In this photo provided by the interviewee, Fu Yong (1st L) gives instructions to technicians on how to perform aseptic inoculation of microalgae at a lab in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 15, 2015. (Xinhua)
HAIKOU, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Fu Yong has successfully cultivated Haematococcus pluvialis in south China's Hainan Province, and now plans to increase investment to establish a factory here.
Fu, 58, is the chairman of the Hainan Furuicom Biotechnology Co., Ltd. He is dedicated to pursuing his dream in Hainan Province. Hainan has introduced a slew of preferential policies to attract talents, including people like Fu, to help speed up the construction of a fledging free trade port (FTP).
In 2014, after living in Japan for 32 years, Fu returned to Haikou and started his own business. He served as the chief executive officer of Hainan Hai Rui Educational Investment Co., Ltd.
Official figures show that Hainan has attracted more than 500,000 talents since April 13, 2018. The province aims to recruit 800,000 more talents in the next five years, including a target of 150,000 this year.
Born and raised in Haikou, capital of Hainan Province, Fu was among the Chinese students selected to study overseas during the country's implementation of reform and opening-up policies in the 1980s.
Fu's excellent academic performance in school earned him a valuable opportunity to study in Japan with government funding in 1983. He majored in fisheries sciences and marine science at Nagasaki University.
"I chose these majors because they are closely related to the main industries in Hainan. The two places both have abundant ocean resources," said Fu.
This photo provided by the interviewee shows Fu Yong (L) working with a colleague at Yokohama Port in Japan, May 1998. (Xinhua)
Three years after graduation, he worked for Nagasaki University and the National Research Institute of Aquaculture in Japan. Later, Fu worked in Fuyo Ocean Development & Engineering Co., Ltd. and Japan Biogenic Co., Ltd.
In 2009, Biogenic appointed him to run its subsidiary in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
"I constantly paid attention to the development of my hometown when I was in Japan. When I got a chance to go back for work in 2009, I thought it was the right time to come back," Fu recalled.
In Kunming, Fu acquired expertise in biotechnologies of Haematococcus pluvialis and gained a thorough understanding of the cultivation process. Haikou and Kunming share similar warm climates, so Fu thought maybe the algae could be cultivated in Haikou as well.
"I look forward to more frequent technical exchanges with other countries and expect to introduce overseas funds, cutting-edge technologies and products to Hainan," Fu said.
In 2020, China released a master plan to build the whole of Hainan Island into a globally influential and high-level FTP by the middle of the century. Since then, a series of favorable policies have been issued to support the development of the Hainan FTP.
"I believe Hainan FTP has a promising future. That's why I set up my company (Hainan Furuicom Biotechnology Co., Ltd.) in 2020 to supply healthy products for customers," Fu said. ■
