"Although it is very cold outside, our hearts are very hot!" Zhang recalled the torch relay of the Winter Olympics a few days ago and was still excited.

Zhang, president of Beijing Juntai Department Store and honorary president of Beijing Taiwan-funded Enterprise Association, has a new title-torchbearer of Orson Park 107 in Beijing Winter Olympics.

As the only torchbearer of the torch relay in Taiwan Province Province in the Beijing Winter Olympics, Zhang was nervous and excited: "I feel very honored to be invited to participate in this activity. Although I am not an athlete, I am still nervous! " He said frankly that he should not only pass on the Olympic flame, but also pass on his pride and pride as a China person from generation to generation.

"I have been preparing for this torch relay for a long time." Recalling the situation when I just learned that I had the opportunity to be a torchbearer last year, Zhang said that because the torch relay happened during the Spring Festival, it meant that I could not go back to Taiwan Province Province to reunite with my family. My family gave him the greatest support when I was indecisive. "My family is very supportive. My family said that the opportunity of the Olympic Games is rare, and I must go. "

In order to make full physical preparations, Zhang Qi kept running and standing exercises before the torch relay. "We have certain requirements for ourselves and we can't miss such a good opportunity." Zhang said emotionally: "I was very excited when I received the torch, and I had the opportunity to participate in this grand event." What I see is not only the strength of the country, but also the perfect concept of the entire Winter Olympics. "

Zhang, who has lived in Beijing for 19 years, said many times during his interview that "I am a real Beijinger now, and the air in Beijing is getting better and better, and the transportation is becoming more and more convenient!" He recalled that 199 1 year, he went to Shanghai with his father for the first time and stayed in the mainland for 30 years. After learning more about the mainland, he found that Beijing was a bigger stage for him. So in 2003, he crossed the Yangtze River and came to Beijing to establish Juntai Department Store. On 20 19, Juntai Department Store became the first diamond partner to sign the test match of Beijing Winter Olympics. He said that Juntai Department Store is an enterprise that has grown up with the reform and opening up.

When it comes to his father, Zhang is filled with emotion. For him, his life and work are deeply influenced by his father. His father, Zhang Minqiang, is from Huzhou, Zhejiang. In his early years, in order to support his family, he went to Taiwan Province Province from Huzhou to Shanghai and from 65438 to 0949. He has been engaged in building manufacturing, and later founded the Pacific Construction Group. "Until my grandmother died, my father couldn't go back to Huzhou to attend the funeral. My father has always had a yearning for his hometown. "

1987, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait opened the door to communication. His father longed for his hometown and resolutely returned to the mainland regardless of all difficulties. He opened the Pacific Department Store in Xujiahui, Shanghai. In 200 1 year, Beijing won the Olympic bid, and Zhang, who came to Shanghai with his father, turned his attention to Beijing. In 2003, Beijing Juntai Department Store opened in Xidan. In 2008, Zhang took three children to watch dozens of Beijing Olympic Games, cheering for the athletes and being proud of the progress of the mainland.

In 2020, the sudden epidemic caused huge losses in many industries, the passenger flow dropped sharply and the business was bleak. The company is under great operating pressure, and Juntai Department Store, which is in the department store industry, has also encountered unprecedented difficulties. "The more difficult it is, the more we need to support each other." Subsequently, Juntai Department Store announced measures to alleviate tenants' difficulties: rent is free!

Zhang has always been enthusiastic about social welfare undertakings. After the outbreak, Zhang himself donated 6,543,800 yuan to Wuhan through the Zheng Jun Fund of Beijing Taiwan-funded Enterprise Association, and at the same time managed to purchase urgently needed medical materials worth nearly one million yuan from abroad and donate them to Hubei and Beijing. "Taiwanese businessmen in Chinese mainland are the beneficiaries of reform and opening up. When the country needs it, we are willing to stand up. "

This year coincides with the 30th anniversary of the "92 * * * Knowledge". "In the past 30 years, I have witnessed the vigorous development of the mainland and felt the infinite opportunities here." Zhang expressed the hope that more young people from Taiwan Province would visit the mainland and feel the development of the mainland. "The changes in the whole mainland society are not what they can see on TV on the island. Only when you come in person and you live here will you realize the whole development. "