1982 12 on April 5th, Dong Haoyun died of a heart attack at the age of 70 while welcoming Rainier III, head of state of Monaco. Hong Kong's South China Morning Post commented on Dong Haoyun's death: "... he is a giant in the shipping industry, but more importantly, he is an amiable, generous and unyielding person; As a great man, he has a charm that people are willing to approach. "
At this time, Dongshi Group has 149 ships with a gross tonnage of 1 1 10,000 tons, which is nearly twice that of the world-famous Greek ship king onassis.
1928, Dong Haoyun was sent to work in Tianjin Shipping Company. When he first arrived in Tianjin, Dong Haoyun had no friends and worked hard every day. In his spare time, he is not as playful as ordinary young people, but plunges into the pile of books and chews them intently. Although he had no formal college education, Dong Haoyun taught himself English, French and Japanese and used them freely. At that time, the boss of Tianjin Airlines noticed Dong Haoyun's extraordinary talent and intended to cultivate him. With his own efforts and talents, Dong Haoyun has been highly valued by the company and has been promoted year after year. In less than ten years, he was appointed as the general manager of Tianjin Airlines. Seeing that the young man was smart and talented and had a bright future, the boss entrusted his daughter to him and became the boss's "son-in-law". 193 1 year, Dong Haoyun was elected as the executive director of Tianjin Maritime Association, and later became the vice president, making his mark in the shipping industry. 1936, Dong Haoyun returned to Shanghai with his wife and started his entrepreneurial career. Dong Haoyun founded "China Shipping Trust Company" with more than ten years' shipping experience, savings from years' work and the support of his father-in-law. All the property of the company at that time was a small boat of about 1000 tons. However, Dong Haoyun was quite satisfied in his heart, because it was his first ship after all! Dong Haoyun is ambitious and determined to do a great job in the shipping industry. Unexpectedly, the weather was bad, and the year after the company was founded, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out. Shanghai bore the brunt and was quickly occupied by the Japanese army. Dong Haoyun's "China Shipping Trust Company" was also taken over by the Japanese. In desperation, Dong Haoyun also came to Chongqing to make a living. I stayed in Chongqing for seven years and finally won the Anti-Japanese War. After returning to Shanghai, he went to China Shipping Company again, determined to realize his dream. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, there are many things to do, and the reconstruction of the world needs to transport a lot of materials. Seeing this opportunity, Dong Haoyun successively purchased ten ships such as Cihang, Ciyun, Tianlong, Tian Ping and Tianxing through bank credit, and established his own huge fleet, becoming the largest private shipowner in China at that time. Dong Haoyun has created many historical records in the process of starting a business. 1947, Dong Haoyun sent the "Dragon" from Shanghai to France, creating a feat of China people crossing the ocean independently. At that time, foreigners were the people in China's shipping industry who could sail huge ships across the sea. "China Shipping" shocked the shipping industry and became an important news in the press. The following year, the "Tongping" piloted by China people arrived in San Francisco smoothly from Shanghai. Dong Haoyun was once famous at home and abroad. 1949, Dong Haoyun moved the company to Hongkong. Shortly after the Korean War broke out, the United States announced an embargo on China, and Dong Haoyun's ships around the world were often detained, making it very difficult to operate. However, Dong Haoyun, who had the courage to compete and start a business boldly, was not intimidated by temporary difficulties, and he actively sought opportunities. He moved two companies to Hong Kong on 1950. 1956 10. after the outbreak of the second middle east war, the Suez canal was closed, and the Eurasian route had to take a big bend, which made the international shipping industry unprecedentedly nervous. Dong Haoyun's fortunes changed, and his fleet crossed the ocean day and night, making huge profits. Dong Haoyun took the opportunity to innovate and added many new ships, and the strength of "China Shipping" became stronger. In the 1960s, with the escalation of the Vietnam War, the international demand for ocean-going ships became stronger, and Dong Haoyun's fleet also expanded. After the company moved back to Hong Kong, Dongshi Shipping Group was established. 1969, the group established "OOCL container transportation company" to develop the emerging container ship business. Dong Haoyun is very interested in developing container transportation, which he thinks will be a revolution in the freight industry. He took the lead in changing the company's seven old ships into container ships. Then, seven new ships were ordered from Japanese shipyards to start full container ship business. In the 1960s and 1970s, when the world economy developed greatly, the global demand for oil was strong. Dong Haoyun also seized this opportunity and vigorously developed its oil transportation business. To this end, he ordered a large supertanker. In 1969 alone, he ordered eight 220,000-ton tankers from sasebo Shipyard. 1973, OOCL was established, and 1979 entrusted Japan to build the world's largest supertanker "Ocean Giant", with a total capacity of over 560,000 tons. 1980 acquired schneider Huishi steamship company of Britain and Pacific steamship company of American ocean railway. 1In April 1980, Dong Haoyun acquired Fornesway Company, the second largest shipping group in Britain, for 1. 1.25 billion dollars, becoming the first China person to take over a large British company. 1980 19 February 19, Dong Haoyun personally presided over the launching ceremony of the oil tanker "Ocean Giant" with a deadweight of over 567,000 tons. By the mid-1980s, this oil tanker had become the largest supertanker in the world. In the early 1980s, Dong Haoyun acquired Funas, the second largest shipping company in Britain, and became the first China to acquire a large British company. Companies in Dong Haoyun have developed rapidly. The fleet size of Dongshi Group has reached more than 100, including not only container ships, bulk carriers and oil tankers, but also three luxury cruise ships. The Group owns three shipping companies, namely China Shipping, Jinshan Shipping and OOCL Container Transportation, and has offices or agencies in Tokyo, new york, London, Singapore, Taipei, Los Angeles, Paris and Rio de Janeiro. Dong Haoyun's management methods are different. He likes to buy big boats. He said that the bigger the ship, the more goods it carries, while the employees on board remain the same, and the lower the relative management cost, the stronger the competitiveness. Secondly, he insisted on the principle of self-purchase, self-management and self-ownership, and was unwilling to rent the ship for a long time. This laid the groundwork for his company to encounter crisis in the future. Dong Haoyun is not only the king of ships in the world, but also invests in finance and insurance, oil exploration and real estate. He even owns shares in Xingma Newspaper Group and is a member of its board of directors. By the time Dong Haoyun died of a heart attack in 1982, he was nearly 1 times as big as the world-famous Greek ship king onassis. He created one miracle after another in the history of shipping. Dong Haoyun is also interested in computers. He had planned to invest in Japanese computer industry and aircraft manufacturing, but unfortunately, his ambition died before he was paid, and his dream failed to come true. Dong Haoyun is very enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings. He is particularly interested in running education, and the university he runs is also very special, that is, a luxury cruise ship is transformed into a maritime university. 1In September, 970, Dong Haoyun bought the luxury cruise ship "Queen Elizabeth" with huge sum of money. Subsequently, it invested heavily in renovation, hoping to turn it into a floating university on the sea. Unfortunately, when the project was about to be completed, the 83,000-ton ship caught fire unexpectedly. Dong Haoyun didn't give up his ideal because of the accident. He bought an American cruise ship "Atlantic" and named it "Cosmic College" after modification, and finally realized his plan of maritime education. For many years, the Maritime University project has been implemented by the Institute of Ship Education founded by Dong Haoyun, which is affiliated to the University of Pittsburgh. For this reason, Dongshi Group has also set up an education foundation, which allocates huge scholarships every year to help outstanding China students selected from Asian universities to study in Universe University. Dong Haoyun said: "When studying in this maritime university, the whole world is a campus for students, so that students can see the world and get more lessons. If I can achieve this goal, I won't suffer. "
Dong Haoyun was once employed as an academician of Stanford Research Institute in the United States, a member of the International Lecturer Education Review Committee in Washington, and a citizen of Su Rongyu, Alba, Texas. Member of the Senate of British Normal University. He was awarded the title of citizen of sasebo, Long Beach, USA and Su Rongyu, Alba, Texas, the French Knight Medal of Honor and the Belgian National Medal. Member of the Preparatory Committee of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the National People's Congress. Member of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth China People's Political Consultative Conference. He is the author of Nation and Nationality, Suez Canal Crisis and other books. 1982 died in Hong Kong at the age of 7 1. Author of Dongshi Shipping Series.