领导力·融

　　(上海，2007年8月16日)——今天，享有“中国商界奥斯卡”美誉的“2007中国最佳商业领袖奖”(China Business Leaders Awards 2007)评选活动在沪正式启动。该评选由中国领先的专业财经媒体第一财经(CBN-China Business Network)与全球知名财经电视台CNBC亚太联合主办，皇家礼炮品牌特别呈献，在中国商界拥有极大的影响力，已经连续成功举办了两届。上海文广新闻传媒集团副总裁、第一财经传媒有限公司董事长、总经理高韵斐，第一财经日报总编辑秦朔，CNBC亚太总裁兼执行董事杰里米·品克(Jeremy Pink)， DDI大中华区董事总经理刘伟师，皇家礼炮代表、保乐力加中国市场总监祝贺等嘉宾共同出席了启动仪式。

　　一位商界领袖的成功不仅表现在公司财务数据上，更表现在其融通内外的个人魅力上。“中国最佳商业领袖奖”的独到之处在于评选将对由财务数据指标筛选出的九家候选公司的CEO进行一对一访谈，深入评估其领导能力和商业思辨。评奖工作由世界著名的芝加哥商学院和全球知名的人力资源咨询和领导力开发公司DDI牵头联合开展，根据包括财务表现、领导才能、创造性和创新能力以及社会责任等诸多标准，对入围者做出评估，着重评估其创造短期优势、长期价值、竞争优势以及在商界展现出的领导才干。

　　本届“中国最佳商业领袖奖”的评选主题是“领导力·融”，活动所倡导的是一种贯通之融，无间之融，博采之融。在全球化竞争加剧的时代，公司治理和商业博弈都日趋规范，而商业领袖领导力的提升也随之超越了方法和工具层面，谁具备融通内外的力量和境界，谁就能让企业获得蓝海优势。“融”能让企业内部各个元素之间获得最有效的沟通、理解和协作，以达成共同的目标；“融”能让企业在全球化背景下博采众长，与不同地域的不同组织无间合作，迅速融入国际商业舞台；同时，与追求自身可持续发展同等重要的是企业与外部环境之间的“融”，保护生态环境、节约使用资源，企业有义务尽己之力促成经济发展、社会进步、环境保护三者的和谐共生。可见，“融”已经不再是一种理念，而是一种执行力；它是实现和谐的要求，更是一名商业领袖的必备素质。——“2007中国最佳商业领袖奖”的主办者将评选主题设定为“领导力·融”，正是希望在和谐社会的大环境下，探求商业的本源，进而全面把握领导力的神髓。

　　当前，中国企业家群体业已形成，“中国最佳商业领袖奖”评选出的一批堪称“商业领袖”的人物已经成为商界楷模，并正在中国的政治、经济与文化领域发挥着日益重要的影响。“中国最佳商业领袖奖”是在中国第一项有国际性机构参与评议的商业成就奖项，自2005年首届活动成功举办以来，赢得了国内外商界人士的广泛认可和好评，进而成为中国顶级的商业成就表彰活动。本届评选共设有6大奖项，分别是“皇家礼炮年度中国最佳商业领袖奖”、“年度企业公民奖”、“年度创新人物奖”、“CEO评选出的年度CEO”、“受众心目中的年度最佳CEO”、以及今年新设立的旨在表彰能够在言行上予以人才充分重视的企业领导者的“中国最佳人才管理奖”。

　　据评奖主办方透露，目前评委会已经确认提名的候选人有：福耀玻璃工业集团股份有限公司董事长曹德旺，北京华旗咨询科技发展有限公司总裁冯军，青岛啤酒股份有限公司总裁金志国，浙江吉利汽车有限公司董事长兼首席执行官李书福，东软集团有限公司董事长兼首席执行官刘积仁，内蒙古伊利实业集团股份有限公司董事长兼总裁潘刚，无锡尚德太阳能电力有限公司董事长兼首席执行官施正荣，奥康集团有限公司董事长兼总裁王振滔，安利(中国)日用品有限公司董事长郑李锦芬(以上候选人按姓氏首字母排列)。颁奖典礼将于今年9月在上海隆重举行，届时将公布评选最终结果。第一财经将对本次颁奖典礼进行现场直播，并通过新浪网、数字电视、香港电讯盈科在中国内地和香港地区同步直播，之后上海东方卫视、北京电视台经济生活频道、浙江电视台经济生活频道还将对活动进行转播。CNBC亚太也将会对全球的商界精英播出该节目的英文精选版本。10月，历届当选的中国商业领袖们将分别前往北京大学、复旦大学、香港大学发表演讲，风云对话中国未来的领袖力量。

　　值得一提的是，根据主办方的规定：上届“中国最佳商业领袖奖”获奖者被自动聘为下届评委会成员，2005年和2006年“中国最佳商业领袖奖”的得主海南航空集团董事长陈峰和中国海洋石油总公司总经理傅成玉分别成为2006年和2007年“中国最佳商业领袖奖”评委之一。此外，当年获奖的“中国最佳商业领袖”将自动成为“亚洲最佳商业领袖奖候选人“，2005年“中国最佳商业领袖奖”得主陈峰就斩获了当年“亚洲最佳商业领袖奖”的桂冠。“亚洲最佳商业领袖奖”(简称ABLA)是CNBC亚太公司主办的泛亚地区商业成就表彰活动，自2001年至今，已分别在新加坡、香港、上海和马来西亚等地举办了五届，其公信度受到业内人士的一致认可。

　　上海文广新闻传媒集团总裁黎瑞刚先生表示：“我们希望通过‘中国最佳商业领袖奖’的评选，搭建一个展示中国商业领袖风采和战略视野的平台。经过第一财经四年来在品牌影响力和产业链打造方面的不懈努力，有CNBC亚太等合作伙伴的鼎立支持，我们坚信一定会取得成功。2007‘中国最佳商业领袖奖’评选想要告诉大家的是：企业成功的核心要素是人，是人的意愿的相互作用与影响，是人的情际互动让事情的结果不同。而领导力的核心就是让企业上下、内外的人与人、人与环境之间的关系朝着共同的愿景前进。这正是一种‘融’的境界。”

　　CNBC亚太总裁兼执行董事杰里米·品克先生谈到：“最佳商业领袖奖(Business Leaders Awards) 是CNBC商业财经频道面向全球创办的一个奖项，享有商界‘奥斯卡’之誉。2005年，我们与我们的战略合作伙伴第一财经携手将“最佳商业领袖奖”带入中国。作为中国顶级的商业成就表彰活动，‘中国最佳商业领袖奖’到今年已经是第三届了，我们欣喜地看到我们的奖项在表彰个人极致成就的同时，也为中国经济的发展推波助澜。作为世界财经新闻的领导者，CNBC一直致力于积极维护并推动全球商业的健康发展。 ‘中国最佳商业领袖奖’也正是我们推动中国商业稳步健康地走向全球舞台的表现形式。”

　　“2007中国最佳商业领袖奖”的合作伙伴之一皇家礼炮代表、保乐力加中国市场总监祝贺说：“今年是皇家礼炮第三次倾力支持中国最佳商业领袖奖，作为超高档苏格兰威士忌之中的皇者，陈酿了21年的皇家礼炮拥有尊贵非凡的品质，是对问鼎‘2007中国最佳商业领袖奖’的中国商业精英们的最佳献礼，意在与其共同分享皇家礼炮的个性精髓，为极致成就喝彩！”

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　　Harmony of the Leadership

　　Grand Launch of China Business Leaders Awards 2007 in Shanghai

　　Shanghai, August 16, 2007 – China Business Leaders Awards (CBLA) 2007, much reputed as the Oscars of China’s business world, launched the selection process in Shanghai today. Co-hosted by CBN (China Business Network), the leading professional business media in China, as well as CNBC Asia Pacific, a globally renowned business channel, and sponsored by Royal Salute, the twice-held Awards have taken China’s business community by storm. Among the guests attended the launching ceremony were: Mr. Gao Yunfei, Vice President of Shanghai Media Group, Chairman and Managing Director of China Business Network; Mr. Qin Shuo, Chief Editor of China Business News; Mr. Jeremy Pink, President & Managing Director of CNBC Asia Pacific; Mr. Louis Liu, Managing Director of DDI Greater China; and Mr. Alex Zhu, Marketing Director of Pernod Ricard China, representing Royal Salute.

　　A business leader can be greater than just showing robust figures – the personal charisma of bringing everything together counts. In this sense the China Business Leaders Awards is original enough to select the winners through CEO one-to-one interviews for the judges to have an insight on their leadership and business mindset. CEOs from nine firms will become the candidates after a financial performance screening. Led by the world famous Chicago Graduate School of Business and DDI, a well-known HR consulting and leadership development company, the appraising committee will judge candidates from various perspectives such as financial performance, leadership capabilities, creativity, innovation ability, and social responsibility, etc. When judging, the committee will focus on the short-term edges, long-term values, the competitive advantages the leader has helped the business to create and the leadership herein demonstrated.

　　The theme of CBLA 2007 is Harmony of the Leadership. Bringing together the true understanding, openness and talent is the key. In this era of globalization featured intensive competition, both corporate governance and business gaming have increasingly become formal game rules. Hence, business leadership has been elevated beyond the what-and-how level. Whoever has the power and state to bring everything together will find a blue ocean for the company. Harmony secures most effective communication, understanding and collaboration between functions to achieve the common goal; harmony also enables the business to leverage others’ strength, to have seamless partnership with organizations from different regions, and to have a stronger presence in the world. Meanwhile, as important as self-development is the harmony with the external environment of the company. Business has every responsibility to protect the environment and save resources. Part of its role is to promote the triple-win of economic development, social progress and environment protection, as much as it can. Therefore, harmony is not merely an idea but a decisive force, and a necessary quality for business leaders. Following this logic, the theme of CBLA 2007 is defined as Harmony of the Leadership, reflecting the hosts’ expectation to explore the essence of business leadership in the context of building a harmonious society.

　　The past several years have witnessed the growth of a group of Chinese entrepreneurs. Winners of the previous CBLA, or role models in the business community, are playing critical roles in the politics, economy and culture arenas. As China’s first business achievement awards with international organizations sitting on the appraising committee, China Business Leaders Awards have been widely recognized as No.1 by the domestic and foreign businessmen since their debut in 2005. There are 6 categories this year: The Royal Salute China Business Leader of the Year, Corporate Citizen of the Year, Innovator of the Year, CEOs’ Choice of the Year, Public’s Choice of CEO of the Year, and brand-new China Talent Management Award that recognizes the leader who gives his or her elites enough credit and regard.

　　Revealed by the hosts, the confirmed nominees by the judges till now include: Mr. Cao Dewang, Chairman, Fuyao Glass Industrial Group Co., Ltd. ; Mr. Feng Jun, President, Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co., Ltd.; Mr. Jin Zhiguo, President of Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. ; Mr. Li Shufu, Chairman & CEO, Zhejiang Geely Automobile Co., Ltd.; Mr. Liu Jiren, Chairman & CEO, Neusoft Group Ltd. ; Mr. Pan Gang, Chairman & CEO, Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Co., Ltd. ; Mr. Shi Zhengrong, Wuxi Suntech Power Co., Ltd. ; Mr. Wang Zhentao, Chairman & President, Aokang Group Co., Ltd. ; and Ms. Zheng Lijinfen, Chairman, Amway (China) Co., Ltd. (Alphabetically listed according to the initial letter of the family name) . The awarding ceremony is held in this September in Shanghai on which the final winners will be unveiled. CBN will make live broadcast to the awarding ceremony, Sina, DTV and PCCW will synchronously transmits it, and Shanghai Dragon TV, BTV-5, ZTV-3 will rebroadcast it. CNBC Asia Pacific will also bring the abbreviated version to the business leaders over the world. In October, successive elected business leaders will go to Peking University, Fudan University and Hong Kong University to deliver speeches, communicating with future leadership of China

　　What is worth mentioning is that, according to the organizers’ regulation, the winner of the previous CBLA will automatically be recruited as a member of the appraising committee for the next. For example, the winners of China Business Leader of the Year in 2005 and 2006, Mr. Chen Feng, Chairman of Hainan Airlines Group and Mr. Fu Chengyu, General Manager of CNOOC are in the appraising committee of CBLA 2006 and 2007 respectively. Besides, the business leaders recognized by the CBLA will automatically become candidates for the Asia Business leaders awards (ABLA) that year. Mr. Chen Feng was also the winner of ABLA of 2005. The ABLA, which is hosted by CNBC Asia Pacific, recognizes business achievements in the Pan-Asia Region. They have been held five times since 2001 in Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Malaysia and are recognized universally in the business world.

　　Commenting on the event, Mr. Li Ruigang, President of Shanghai Media Group, said: “China Business Leaders Awards is a platform we provide to highlight Chinese business leaders and their strategic visions. With four years’ unremitting effort made by CBN to build the brand and industrial chain, as well as the great support from partners like CNBC Asia Pacific, we firmly believe that the CBLA are bound to be a hit. In 2007 CBLA expects to convey such a message: the core element for any business to be successful is people. People’s will and their interactions make things different. So the core of business leadership is to bring everything around people, top or bottom, inside or outside, together, reaching out for a common vision. That is the state of harmony.”

　　While Mr. Jeremy Pink, President and Managing Director of CNBC Asia Pacific, noted: “Known as the “Oscars” of the business world, the Business Leaders Awards, launched by CNBC, enjoys international recognition from the world’s top business leaders. In 2005, we brought these Awards here to China, in cooperation with our strategic partner China Business Networks. The China Business Leaders Awards has reached its third year as a world-class event for recognizing business achievements in China. We are so delighted to see that our Awards not only honor leaders who have made great contributions to the corporate landscape in China, but also promote the development of China’s economy. As the First in Business Worldwide, CNBC is committed to maintaining and promoting the healthy development of global business. The China Business Leaders Awards is our way of showcasing China’s business community to the rest of the world.”

　　Mr. Alex Zhu, Marketing Director of Pernod Ricard China, as well as the representative of Royal Salute, said: “World-renowned for its noble heritage and superior quality, Royal Salute is always recognized as the ultimate mark of respect for exceptional achievements. Through its support on the China Business Leaders Awards for the third time, Royal Salute is delighted to extend our sincere tribute and respect to the Chinese business leaders who have made extraordinary achievements. We believe that only by presenting the best to the best can one experience the perfect reward for life’s greatest glories.”

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