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自我革命
——专访熔盛重工总裁陈强
GREAT Helmsman
一手创建两大船厂,并在短短几年内带领其成为领先企
业,屡创国际造船界记录,震惊业界,造船专家陈强有何
管理秘诀,打造一流?
ShIpbuILdINg mavErICK ChEN QIaNg (CEIbS
Emba 2000), prESIdENT Of rONgShENg hEavy
INduSTry, haS madE a CarEEr Of SETTINg
– aNd aChIEvINg – darEdEvIL gOaLS fOr
hImSELf aNd hIS COmpaNy. ThIS mONTh, ChEN
SharES wITh ThELINK hOw hE IS brEaKINg
wOrLd rECOrdS aNd OThErwISE ShaKINg up
ChINa'S ShIpbuILdINg INduSTry.
从基层到高层管理,身为企业最高领导人的陈强身上透露出
工程师严谨和实干的作风。在中国目前最大的 900 吨龙门吊
前,注重超越和创新的陈强已经为熔盛制定了新的高度,并
在考虑未来的种种可能。
特别报道 CEO访谈 TheLINK Winter 2007/8
CEO TALK fEaTurE
2 TheLINK 2007 冬季刊 2
FOREWARD THINKER – Having built Rongsheng Heavy Industries into China’s largest
shipbuilder, Chen Qiang is now determined to expand the company into one of the
world’s top players. Here, posing before the largest 900-ton crane in China.
By Audrey Wu
On
April
ing record for constructing a 75,500-ton Ice
28, 2007, Rongshen
Heavy Industry broke
the global shipbuild-
Navigation Ship hull – from laying the first pil-
ing to lowering the completed and water-tight
ship body into the docks – in just six months.
The previous global record, set by a Japanese
firm, was eight months.
Only one person in the international
shipbuilding world was not surprised by the
record: 46-year-old engineer-cum-executive
Chen Qiang. After all, the unassuming but
determined Chen has built a career on achiev-
ing seemingly impossible goals in the high
stakes, high risk industry of shipbuilding. In
fact, Chen had also set an international record
for speed in 1997, when he oversaw the con-
struction of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipyard,
from greenfield to successful completion of the
first ship, in just 3.5 years – one-third the time
the industry standard then allotted for such a
project in China.
Although Chen himself is low-key about
such accomplishments, a glance at his resume
shows that he has kept his career moving forward
at a breakneck pace. Beginning two decades ago
as an entry-level technician in the state-owned
Jiangnan Shipyard, China’s first and oldest ship-
builder, Chen quickly began gaining skills and
recognition. In 1994, at the age of 33, he was pro-
moted to Jiangnan’s Assistant General Manager,
making him the youngest shipbuilding profes-
sional in China to enter the industry’s top man-
agement tier. Three years later, he was appointed
as Director of the Preparation Committee to con-
struct Waigaoqiao Shipyard, then China’s largest
shipyard.
Chen is also shaking up China’s shipbuild-
ing industry by introducing innovative and even
daring new strategies for improving efficiency.
In overseeing the Waigaoqiao Shipyard project,
he successfully tested his own theories in water
conservation to build the facility’s “cofferdam” (a
temporary barrier built against water during the
initial stage of shipyard construction) using earth
instead of the traditional steel construction. This
bold and controversial move saved RMB70 mil-
lion in construction fees, cutting two-thirds of
the project budget.
Under Chen’s direction, the Waigaoqiao
Shipyard got off to a stunning start. While
industry insiders publicly predicted that the
new shipyard would be at least four months
late in delivering its first vessel, the boat – a
150,000-deadweight-ton Floating Production
Storage and Offloading Unit – was actually de-
livered 10 days in advance of the deadline.