Who is the richest man in Gansu?

Zhang Guofang was born in a peasant family in Zhejiang, and received primary education. 265,438+0 years old moved to Dingxi, Gansu. He started a sofa factory with exquisite carpenter's income, and his "West Lake" brand mattress once sold well.

He went to Lanzhou in the late 1990s. A few years later, he miraculously became the richest man in Gansu, and in 2003, he became the richest man in China. In addition to the original shopping plaza with annual sales of 654.38 billion yuan, it also includes an international Expo center, a five-star hotel and other 16 enterprise branches.

In the construction of Lanzhou International Expo Center, due to the lack of financial strength, Zhang Guofang reached a contract with the local government. The main contents are as follows: Zhang Guofang obtained the land use right free of charge, and the finance of Gansu Province and Lanzhou City paid 60 million yuan and 40 million yuan respectively for construction funds. During the Lanzhou Fair, the government owned the property rights of Lanzhou International Expo Center on floors 5-6 and 7-8 for 40 days, and Lanzhou International Expo Center served as the permanent main venue of Lanzhou Fair.

In order to solve the problem of funds, at the beginning of the construction, Zhang Guofang first divided the floors 1-4 of the International Expo Center into boutique houses for public pre-sale. After the completion of the World Expo Center, Zhang Guofang introduced Golden Lion Parkson to reclaim all the sold floors on the grounds of the change in the commercial structure of the shopping mall. Then, Guofang Parkson asked the government to charge property management fees. In the end, the two sides reached an agreement that Guofang Parkson would use the 5th and 6th floors for free, and the venue would be cleared when Lanzhou Fair was held.

In July 2003, the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection launched an investigation in Gansu. On May 15, 2004, Zhang Guofang was taken away by people in CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the name of "assisting in the investigation". The reason is 1996,1/kloc-0. In June, he was suspected of obtaining a business license by means of a false joint venture when he invested 30 million yuan with a Hong Kong businessman to set up a state-owned real estate company, involving an amount of 5.6 million yuan.

Before the incident, Guofang Parkson Shopping Plaza ranked second among 36 chain stores of Malaysian Golden Lion (Parkson) with annual sales of 654.38 billion yuan, second only to Beijing Parkson, and ranked first among more than 40 commercial retail enterprises in Gansu Province.

In July 2005, Zhang Guofang was released on bail pending trial.