Creating More Value for Shareholders
During the Q&A session of
the Annual General Meeting, members of the board engaged in candid and sincere
interactions with investors from different regions on various issues, including
share price performance, dividend policies, corporate strategies and overseas
investments. Chairman Guo Guangchang showed his deep appreciation to public
shareholders for their consistent concern and support for Fosun, noting that the
corporate management and staff members have been engaged in steadfast efforts as
part of their commitment to creating value for shareholders. He also voiced his
optimism about future progress given that the company is now advancing
consistently on the right track.
Guo Guangchang commented that
Fosun will continue to focus on satisfying the demand for “wealth, health and
happiness” of Chinese families, with the aim that Fosun will become a world
leader in these three aspects. First of all the insurance sector, as the core of
the wealth segment, represents an important component of Fosun’s “insurance +
investment” twin drivers, and it is anticipated that Fosun’s insurance business
will exhibit its own characteristics and leading qualities and that it will
someday account for approximately one half of the Group’s total assets and
profits. Secondly, Fosun will strive to support the building of
interconnectivity amongst the healthcare, pharmaceutical and health insurance
sectors, which is Fosun’s most important undertaking for the next three to five
years as it becomes a distinctive, globally-leading enterprise actively
leveraging interactions between health insurance on the one hand, and healthcare
and pharmaceutical services on the other. Thirdly, Fosun makes significant
efforts promoting the development of its tourism segment, so that it will attain
strong competitiveness and a leading position in the global arena. The three
aspects mentioned above will become crucial pillars underpinning Fosun’s profit
growth and sector development.
Fosun’s Development Aided by
“Unicorn” Strategy and “Partnership System”
Regarding Fosun’s development
strategies toward which shareholders voiced concern, Fosun Group’s Deputy
Chairman and CEO Liang Xinjun said that in addition to its long-standing
strategies of “Combining China’s Growth Momentum with Global Resources” and
“Insurance + Investment”, the Group will fully pursue its light asset strategy
this year in its commitment to reducing debt ratios and enhancing its ranking.
The dedication to the identification of “Unicorn” projects (those associated
with an appreciation of USD 1 billion within two years) will represent Fosun’s
major direction regarding its new investments, and it will also promote an light
asset transformation regarding its existing assets such as those in the tourism
and healthcare sectors. Fosun’s net debt ratio has been continuously declining
over the past three years, and going forward Fosun will continue to reduce its
debts while focusing on its organic growth in accumulating net assets, disposing
of its assets for liability reduction and adjusting stock liabilities.
Regarding the “Global
Partnership” system, at the Annual General Meeting, executive director and
President Wang Qunbin further elaborated to investors the emphasis placed on the
partner model that would contribute to the company’s long-term sustainable
development. Wang Qunbin explained that the “Partnership System” can firstly
attract more distinguished talent, aligning their own interests with the
company’s development. Secondly, the system accords more importance to
professional competencies and the contribution made to the organization, thus
requiring partners to maintain their entrepreneurial acumen and to have high
recognition for Fosun’s corporate culture and values from the bottom of their
hearts. Thirdly, Fosun will promote its partner model at various levels, meaning
that it will be implemented within Fosun International and invested enterprises,
as well as in professional teams or regional team settings. Lastly, Fosun will
leverage the internet and artificial intelligence as a means of trimming the
size of its front office investment teams while forging inter-connections and
strengthening its middle and back offices, thereby further enhancing the
partnership system.
Investing Means Doing the
“Right” Thing
At the closing, Chairman Guo
Guangchang further elaborated one of the Fosun investments principles – “some
has to be done, but some other things must not be”. Guo Guangchang concluded, a
sophisticated investor must have the courage to relinquish investment when a
given investment turns out to have been inadvisable, even at the very last
moment. This is a fundamental attribution that sophisticated investors must
possess, and is indeed possessed by Fosun. Currently, Fosun’s development
priorities lie in focusing on organic growth, the integration of intra-group
resources and the continuous refining of its product power, as to launch
products and services that astonish clients. This year, Fosun Group has been
making determined efforts to establish its core insurance wealth management
capabilities for supporting its affiliated insurance companies in expansion
through mergers and consolidations, and to achieve substantial progress in the
forging of inter-connections between health insurance and healthcare segments.
Fosun will also strive to grasp diversified opportunities on
customer-to-manufacturer (C2M)model, while also utilizing mobile internet
technologies to fulfill customer demand, thereby to form a closed-loop
ecosystem.
Guo Guangchang Presents Stunning
Moments at Annual General Meeting & Fosun Fair
At
Fosun’s annual general meeting, Guo Guangchang acted as an anchor to present
stunning moments of the fair-like meeting to everybody through a live streaming