李东生

李東生

Lǐ Dōngshēng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Li Dongsheng
2 Chinese businessman, founder and chairman of TCL

About Li Dongsheng

born 1957 · 企业家 entrepreneur

Head of the electronics maker TCL, which he joined in 1982 when it made cassette tapes. His 2004 purchases of the TV business of Thomson and the phone unit of Alcatel were among the first big overseas deals by a Chinese firm.

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Examples

HSK 6

李东生把TCL发展成中国主要的电子企业之一。

Lǐ Dōngshēng bǎ TCL fāzhǎn chéng Zhōngguó zhǔyào de diànzǐ qǐyè zhīyī.

Li Dongsheng grew TCL into one of China's major electronics companies.

HSK 7-9

李东生主导了TCL对法国汤姆逊彩电业务的收购。

Lǐ Dōngshēng zhǔdǎo le TCL duì Fǎguó Tāngmǔxùn cǎidiàn yèwù de shōugòu.

Li Dongsheng led TCL's acquisition of the TV business of France's Thomson.

Tips

history

When the overseas deals sank TCL into heavy losses, he posted an essay on the company forum in May 2006, 《鹰的重生》, 'The Eagle's Rebirth', after a fable in which an eagle breaks off its own talons and plucks out its feathers to be reborn.

Stroke Order

李 lǐ

东 dōng

生 shēng

李东生