The boss of Wahaha Group, Zong Qinghou, is considered as the richest man
in China. He has recently announced that there was "no need" to focus
on the growing gap between rich and poor in China. But China is one of the most
unequal countries in the world. Why Zong Qinghou considered that the fight
against inequality should not be a priority for China? The fact is that Zong
Qinghou prefers that everyone be able to
get rich by its own means, what’s why he promotes entrepreneurship and no the distribution of wealth by the state.
Less taxes, more support to investors
For him, the way to get rich and to
succeed in life is indicated: "if everyone was richer, the Chinese society
would become harmonious and more comfortable," says the richest entrepreneur
of China. Zong Qinghou has built his
fortune, estimated $ 11.3 billion, by selling non-alcoholic beverages. For him,
his principal enemies are not his direct competitors (other company of
non-alcoholic beverages), but the egalitarianism. "If the state put into
place the egalitarianism (...), everyone would not eat one’s fill. It’s better
to encourage people to create wealth," said the boss of Wahaha, who prefer decrease levels of taxation
to stimulate investment and no to promote the distribution of wealth.
China is one of the most unequal countries
According to the international
indicators, the gap in China between the richest and the poorest, begin to be
more and more important. The centre for Research and Investigation on the
family economy, financed by the Chinese government had put China in December
among the fifteen most unequal countries in the world. According to the worldwide
Gini coefficient, China would be at 0.61, knowing that the number 1, is the
highest possible. Experts tell that a score greater than 0.4% marks the risk of
social instability. Facing to these figures, Chinese authorities are very
suspicious, what’s why Beijing, has made the reduction of inequalities one of
its priorities.