中国亿万富翁曹德旺的玻璃制造帝国曾被拍入奥斯卡获奖纪录片《美国工厂》。在美中关系不断变化之际，他凭借数十年来建立全球制造业务的经验，敦促向海外扩张的中国投资者尊重当地法律法规和文化。
Chinese billionaire Cao Dewang, whose glass-making empire was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary , has urged Chinese investors expanding overseas to respect local laws, regulations and culture, drawing on decades of experience building a global manufacturing business amid shifting US-China relations.
福耀玻璃创始人周一在香港大学（港大）演讲时表示，这种方法一直是该公司在美国取得成功的核心，并警告称不应将中国的一套做法简单地搬到海外。
Speaking at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) on Monday, the founder of Fuyao Glass said the approach had been central to the firm’s success in the US and warned against simply transplanting Chinese practices overseas.
他说：“我去美国，我用美国人和美国资源。”他补充说，福耀的美国业务雇用了6000至7000人，从中国派出的员工不到200人。
“When I go to America, I use American people and American resources,” he said, adding that Fuyao’s US operations employed between 6,000 and 7,000 people, with fewer than 200 staff sent from China.
现年80岁、被称为“中国玻璃大王”的曹德旺于1987年创立福耀，并将其发展成为全球最大的汽车玻璃制造商。
Cao, 80, known as “China’s glass king”, founded Fuyao in 1987 and transformed it into the world’s largest automotive glass manufacturer.
该公司在美国的扩张成为纪录片《美国工厂》的主题。该片于2020年获得奥斯卡最佳纪录片奖，探讨了该公司俄亥俄州工厂周围的文化和劳资紧张关系。
The company’s US expansion became the subject of , which won an Academy Award for best documentary feature in 2020 and explored the cultural and labour tensions surrounding its Ohio plant.
此后，福耀的美国业务成为了中国制造商走向全球时所面临机遇和挑战的案例研究，特别是随着贸易紧张局势和关税使这两个世界最大经济体之间的投资决策变得复杂。
Fuyao’s US operations have since become a case study in both the opportunities and challenges facing Chinese manufacturers going global, particularly as trade tensions and tariffs complicate investment decisions between the world’s two largest economies.
曹德旺去年卸任福耀董事长职务，将这一职位交给了儿子曹晖，完成了中国最杰出的民营制造商之一的代际过渡。
Cao stepped down as chairman of Fuyao last year, handing the position to his son, Cao Hui, in a generational transition at one of China’s most prominent privately owned manufacturers.
此后，他将注意力转向了教育和慈善事业，特别是他在中国东南部的福建省建立的非营利机构福耀科技大学，旨在培养工程人才并探索高等教育的新方法。
He has since turned his attention to education and philanthropy, particularly Fuyao University of Science and Technology, a non-profit institution he established in southeastern China’s Fujian province to cultivate engineering talent and explore new approaches to higher education.
曹德旺在港大活动上说：“我已经宣布退休了。”他补充说，福耀科技大学并非为了个人荣誉或仅仅创建另一所教育机构，而是为了探索对中国内地民办高校模式的改革。
“I have already announced my retirement,” Cao said at the HKU event. He added that Fuyao University of Science and Technology was not about personal recognition or simply creating another educational institution, but rather about exploring reforms to mainland China’s private university model.
他说，他已承诺向该大学捐赠100亿元人民币（合17亿美元），其中不到一半已经花掉，并对该大学的长期可持续性表达了信心。
He said he had pledged 10 billion yuan (US$1.7 billion) to the university, of which less than half had been spent, and expressed confidence in its long-term sustainability.
在谈到企业传承时，曹德旺表示，传承家族企业需要长期规划，而不是只在创始人的最后几年才采取行动。
What should be passed on is wisdom. Wisdom, knowledge and character are more valuable than wealthCao Dewang, Fuyao Glass On succession, Cao said passing on a family business required long-term planning rather than acting only in a founder’s final years.
他补充说，福耀早在1995年就开始筹备接班事宜，包括建立旨在平衡大股东和职业经理人影响力的董事会结构。
He added that Fuyao had begun preparing for succession as early as 1995, including by establishing a board structure designed to balance the influence of major shareholders and professional managers.
除了财富之外，企业家应该将什么传给下一代？当被问及这个问题时，曹德旺表示，答案不仅仅是金钱。
Asked what entrepreneurs should pass on to the next generation beyond wealth, Cao said the answer was not simply money.
他说：“应该传承的是智慧。智慧、知识和品格比财富更有价值。”
“What should be passed on is wisdom,” he said. “Wisdom, knowledge and character are more valuable than wealth.”