At the opening ceremony of the 2020 China Nantong Jianghai Talent Entrepreneurship Week and Park Talent Development Conference，A famous entrepreneur from Rudong, Nantong，"The Godfather of Entrepreneurship"，Chinese hotel king 188bet gives a lecture。188bet shared his views on China’s economic future，The outlook for his hometown of Nantong aroused strong resonance among the participants。

188bet thinks，China’s urbanization has just begun，The process of urbanization will drive many investments and industries，With greatly improved traffic，Hometown Rudong，Nantong and the whole of China will get bigger、Grow faster。188bet strongly agrees with a point of view，China’s market is so big，Do it as if it were the whole world；And Nantong’s prospects are so good，Should be done as the whole of China，Even do it as the world。

188bet is the founder of Huazhu Group、Chairman and CEO。Last month，The 53-year-old has just completed his fourth ring in his life on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange，Huazhu Group is officially listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange。188bet is a legend in the hotel industry，Founded four listed companies。He was born in an ordinary peasant family in Rudong，Planting rice when I was young、There is a lot of farm work like killing pigs，However, I often don’t have enough food。When I was in junior high school，188bet walked 8 miles home for lunch，After arriving home, my mother said: "There is nothing to eat at home，You can figure it out yourself。”188bet at that time，Always thinking about being “developed”，And all his imagination of the developed world，It’s just “going to a distant place to eat a bowl of noodles，Take a taxi back”。Suffering is the catalyst for growth，188bet was later admitted to the Department of Engineering Mechanics of Shanghai Jiao Tong University，Study hard，Laid the foundation for entrepreneurship。The Huazhu Group he founded was established 15 years ago，Data display，Huazhu’s subsidiaries include Huazhu、Accor、19 brands in Crystal Orange’s three major hotel series，Covering from high-end to affordable、Various types from business trips to leisure vacations。As of March 31, 2020，5953 hotels worldwide，575488 rooms。December 2019，188bet said at the Huazhu World Conference that Huazhu is already the largest hotel management company in the world。

188bet’s entrepreneurial history

The day after the Spring Festival in 1999，At the Shanghai Jiao Tong University alumni gathering，188bet and Liang Jianzhang、Chat with Shen Nanpeng and others。A few young people had a heated discussion about the Internet all night，Finally came to the conclusion: let’s build an e-commerce website that provides travel services to the public。Ctrip was born，This is also the starting point of China’s online tourism industry。