Founder's Zone

Fang Chao
Fang ChaoMr.
Founder of Huamao Center
Chairman of Huamao Group
Professor-level Senior Engineer
Ph.D. from Singapore Management University

Chairman's Message

What is architecture? In the eyes of ordinary people, it is a city unit and symbol, and people often understand the culture and history of a city through architecture; in the eyes of artists, it is static music, a city's sculpture; in the eyes of city managers, it is an economic form—commercial buildings form business districts, residential buildings form living environments... Architecture actually determines the city's form and economic form.

Urban architecture has public attributes, social and historical characteristics.

Therefore, creating excellence and striving to achieve the integration of architecture with urban humanities and coexistence with the environment is an inevitable choice for a responsible builder, and also the only way to build an enterprise brand.

To achieve any great cause or realize an exciting dream, one must find a method suitable for oneself and devote all passion and wisdom. Through the construction process of Huamao Center, we have more truly understood what journey must be taken to realize a dream, and what must be persisted in and adhered to.

Staying true to our original aspirations, Huamao Center steadily advances its national strategic layout. With Beijing Huamao Center as a benchmark, we have built a solid foundation; we have also established a presence in Huizhou to activate the Greater Bay Area's potential; we deeply cultivate central cities in the Yangtze River Delta—Shanghai, Suzhou, and Nanjing—creating an "upgraded version" of Huamao Center and integrating into the vigorous wave of regional development. We consistently maintain an international perspective and exquisite craftsmanship, writing the metropolitan quality lifestyle into the high-quality development process of every city.

Entrepreneurs always strive to understand the general trend, act according to the situation, and exhaust all efforts, hoping for a permanent foundation. However, there is no constant method, no fixed situation. Those who can explore a model suitable for themselves, maintain unity, and achieve a century-old enterprise are as rare as morning stars over thousands of years.

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Major Activities

Suzhou MixC World
Suzhou MixC World
Opening Speech
Chairman of Marriott Group
Chairman of Marriott Group
Visit by Mr. J.W. Marriott, Jr.
CEO of LVMH Group
CEO of LVMH Group
Visit by Mr. Bernard Arnault
La Défense, Paris, France
La Défense, Paris, France
Visit by Management Committee
ARMANI
ARMANI
Founder
The Ritz-Carlton
The Ritz-Carlton
Visit by Global President and Chief Operating Officer
Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite)
Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite)
Visit by President and Chief Executive Officer

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Major Experience

Fang Chao

Chairman of Huamao Group, Founder of Huamao Center, Professor-level Senior Engineer, Ph.D. from Singapore Management University.

Director of the Commercial Real Estate and Tourism Professional Committee of China Real Estate Association; Chief Consultant of Shanghai North Bund Development Office;

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Beijing CBD Financial Entrepreneurs Club, Visiting Professor of Tsinghua University, and Lecture Professor of the EMBA Forum of the School of Business, Renmin University of China.

Has received various awards and honors including 'Beijing Model Worker', 'Outstanding Communist Party Member in Social Field of Beijing', and 'Beijing Chaoyang District Outstanding Contribution Talent Award'.

Mr. Fang Chao's Philosophy

The concept of'Responsible for the City, Responsible for Society, Responsible for History'first proposed by Mr. Fang Chao in 2002 has had a profound impact on the sustainable and healthy development of the industry and promoted the process of urban internationalization. With a strong sense of mission of the times and historical responsibility, he successfully created the Huamao business district synchronized with the world in an area that was not favored, creating an exciting ideal lifestyle, creating a new and vibrant core landmark, and changing the urban pattern at once.

Beijing Huamao Center, Mr. Fang Chao's first work, is a well-known modern service industry operation platform and an international, high-level business district landmark at home and abroad, creating a business model of'Integrated Construction and Operation, Continuous Innovation and Improvement', leading the metropolitan quality lifestyle. The total sales of Beijing Huamao business district exceeded 30 billion yuan, of which the flagship store SKP has won the championship of the domestic shopping mall sales list for 11 consecutive years, became the second highest-performing high-end department store in the world in 2019, and surpassed London's Harrods department store in 2020 to become the highest retail sales high-end department store in the world, with sales exceeding 26.5 billion yuan in 2023.

Beijing Huamao Center

Currently, Mr. Fang Chao is focusing on creating'Huamao Center Upgrade', starting a new journey in the central cities of the Yangtze River Delta, creating new landmarks and new legends.