The Dream Factory of China

Source :Shenzhen Daily

Hong Kong entrepreneur Shum Ming-fung aims to serve more enterprises with quality Cantonese food as a corporate catering service provider.

Shum decided to start his own business as he saw a huge market potential in group catering services of Cantonese-style food.

In 2016, Shum set up his Shenzhen Tango Catering Management Co. Ltd. in Qianhai, specializing in serving quality Cantonese food for corporate clients. He said Qianhai has been known for its large number of Hong Kong-funded enterprises, and many Hong Kongers work here and they want Cantonese food.

Following years of hard work, his company now has four corporate clients – Tencent, Huawei, SF Express and Wal-Mart, all big names in the city.

“Compared to other restaurants, the food courts we run at the enterprises are small in size, but we provide fine Cantonese food for their employees,” he said. “We have experienced Cantonese cuisine chefs, and our company has strict and standardized food-making procedures to ensure food safety while focusing on the flavor and freshness of the food.”

Shum said Qianhai’s business friendly environment attracted him to Qianhai to register his company.

According to him, registering his company at the Qianhai Cooperation Zone Authority saved him a lot of trouble in terms of updating the company address, which is a common issue for small and micro-sized startups.

“A start-up may frequently change its office address due to various reasons. If not in Qianhai, whenever we changed our company address, we had to change the address on all of our restaurants’ business licenses. This is really a time-consuming issue.”

His company also enjoys favorable policies such as the office rent reduction.

Shum settled his home in Shenzhen last year after marrying a woman on the mainland. “Not only the business environment, but life in Qianhai in general is also very convenient,” he said, adding that he plans to raise his children in Shenzhen.

Shum attended Jinan University in Guangzhou after finishing the Hong Kong diploma of secondary education examination in 2004, as he was attracted by the cozy and spacious campus of the university.

He had worked for three companies, in Haikou of Hainan Province, Wuhan of Hubei Province and Shenzhen, before starting his own business.

“Shenzhen is a land of dreams and opportunity, we want to have more young people join in our group catering business,” he said.