Hometown and Name

On June 3, 1956, Hu Jinding was born in Zhuta Natural Village, Keshan Village, Fangyang Town, Changtai County, Fujian Province. The village has only more than 20 households and a population of more than 180 people.

He was born in the year of the monkey, in the month of the monkey, on the day of the monkey, which is also called being born at the right time. Superstition says that people born at this time will grow up to be thieves, and he is the first born boy in the family. My parents then chose the word "金", thinking that with "金" they would not be a thief. However, they felt that having "jin" was still not enough. If "jin" was gone and there was still no money, there would be another problem. The word "ding" means "fix the gold and you will not be out of money." Therefore, it is called "Hu Jinding".

Student days

The small bamboo pagoda did not even have a junior primary school; to go to school, one had to walk back and forth for more than ten miles on the mountain road. That place was called Zhouli, and Hu Jinding went to school there. On the way to school, there are winding mountain roads, dense grass, and a small river with a single-plank bridge across the river, making it wobbly when walking. For Hu Jinding, a child in the mountains, he has followed the adults through the winding mountain roads hundreds of times, and he has also dealt with the dense thatch. They are all familiar with each other, although sometimes his hands are inevitably cut and bleed. Come, and he jumped across the lonely single-plank bridge. Sometimes, when his grandfather was picking up Jin Ding, he would tell the story of Lin Zhen, the only number one scholar in Zhangzhou Prefecture. Lin Zhen was born in the Ming Dynasty, and Keshan was his hometown. He studied hard since he was a child, got excellent grades, and won the first prize... As he listened, Lin Zhen lived in Jin Ding's young heart. Later, Jin Ding attended Changtai No. 3 Middle School, which was located in his hometown (then called a commune). He boarded at school and went home once a week, going back and forth, still walking on the winding mountain road.

When Hu Jinding was in middle school, it was the time of great turmoil during the "Cultural Revolution", and there was an uproar everywhere, like a pot of boiling porridge. However, Hu Jinding did not mess around like some people, but studied seriously. For some reason, he is very interested in foreign languages ??and his grades are particularly good.

In the summer of 1973, 17-year-old Hu Jinding returned to Zhuta after graduating from high school and became a "returning educated youth". He was not surprised by this, nor did he feel disappointed at all. I grew up in a rural area. When I return to the countryside, everything is so friendly. Soon, the brigade arranged for him to work at the science and technology station. He does everything, slowly, and masters everything.

In the summer of 1975, the villagers recommended Hu Jinding to go to university. After passing the exam, he was admitted to the Department of Foreign Languages ??and Literatures of Xiamen University, majoring in Japanese. At the beginning, it was quite difficult to learn. But he was not afraid of hardship and studied diligently. With his amazing memory, he memorized words and sentences and engraved them in his mind. As a result, my grades improved rapidly and I was always among the best in the class.

A lot of hard work, a lot of harvest, three years of study, and excellent results. In the summer of 1978, he graduated from college and stayed at the school to teach. In 1982, he was admitted to the "Daping Class" in Beijing, where he specialized in studying Japanese for one year. After studying, Hu Jinding's Japanese proficiency has made great progress. In August 1984, he was promoted to lecturer. In August 1985, Hu Jinding received a World Bank scholarship with excellent results and studied abroad at the National Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan.

Studying abroad career

Since arriving in Japan, Hu Jinding first studied at Osaka University of Foreign Studies for one year, and then was admitted to the master's degree program of the school and the doctoral program of National Kobe University. Chinese and Japanese comparative literature. Hu Jinding's Japanese level is quite high, even compared with the Japanese, he is not inferior. However, when studying Chinese and Japanese comparative literature, in addition to studying Chinese literature, the focus must be on in-depth study of Japanese literature. In this regard, relatively speaking, it is Hu Jinding's weakest link. Therefore, he read a lot of Japanese literary works and Japanese literary history, and read a lot of books written by previous people on this aspect. On this basis, we will work hard to conduct comparative research on Chinese and Japanese literature. He not only absorbed the research results of his predecessors, but also did not fall into the stereotypes. He used new ideas and new perspectives to put forward new insights, and his research reached a new level.

After Hu Jinding studied hard and forgot all about food and sleep, his master's thesis and doctoral thesis were fully affirmed and highly praised by his instructor. Because of this, in March 1988, he received a Master of Arts degree; in March 1994, he received a PhD in Literature.

From August 1985 to July 1994, a full nine years, Hu Jinding never returned to China or his hometown. During this period, he buried his homesickness deep in his heart and concentrated on studying. , studied and achieved remarkable achievements. It is not difficult to imagine that Hu Jinding's nostalgia and nostalgia have turned into a strong old wine in his heart.

Become famous in Japan

The children of farmers became tenured professors of Japanese universities. In 1956, Hu Jinding was born in Zhuta Village, Keshan Village, Fangyang Town, Changtai County, Zhangzhou. This is a place with outstanding people, and it produced a famous figure - Lin Zhen, the only number one scholar in Zhangzhou Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty. Since he was a child, Hu Jinding spent the initial stage of his academic career listening to his grandfather telling the story of Lin Zhen, the number one scholar, on rugged mountain roads. After graduating from high school at the age of 17, Hu Jinding returned to his hometown to work in farming. In 1975, with the recommendation of his fellow villagers and relying on his extensive knowledge, Hu Jinding was admitted to Xiamen University through an interview. He has a strong interest in chemistry. He originally wanted to study in the Department of Chemistry, but due to his sexual weakness, he accidentally entered the Department of Foreign Languages. His major was Japanese! After graduation, Hu Jinding stayed at the school to teach, and soon he had another opportunity in his life. In 1982, he was admitted to the "National Japanese Teacher Training Course" established in Beijing by Japanese Prime Minister Ohira to train Japanese teachers in Chinese universities. He specialized in learning Japanese. On this basis, in 1985, Hu Jinding was admitted to the World Bank Scholarship with excellent results and went to the National Osaka University of Foreign Studies in Japan to study, specializing in Sino-Japanese comparative literature, and successfully obtained a master's degree and a doctoral degree. In 1994, Hu Jinding, who received a doctorate from Kobe University, originally wanted to return to China for development. It happened that Japan's Konan University was recruiting teachers openly. One position attracted 68 academic elites from all over the world to compete for it. He also participated with a trying mentality. compete. In the end, Hu Jinding stood out for his excellent scientific research results and rich teaching experience, and won the unanimous vote of the review committee, winning the title of associate professor of Konan University in one fell swoop. What surprised the Japanese even more was that Professor Hu, who had only been teaching at Konan University for three years, was exceptionally elected as a tenured professor because of his outstanding scientific research achievements! You know, according to Japanese university regulations, associate professors are eligible to be selected and reviewed to see if they meet the rank of professor after eight years of service, and there are only forty or fifty tenured professors in Japan! It is not easy to study Hokkien culture in Japanese universities and introduce it into classroom teaching. Konan University is a prestigious private university in Japan. Not long after Hu Jinding entered Jiana University, the school gave him an important task: to establish a new system of Chinese education and Chinese studies. Although Japan and China were separated by a thin layer of water, there were almost no Asian subjects in Japanese universities at that time, and most of them were about Europe and the United States. With no previous experience to draw from, Hu Jin must have felt a lot of pressure to build a new system of Chinese language and Chinese studies from scratch. During the research process, Hu Jinding discovered that Southern Fujian culture and Japanese culture have many similarities. For example, there are many words in Japanese that have similar pronunciations to those in Hokkien, such as "shochu", "longan", "蠠头", etc. The two languages ??did not seem to be related at first, but after comparison, they discovered that they have such an interesting relationship. . He said: "Our southern Fujian culture has a great influence on Japan. Japanese tofu is made with the techniques brought by Zen Master Yin Yuan from southern Fujian to Japan. It is said that Zen Master Yin Yuan boarded a ship from Jiangtou, Xiamen to Japan. ” After unremitting efforts, the discipline of Sino-Japanese cultural comparison was finally born. Southern Fujian culture was also brought into his teaching. Unexpectedly, it was very popular, and even Japanese students from other departments came to observe. Hu Jinding not only lets Japanese students understand Chinese culture in the classroom, but also wants to let them experience the rich and colorful Chinese culture in person. Every winter and summer vacation, he organizes Japanese teachers and students to go to China, and many of them come to southern Fujian and Xiamen. They visited Nanputuo and communicated with Chinese teachers and students at Xiamen University, Xiamen Institute of Technology, and Xiamen National Accounting Institute. These experiences allowed Japanese teachers and students to perceive a real China, and some even came to Xiamen University to study abroad. How could his surname be changed to Tanaka all of a sudden when his surname was Hu? Having lived in Japan for more than 20 years, Hu Jin was always attached to his hometown. There is a landscape painting in the reception hall of Xiamen Jinzang Company run and managed by his younger brother. It was designed by Hu Jinding. The painting includes the noble Mount Fuji and pink cherry blossoms, as well as Xiamen's characteristic Sunlight Rock and Triangle. Plum and egret.

Why do these seemingly unrelated things appear in the same picture? Professor Hu Jinding smiled heartily and explained: "Mount Fuji and cherry blossoms represent Japan, and Sunlight Rocks and others are synonymous with Xiamen. On the screen, there is more content in Xiamen than in Japan. There is a line of egrets flying up, and finally flying over the top of Mount Fuji. . Anyway, we just want to surpass Japan..." Donate money to build roads, run schools and draw running water

Hu Jinding had a wish when he studied abroad. After completing his studies, he would serve the motherland and repay his hometown. He often thought that his hometown not only gave me a healthy body, but also gave me rich basic knowledge. My hometown paved a runway for me to take off, and pushed me into the blue sky, allowing me to soar in this vast blue sky.

To serve the motherland and repay hometown, in addition to promoting the splendid Chinese culture in the world, Hu Jinding also wants to do some practical things for his hometown, such as building roads and bridges in the village, or helping poor students go to college. . Of course, he knew that he was a cultural person. He had just graduated from a Ph.D., and his working hours were still very short. After all, he didn't have much savings on hand. Despite this, he will do his best as long as his hometown needs it.

In August 1995, after learning that his father was seriously ill, Hu Jinding, who had been away from his hometown for 10 years, returned to China for the first time and rushed to Zhuta to visit his father. Spend the last month with my father. Before his death, his father asked him to build bridges and roads in the village and establish an education fund. Hu Jinding thought about it for a while and agreed. At this time, my father closed his eyes with satisfaction and peace, leaving the relatives who were closely related to each other, the home where he lived together day and night, and the world that he was reluctant to part with. Hu Jinding's tears of grief rolled down...

Hu Jinding began to implement his father's will the next year. He donated 100,000 yuan as the starting capital for the establishment of the "Hu Jinding Education Foundation" to set up grants and scholarships to help foreign students go to college. Some people once advocated providing only scholarships and no grants. Hu Jinding believes that scholarships and bursaries should be set up, and bursaries should be the main focus. The IQs of children in the mountains are not bad. One of the important reasons why they cannot go to college is that their families are poor and cannot support them to continue their studies. Therefore, scholarships should be set up to help the poor so that they can go to college; and this kind of There are many people, so we should mainly support them. Scholarships are established to reward students with excellent academic performance. This is of course an encouragement to encourage them to achieve better results. However, if their family situation is good and they are fully capable of supporting them to go to college, in this case, if we continue to support them, the role of the education fund will be reduced. Hu Jinding insisted on focusing on student assistance and supplementing it with scholarships. In the past three years, the Education Foundation has awarded three grants and scholarships. Hu Jinding donated another RMB 10,000 each year. So far, 28 foreign students have been supported, including 22 students who received grants and 6 students who received scholarships. The ratio between the two is about 3.7:1. Hu Jinding was satisfied.

Most of the roads in Zhuta Natural Village are yellow mud roads. When it rains, they become muddy. If pedestrians are not careful, they will fall down. There is a small river passing by the village. The bridge over the river is built with a few pieces of wood, so walking on it is timid. In order to change this situation, Hu Jinding donated 30,000 yuan, and successively donated 1 million yuan to pave asphalt roads leading to the county road and set up cement bridges so that the villagers could walk steadily regardless of wind or heavy rain. Steady.

Hu Jinding did not stop there. He continued to donate money to other public welfare undertakings in his hometown. He donated 1 million yuan to build the "Hu Jinding Education Foundation" building. The building covers an area of ??more than 2 acres and has a construction area of ??more than 600 square meters. It is four floors high, spacious and bright, and serves as the activity venue of the Education Foundation. He donated more than 10,000 yuan to sponsor the academic essay collection of Zhangzhou Normal University Press, and donated 5,000 yuan every year to sponsor the Zhangzhou Writers Association to establish the "Hu Jinding Literature Award." In addition, he also donated items to relevant departments, such as books worth 10,000 yuan to the county's reading club for young and middle-aged cadres; in order to better report on the achievements of Changtai County's two civilization constructions, he donated a camera to relevant units. A computer, etc., worth nearly 30,000 yuan.

It is Mr. Hu’s unwavering belief to invest in the construction of his hometown. When his father passed away, he hoped that he would do something for his hometown and Sangzi, make it easier for the people in the village to study, build temples and roads for his hometown, and benefit the people there. His loving father's deep wishes became the motivation for him to work diligently to help the poor, and he also fulfilled this last wish one by one with his own practical actions.

In 1997, he invested 100,000 yuan to establish the "Fangyang Town Hu Jinding Education Foundation" and then added an additional 300,000 yuan.

Ten years later, he donated another 2 million yuan to register the fund and changed its name to "Fujian Province Hu Jinding Education Foundation" and the scope of funding was expanded to the entire province. As of 2012, the 15th anniversary of the establishment of the Education Foundation, 285 students have received assistance. Many students have realized their university dreams, and 12 of them have obtained doctorates.

I know that the road from my hometown to the outside world is winding and narrow, and it is very inconvenient to walk. In 2003, Hu Jinding invested more than 1 million yuan to build graded cement roads in his hometown. Now a standard cement road with a total length of 5 kilometers and a width of 5 meters has been completed and opened to traffic, which has greatly changed the original backward transportation situation in the village.

The issue of drinking water is a major issue affecting the lives of villagers. In 2004, Mr. Hu invested more than 100,000 yuan to help his hometown solve the problem of tap water diversion project. At this point, the drinking water problem that has troubled the villagers of Zhuta Village for many years has come to a successful end.

In November 2007, the ‘Fujian Province Hu Jinding Education Foundation’ was officially established in Changtai County, Zhangzhou. It was personally funded by Mr. Hu Jinding, an overseas Chinese in Japan, with a registered fund of 2 million yuan. This foundation will donate interest of approximately 160,000 yuan every year to support poor students and students with excellent academic performance in Fangyang Town. It is reported that the Hu Jinding Education Fund has paid a total of 131,000 yuan in scholarships and bursaries to 137 students. According to reports, Hu Jinding went to Japan to study in 1985 and is currently a tenured professor at Konan University in Japan, a director of Xiamen Institute of Technology, a member of the Professional Steering Committee, a visiting professor, a visiting professor at Zhangzhou Normal University, and a visiting professor at Fujian Normal University. Previously, he invested 100,000 yuan to establish the "Hu Jinding Education Fund in Fanyang Town" and also raised funds to build the "Hu Jinding Education Fund Building" in his hometown.

In the new millennium, Hu Jinding’s vision for the “Hu Jinding Education Foundation” is to: improve the “Hu Jinding Education Foundation” and gradually expand the education foundation from 100,000 yuan to 10 million yuan; expand the education fund The scope of benefits was expanded from Fangyang Town to the entire Changtai County; in 2007, it was expanded from Changtai County to the entire Fujian Province. Set up a library and reference room in the "Hu Jinding Education Foundation" building.

Professor Hu Jinding’s greatest hope is---

Through the establishment of the "Hu Jinding Education Foundation", more people will be concerned about rural education and let talented young people in rural areas Students stand out, develop their talents, and put them to use, making more contributions to changing the backwardness of their hometown and revitalizing China.

Hu Jinding has his own insights into life. He wrote in a letter to a friend: "I divide life into three periods: 1. The period of growth and learning; 2. The period of work creation; 3. The period of dedication and service. When you are born, you bring nothing with you, and when you die, you have nothing. You can’t take it away. Therefore, I think the most important thing in life is whether you can leave something useful to future generations. It’s not necessarily money, but meaning.”

Technology

Technology cannot be acquired in a day or two. Hu Jinding has been making use of his convenient status to work hard to introduce high-tech and projects to China. He said that it is necessary to use cooperation, acquisition and other methods to introduce foreign capital, so as to realize the introduction and transplantation of advanced technology and use existing foreign advanced technology and management concepts to serve Chinese enterprises and the public.

In November 1994, Hu Jinding invested in Jinzang Mechanical and Electrical Co., Ltd. in Xiamen. The company is a professional manufacturer mainly engaged in research, development and production of cutting tools. Kinzo Electric is a professional manufacturer of saw blades in Japan with a history of more than 70 years. It is an enterprise that fully provides technology from Kinzo Saw Co., Ltd. The production process adopts the consistent production method of Japan Kinzo Saw Co., Ltd., and is guided by long-term Japanese technicians with superb saw blade production technology. The technical level is not inferior to that of Japan Kinzo Saw Co., Ltd. Because of the unified production method and Japan's advanced management system, product quality is effectively guaranteed. In 2001, it successfully passed the ISO9001:2000 international quality system certification. In 2005, it passed the ISO1400l:2004 international environmental management system certification. In 2003, the company was It was awarded the title of "Garden Unit" by the Xiamen Municipal Government and was recognized as a high-tech enterprise by the Xiamen Municipal Science and Technology Bureau in the same year. Now, Xiamen Jinzang Electromechanical has a daily production capacity of 5,000 pieces of various alloy saw blades, 3,000 pieces of spray-painted lawn mowing saw blades, 500 pieces of various hand saws, and can design and produce in batches various types of woodworking tools, gardening, and agricultural equipment for customers, as well as customer-specific products. Requires special cutting tool production capabilities.

In addition, we can also provide saw blade grinding machines, vacuum equipment and factory production automation equipment modifications, factory safety management systems, all-in-one card systems, employee education equipment and other production equipment design and manufacturing installation services for colleagues who produce saw blades. .

There is no best technology, only better technology. Jinzang people are determined to create products that are unique in the world and create world-leading production methods. Since its establishment, Jinzang people have been brave in innovation and opened up the path for enterprise development. On the basis of ensuring quality and quantity, new products that meet the needs of the development of the times are launched every year. As a professional manufacturer integrating R&D and production, Jinzang Electromechanical attaches great importance to the development and use of human resources. The company currently has more than 30 professional researchers specializing in the research and development of cutting tools. The company attaches great importance to high and new technologies and the comprehensive and multi-faceted development strategy of the enterprise. From the simple production of alloy saw blades when it was founded, it gradually began to research and develop garden tools, agricultural equipment, environmental protection equipment, factory production automation, and educational equipment, and gradually developed in the direction of industrialization.

The Pinghe County Government issued a commemorative plaque for the Hu Jinding Foundation in Fujian Province with the words "Donate to help the disabled and dedicate love"

Jinzang Company has been adhering to a concept since the day it was established, That is to take the high-end route and make famous brand products. After years of hard work and persistence, it should be said that this goal has now been basically achieved. Now the KINZO trademark has become a famous trademark in Xiamen City, a famous trademark in Fujian Province and a famous brand in Fujian Province.

Mr. Hu said that the eight words "sincere to people and serious about things" fully reflect the spiritual style of Jinzang people. As a manufacturer, if you want to produce high-quality products, you must first start with being a good person. As long as you are good and conscientious, the products you produce will naturally be good. Hu Jinding loves his hometown as an assistant coach and is dedicated to his work, which has already become a good story in his hometown. He established the "Fujian Province Hu Jinding Education Fund" to help students in his hometown realize their college dreams; he donated money to build bridges and roads for his hometown and improve the infrastructure of his hometown; he established an industry in the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, and his products are leading in the country; he is a role model for others. , sparing no effort to enhance Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges...

Appointed as a visiting professor

Appointed as a visiting professor at the School of Communication, Fujian Normal University

The morning of May 8, 2010 , The School of Communication of Fujian Normal University appointed Professor Hu Jinding as a visiting professor and the awarding ceremony was grandly held in the conference room on the fifth floor of the School of Communication. Dean Tan Huafu issued the letter of appointment to Professor Hu and personally wore the school badge for him. The awarding ceremony was presided over by Deputy Secretary Lai Zhongquan.

Professor Hu Jinding is currently the director of the International Language and Culture Center of Konan University, Japan. He established the "Fangyang Town Hu Jinding Education Foundation" in 1997, and later officially registered it in 2007 and changed its name to "Fujian Province Hu Jinding Education Foundation" Association", the total number of registered funds reached 2 million yuan. Since its establishment, the foundation has funded a total of 285 students. At the ceremony, Professor Hu personally awarded bursaries totaling 10,000 yuan to two aided students in our college. Dean Tan delivered a speech of thanks on behalf of the college, and the two students who were assisted also delivered their own speeches.

After the brief award ceremony, Professor Hu gave a lecture on the theme of "Characteristics of Japanese Media" to the students present, introducing the history and current situation of Japanese newspapers, radio, television and other media. and characteristics, which benefited the students a lot.

Appointed as a visiting professor of Xiamen University of Technology

On the afternoon of September 11, our institute held a simple and grand appointment ceremony in the administration building of Jimei Campus, and appointed Professor Hu Jinding as a visiting professor of Japanese major in the Department of Foreign Languages. professor. Liu Jingui, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Institute, presented him with a letter of honorary appointment as a visiting professor.

Professor Hu Jinding is of Chinese nationality and currently teaches at Konan University in Japan. He is the director of the International Language and Culture Center and a tenured professor of the school. He has written extensively and enjoys a high reputation in Japanese academic circles. Professor Wei Zhicheng, director of the Department of Foreign Languages, and Japanese language teachers attended the appointment ceremony.

After the ceremony, Professor Hu held a discussion with Japanese teachers. Wei Zhicheng first briefly introduced the current situation of the Japanese major. Professor Hu further understood the research directions of teachers in the Japanese major and the curriculum of the Japanese major, and put forward many constructive opinions on the curriculum and teaching research. After the discussion, Professor Hu also held a lecture titled "日本语と中语におけるexpressionのviolい" (the difference in expressions between Japanese and Chinese) for teachers and students majoring in Japanese. The lecture was rich in content, clear in structure, humorous, and won rounds of applause.