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Fuyao founder urges Chinese firms expanding overseas to respect local rules
Fuyao founder Cao Dewang urged Chinese investors abroad to respect local laws, regulations and culture when expanding overseas.
Cao spoke on Monday at the University of Hong Kong, drawing on decades of experience building a global manufacturing business.
He warned firms against simply transplanting Chinese business practices overseas.
In the United States, Fuyao employs 6,000 to 7,000 people, with fewer than 200 sent from China, Cao said.
Founded by Cao in 1987, Fuyao is the world’s largest automotive glass manufacturer, and its glass-making business featured in the Oscar-winning documentary *American Factory*.
Cao said adapting to local conditions had been central to Fuyao’s success in the United States amid shifting US-China relations.
Fuyao Glass founder Cao Dewang urged Chinese investors expanding overseas to respect local laws, regulations and culture.
He spoke at the University of Hong Kong on Monday, drawing on his experience building a global manufacturing business.
Cao said Fuyao’s US operations employed between 6,000 and 7,000 people, with fewer than 200 staff sent from China.
He warned against simply transplanting Chinese practices overseas.
Cao founded Fuyao in 1987, and it became the world’s largest automotive glass manufacturer.
- Who
- Cao Dewang, founder of Fuyao Glass, addressed Chinese investors expanding overseas.
- What
- He urged them to respect local laws, regulations and culture.
- When
- Monday. The article was published on October 13, 2026.
- Where
- The University of Hong Kong.
- Why
- He drew on his experience building a global manufacturing business and said respecting local conditions had been central to Fuyao’s US success.
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Cao Dewang founded Fuyao.
Cao spoke at the University of Hong Kong and urged Chinese investors expanding overseas to respect local laws, regulations and culture.
- Founder
- Cao Dewang
- Company founded
- Fuyao Glass, 1987
- US workforce
- Between 6,000 and 7,000 employees
- Staff sent from China
- Fewer than 200
- Speaking venue
- University of Hong Kong
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