Bafitegets arrived in Shenzhen today without arranging charity activities

Source: Internet
Author: User
Xu Weichang Chung Southern Metropolis Daily reported September 27 in the eyes of the global attention, known as "the Investor" Buffett and the world's richest man, Microsoft founder Bill Gates launched a trip to China.  Just today, they will first arrive in Shenzhen as the first leg of the Chinese line. The mystery of the trip to Shenzhen, two people's trip to China, every move has attracted much attention. It is reported that they will stay in Shenzhen, Oct Intercontinental Hotel, and participate in a series of activities.  Buffett and Gates in Shenzhen, the trip is also quite "mysterious", it is said that the two people in the deep entourage, accompanying reporters are not open, they will go to where and not public, even the Intercontinental Hotel Oct and the reception party signed a confidentiality agreement, in their activities in the area, outsiders can not be approached. According to the introduction, the two people stay, and did not package the entire hotel, in addition to their stay in the floor closed, other floors are normal business.  But the room number, level and security of the two people are not disclosed. As a shareholder of BYD, Mr. Buffett has come to know from BYD that Mr. Buffett has come to Shenzhen mainly as a shareholder. In 2008, Mr. Buffett, known as "The stock maker", spent HK $1.8 billion on shares in BYD, a listed company in Hong Kong. This is also the stock market after the big investment in PetroChina after the mainland in Hong Kong listed companies, and the investment is Buffett in the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis into the credit crisis, the second major investment.  Mr Buffett's arrival has not only brought huge sums of money to BYD, but has also introduced it into the eyes of global investors. Buffett also received a lucrative return on the deal. According to the calculation, this part of the equity value of 1.6 billion U.S. dollars, compared with the initial 230 million U.S. dollars in the purchase price jumped nearly seven times times.  But before Mr. Buffett came to China, U.S. media reported that Mr. Buffett wanted to sell some or all of BYD's equity holdings, but the company did not respond. Direct flights from Shenzhen to Beijing as Mr. Buffett and Gates succeeded in persuading 40 American billionaires publicly to donate at least half of their wealth in the US, the gates and Buffett trip to China were widely interpreted as "persuading China's rich to participate in charitable donations". In response, the two men issued an open letter saying the main purpose of their trip was to learn, listen and answer questions from friends who were interested in the charity event.  Buffett and Gates said China has its own specific situation, so China's charitable model will also have its own characteristics. It is understood that Shenzhen is Buffett and gates this trip to China's first stop, but in the two-day tight trip, did not arrange any activities related to charity. According to the schedule, Mr. Buffett will attend the auto dealers ' annual meeting in BYD, and several signing and launching ceremonies, while the whole process did not give Mr. Buffett any arrangement, just to attend. And tomorrow, he will go into BYD's production workshop to visit. In the Shenzhen trip, Buffett's activities are all around BYD, willWill visit BYD headquarters in Shenzhen, BYD Kwai Chung production base, BYD Bao long production base, BYD Huizhou base. After the trip to Shenzhen, Buffett and Gates will be non-stop to Beijing, on the evening of 29th will have a 5-hour "Mr Bill Gates activities", is likely to be the legendary charity dinner.

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