Funded over the employees around the same time in exploiting the boundary, also went through unimaginable hardships and tears
At 8 pm, ZTE has been withdrawn to the Dominican Republic in Haiti employees via video phone finally loved ones face to face with domestic call.
Phone, ZTE staff contain his excitement on the field that had just survived the experience is of fear. This time from 7 days has passed since the earthquake.
In fact, as early as one hour after the earthquake, ZTE staff in Haiti, 11 companies reported on the link to the peace, the message the first time the company also notified the families of employees.
But until last night saw the rescue workers in stable condition and has begun the Sunrise office in the Dominican order to work, the headquarters of the stone hearts of my colleagues just down the ground.
"Although many foreigners in Haiti, but it is a smooth left only a very small number, even if a plane could not land at the local, when we left here when we come to have a sincere feeling behind how powerful the country and company." ZTE In Haiti's National Assembly, the only son of Jing Chan said women employees.
Over the past year, "going out" of Chinese companies experienced a lot of unexpected situations: from February 2009 ZTE employees kidnapped by the Taliban, to the June 2009 Journal of the Air France staff killed in crash events, to now from Haiti ZTE employees survived a major earthquake.
With Huawei, ZTE and other companies continued to improve the international level, the staff all over the world, they encounter local conflicts and natural disasters, the probability of the rise. These employees in exploiting the boundary, but also experienced unimaginable hardships and tears of blood.
Thanks to the collective go shopping
January 12, Haiti time 17 am, just finished a day's work of the Office of National Chung Hsing Haiti out of 11 employees decided to conduct a collective procurement, and men traveling in two cars starting. Their office is located in the Haitian capital Port au Prince. Would be no thought that this shopping trip to save their lives. In shopping on the way, when they are 15 km away from home when the disaster occurred.
Day, 200 years Haiti has not happened once in the Richter 7.3 earthquake. Although the earthquake lasted only 34 minutes, but almost all the buildings collapsed in an instant. People do not react the run, water flips in the waves off shore of the sea vessels and fishermen.
"Go!" ZTE staff in the car shaken unanimous decision. So they set down the difficult mountain road ahead, even though the road suffered a landslide, but fortunately no casualties, 11 people back to the shelter.
At this point, almost collapsed in the hills of home, leaving only a wall. Because a lot of confusion after the earthquake, these employees take turns standing guard in the yard, sleep and rest.
Before the earthquake, had to prevent soaring prices, they had about a week hoarding vegetables, enough for three days of water and gasoline, did not expect these items became the earthquake in the "life-saving straw."
Jing, according to Zhan son introduction, after the earthquake, each employee began regular domestic phone calls, hoping to accidentally connected. From the earthquake the next day, the Haitian government to cut off the power supply, ZTE's CDMA networks in the local paralyzed Fortunately, ZTE employees home side, there is a peacekeeping force recently broken vehicles, ZTE staff through the car radio and Marine satellite phone finally found a relevant person in charge.
In view of the devastation caused by ZTE on January 14 an emergency set up the "earthquake disaster assessment and relief of Haiti" group, from executive vice president and technical experts, local offices, area offices overnight emergency consultations.
Finally, in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs went to Haiti Working Group, China's trade development office in Haiti and the Dominican Republic's trade development office in organization and coordination of common, ZTE funding package a plane in China, peacekeeping in Haiti riot under the protection of these 11 employees sent to neighboring Dominican Republic.
This time from the earthquake in the past 55 hours, trapped in the Sunrise staff finally rescued safely.
Jing Zhan son said that if this time can not escape, the diesel for power generation has almost run out, floated around the corpse smell more and more serious, the water can no longer drink, but also support the long, everyone not sure .
Hard road to internationalization
Currently, the 11 office employees have been formally Dominican Restoration work. Some of them will first return to China, some people will go to neighboring countries to work, part of the staff will participate in the reconstruction of Haiti.
In Haiti, ZTE is the only telecom equipment manufacturers, is also the first to set up offices in the Caribbean, the Chinese enterprises. To the earthquake, Haiti a total of three Chinese companies, in addition to ZTE, the other two are Qinghua and Zhejiang, a private enterprise. ZTE the largest Chinese-funded institutions in Haiti, a total of 18 Chinese citizens, ZTE accounted for 11, Fortunately, the 18 Chinese citizens were rescued this all successfully.
As one of the poorest countries in Latin America, Haiti phone penetration rate is less than 10%, well below the world average of 23%. Since the 90's from the last century, the local economy is nosedive. Haiti is ZTE's overseas structure, U.S. Area. The film area is different from Latin America and other markets (major equipment manufacturers are gathered here competition), also from North America Area, is not yet open situation ZTE "ice" market. As the economy developed, the local infrastructure is not mature and the cost of investment much higher than other regions, foreign equipment manufacturers rarely involved, but the harsh environment and did not keep pace ZTE win the market.
ZTE is the opportunity for more fancy. Back in 2005, ZTE on the largest mobile operator with the local HAITEL signed a 39 million U.S. dollars in the project contracts. Under the contract, ZTE will provide 50 million lines HAITEL CDMA system equipment. Since then, they have signed a number of companies, including value-added services including mobile services. ZTE year 40 billion yuan in revenue, 39 million U.S. dollars of orders is a part should not be overlooked. ZTE built with local cooperation is the first and only one communication network. After the completion of the delivery network, ZTE deployed a small number of staff responsible for maintaining and expanding this experience is the earthquake of 11 employees engaged in such work.
In fact, the earthquake of such natural disasters on the perennial presence overseas, Huawei, ZTE employees, already a "regular potluck" Since around 1995, international expansion has long been fertile ground for fertile totally carved up by rival, Huawei, ZTE first capture is the general least developed countries.
"More domestic, most of the overseas market is blank, language, environment more familiar, more stronger opponent, so the international market is not open another out on paths, on the contrary, this road around a more bumpy and difficult more difficult to take. "ZTE published in such a narrative within. To the year 2008, Huawei's overseas market share has more than 75%, more than 61% of ZTE.
ZTE, a leader lamented: "The staff is extraordinary success of China's telecommunications companies 'secret', they do not have the pride of the victor, the acclamation is not eloquent, but it is their selfless dedication has made of Chinese telecommunications enterprises rise. "