Classic Wealth Stories I

Author: Wealth Story Column Group
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: The rise of Ming and Qing collective merchants marked the beginning of the of capitalism in sixteenth and seventeenth-century China. The Ten Great Merchant Clans roamed the vast land of China with bold ambition, charging forward like warriors. Generation after generation, they traversed through towering mountains and rugged terrain, wandered through desolate wildernesses, once crawled in forests, and also surged in the vast seas. Integrity and righteousness, passion and wisdom, wrote legends in the history of Chinese commerce and forged the spiritual totem of Chinese merchants! Five hundred years have passed, the new century has arrived. The shadows of the Ten Great Merchant Clans gradually recede, but along the course of history, we hear the relentless heartbeat of the merchant spirit! In the vibrant burst of the market economy in 21st-century Chinese society, a new generation of merchants is emerging with fresh energy and spirit, attracting us to draw closer to them and sketch their portraits. A new name is being called: The New Ten Great Merchant Clans—the successors of the Ten Great Merchant Clans! CCTV Economic Channel's newly launched midday program, Wealth Story, upholds the column value of "sharing extraordinary wealth experiences and stories." Less than half a year after its debut, it keenly captured the legendary theme of the New Ten Great Merchant Clans, attempting to delve into their inner worlds and create portraits of 21st-century Chinese merchants.