Recently, the Chinese edition of Fortune published a list of the 2019 top 50 most influential business leaders in China. Dong Mingzhu, a 2008 EMBA alumnus and chairman and President of Gree Group, ranked seventh and was the only female entrepreneur in the top 10 list. Except Dong Mingzhu，there are other well-known figures like Ren Zhengfei, Ma Huateng, Ma Yun and Xu Jiayin on the list.

Under the new economic normal state, the market demand is more and more diversified and the integration of the brand effect is gradually emerging. It is important for Chinese enterprises to think about how to obtain stronger core competitiveness and have a place in the world economic market.According to Gree's "2018 Performance Forecast", the annual revenue of Gree in 2018 is expected to exceed 200 billion yuan. From Dong Mingzhu's point of view, it is no doubt that Gree will have great market performance because it uses independent innovation as development strategy, and innovation is the inexhaustible driving force for development.

At the beginning of 2019, Dong Mingzhu was reelected as chairman of Gree Group and she continued to lead Gree in her third term. With the supply-side structural reform and transformation and upgrading in manufacturing, the diversified layout of Gree Group is becoming clear. Since 2013, Gree has officially entered into intelligent equipment industry, and has been working hard in the fields of CNC and robots. With the technology in the industrial products, Gree intelligent equipment has performed well. In the 2019 Spring Festival Gala, Gree intelligent robot band brought a scientific and technological feast to the Chinese people.

"Gree will stay in the real economy and take root in manufacturing industry. It will insist on independent innovation, self-reliance, and use core technology to let the world love “Made in China”. Dong Mingzhu believes that the real economy is the foundation of China’s economic development. The world is going through the biggest changes in a century, so the Chinese enterprises should keep innovating. "The achievements of Gree prove that our strategy of focusing on real economy and innovation is correct. However, achievements only represent the past, even if we stand on the top of the mountain, there are stars above our heads, and Gree's innovation will not stop.