迎，目前正在打入欧洲及东南亚市场。因此，本题的正确答案应是D，科龙电器已经赢得了国内外的声誉。
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