"Hu Baosen’s first trip to Hong Kong was in the 1980s as an employee of the Henan Provincial Foreign Trade Department. Hu, who speaks English and Cantonese fluently, worked in Hong Kong before returning to Henan in 1992 to set up Central China Real Estate. The 60-year old, who has been based in Henan since that date, has helped CCRE become the biggest Henan-based real estate developer.

Hu is currently on a mission to transform CCRE into a company that can offer construction and management services for real estate projects without necessarily investing in them."

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