Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai was founded in 1991 and it was listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in November 1996. At the beginning, Gree was only a company that assembled residential air conditioners. Now it has grown into a diversified technological global industrial group that has expanded its business to air conditioners, home appliances, high-end equipment and communication equipment. Gree products are sold widely to more than 160 countries and regions.
From a small factory with annual production value of only 20 million RMB to the world’s largest air conditioning company, Gree has grown into an international home appliances enterprise after more than 20 years of development.
GREE Creates Much Sales Chance
GREE was founded in 1991. At the beginning, GREE was a small factory with only window air conditioners’ production lines and the annual production volume was less than 20,000 sets. With a series of marketable products, GREE captured market opportunities and started to build the brand image which had laid a good foundation for future development.
Making Better Air Conditioners
During the year 1994 to 1996, GREE started to focus on product quality improvement by launching the quality policy of “making superior products, building famous brand, expend business scale, to be the world first class quality”, by implementation of “ Making Superior Product Strategy”, and by the establishment and gradual improvement of quality management system, the release of “12 Injunctions by President” and the promotion of “Zero Defection Project” are all the witness to GREE’s firmness in raising product quality. Since then, GREE product quality has been emphasized in products R&D, production and transportation. GREE superior air conditioners also have brought good opportunities for its sales.
May. 2012 until now | Chairperson of the Board of Zhuhai Gree Corporation Chairperson of the Board and President of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
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Oct. 2006 ~ May. 2012 | Vice Chairperson of the Board and President of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
Apr. 2001 ~ Oct. 2006 | General Manager of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
Oct. 1997 ~ Apr. 2001 | Vice General Manager of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
Jan. 1995 ~ Oct. 1997 | Director of Sales Department of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
Nov. 1994 ~ Jan. 1995 | Deputy Director of Sales Department of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
Mar. 1990 ~ Nov. 1994 | Salesperson of Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai |
Deputy to the 10th, 11th and 12th National People’s Congress;
Member of the Standing Committee of China National Democratic Construction Association;
Member of the 10th Executive Committee of the All-China Women’s Federation;
Member of Committee of Experts for the 13th five-year plan of National Development and Reform Commission;
Messenger of UN Sustainable Urban Development, etc.
Honors include:
"National Labor Model" awarded by the State Council;
"National May Labor Prize" awarded by State General Labor Union;
"March 8th Red Banner Pacesetters of China" awarded by the All-China Women’s Federation;
"CCTV China Economic Figure of the Year" for 3 times;
"World’s 50 Most Powerful Business Women" ranked by the U.S. Fortune for 9 times. etc…
Dong Mingzhu wrote two autobiographies recording her work experience in Gree.
The remuneration was donated to support students.