by Editor’s note: Daiwa Housing is the largest residential builder in Japan, founded in 1955 and headquartered in Osaka.
It is a Fortune 500 group enterprise focused on the residential industry and ranks first in Japan’s industrial residential construction industry.
Prefabricated Building Network (www.precast.
com.
cn) launched an exclusive interview with Mr.
Liu Kang, Executive Director of Dahe Housing (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
in this issue.
It is hoped that through this article, we can deeply understand the development differences between China and Japan’s prefabricated building, learn from Japan’s advanced concepts, and increase the development of China’s prefabricated building.
Introduction: Liu Kang, after graduating from Tongji University in 1999, studied as a Sino Japanese exchange student at Osaka University in Japan, pursuing a master’s degree.
After graduating in 2002, he joined Daiwa Housing and worked as a project manager and technical researcher.
The Baoye Daiwa Joint Venture Industrial Residential Project began and officially returned to China to work in industrial research.
Currently, he is the executive director of Daiwa Housing (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
Daiwa Housing Industry Co., Ltd.
is an invention and creation unit of prefabricated housing in Japan, and also a leading enterprise in the Japanese construction industry.
The company has 42460 formal employees and 317 subsidiary companies under the group.
In 2017, the company had a revenue of 34.3 billion US dollars and overseas business spread to more than 30 countries such as the United States, Australia, China, and Southeast Asia.
It ranked 342nd in the 2018 Fortune Global 500.
The opportunity for Daiwa Housing to enter China starts with the resumption of diplomatic relations between China and Japan.
In 1972, China and Japan resumed diplomatic relations, and Mr.
Nobuo Ishihashi, the founder of Daiwa House, led a Japanese construction industry delegation to visit China as the team leader.
The visiting delegation was warmly received in Beijing by the then Vice Premier of the State Council, Wang Zhen (also honorary president of the China Japan Friendship Association and China International Friendship Liaison Association).
At that time, during the preparation period for the National Games in Shanghai, there was a shortage of housing.
Due to the slow pace of housing construction in China, the government proposed to Daiwa Housing whether there could be a solution to the housing problem for athletes.
Finally, Daiwa Housing successfully completed the construction of five athlete dormitories in Shanghai, totaling approximately 10000 square meters, in just three months.
And all materials were transported from overseas to Shanghai, laying a solid foundation for the successful hosting of the National Games.
Through this project, the speed and quality of building houses in Yamato broke the outdated understanding of integrated houses among Chinese people at that time, and gained a great reputation for a while
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