Chinese billionaires rejected U.S. green cards and withdrew all their assets. Why?

According to the "2010 Hurun Wealth Report", there are at least 55,000 billionaires in China. There is no clear data to show that they have all immigrated abroad, but the effective statistics in 2008 were 500. In 2009, the number exceeded 1,000. According to immigration companies, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand are the first choices for wealthy immigrants.

The most well-known Li Ka-shing family all immigrated to Canada. Real estate developers Pan Shiyi (Chinese nationality) and Zhang Xin also immigrated to the United States. The two of them funded Harvard University with US$100 million to develop education. This kind of donation, To a certain extent, it is also "investment immigration".

Investment immigration is also the main immigration method for wealthy people. For example, in the United Kingdom, as long as you invest 1 million pounds to buy British treasury bonds or stocks, you can obtain an investment immigration visa. Australia’s investment threshold is 5 million Australian dollars, and there is no age or English requirement. The requirements and threshold are low. Nowadays, more and more people are giving up their Chinese nationality and choosing to immigrate to foreign countries. One person gave up his American green card and returned to his country.

Kaifu Lee, originally from Sichuan, was born in New Taipei City, my country, in 1961. In 1972, Kaifu Lee followed his brother to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, to attend junior high school and high school. It can be said that Kaifu Lee received an American-style education since he was a child. , he is very interested in computers.

When he was admitted to the Computer Science Department of Columbia University, it happened to be in the era of computer innovation in the United States, and the computer market had good prospects. In 1988, he received a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and worked in He served as an assistant professor at the school for two years.

After that, he worked in Silicon Valley in the United States. In 1998, he joined Microsoft and his career officially began. He built a world-class computer research institute in a very short period of time. His laboratory was also listed by "MIT Technology Review" rated it as "the most popular computer laboratory".

With outstanding performance, Kai-fu Lee became the vice president of Microsoft's natural interactive software and services department. Speaking of Kai-fu Lee, he moved to the United States from junior high school, received an American education, and was exposed to Americans. He has lived and worked in the United States for more than 30 years, but he has a strong sense of identity with China.

In 2005, Google announced the establishment of a product research and development center in China, and Kai-fu Lee served as president. He returned to China. Not only that, he returned to his motherland with his wife and daughter. In more than 30 years, Kai-fu Lee did not give up on his China. Nationality: Although he grew up in the United States, he does not consider himself an American.

In fact, Kai-fu Lee has been in contact with Chinese students from very early on. He also opened a website and published seven "Letter to Chinese Students", in which he talked about being honest and how to learn from excellence. to excellence, the intelligence of choice, the new century’s outlook on talent, and more.

In 2009, he officially resigned from Google, gradually withdrew his assets, and closed down companies in the United States. The United States lost more than 130 billion. When he first returned to China, Kai-fu Lee’s two daughters were not very adaptable to domestic work. In terms of education model, Kaifu Lee formulated a plan to train his daughter to speak actively in class. Regardless of whether she is right or wrong, she will be rewarded if she persists for a month.

Later, his daughter became obsessed with the Internet world again. Kai-fu Lee stipulated that he was not allowed to chat with strangers on the Internet and moved the computer to the living room, thus creating an environment where his daughter would not be punished. Her parenting experience also trained her daughter to become a women's clothing designer.

Whether he is returning to China or educating his children, he has extremely upright views. However, it is really hard to understand that some people who grew up in China go to great lengths to give up their Chinese nationality.