Yi Sun (born 1975) is a Chinese management consultant.
She has arranged a significant number of German companies to be sold to Chinese investors. Insolvency administrators also contacted her directly. Initially, most jobs were retained as a result of investments in concept-supporting companies. She became known when the German
magazine Stern described her as "the nightmare of the German Minister of Economics on high heels" and asked the provocative question if she is the woman who is selling Germany.
[Peter Voegeli]
''Botin für das Reich der Mitte – Die Frau, die Deutschland verkauft''
SRF, 4 July 2017[Karin Stawski]
Stern, 22 January 2017
Life
Yi Sun was born in
Shanghai[Imelda Flaig]
Expertin für Firmendeals – 3 – Chinesische Küche und Dinkelbrot mit Kassler
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, 1 October 2017 and grew up in Singapore. At the age of 12 her parents took her in a boarding school with language and culture lessons in German and French, as well as English and Japanese. In her family, German was spoken. She graduated at the age of 21.
Later, when she joined
Ernst & Young (EY), after just three years with EY, she became an EY partner.
Sun is living in Düsseldorf with her family.
Work
In 2001, the Chinese government ordered "spread out" and thus initiated the strategy
Made in China 2025. The aim is to rise from a low-cost producer to key industries and expand China's influence in the world. Chinese investors have a strategic approach and are usually supported by their government.
The acquisitions were slowed down by the law to protect key German industry with critical infrastructure, which had very little effect on the development itself.
[Peter Köhler]
''Chinesen kaufen am liebsten deutsche Firmen''
Handelsblatt, 24 January 2018
References
External links
China's big interest in German companies , DW DocumentaryDW-TV
Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
China's acquisitions in Europe DW-TV
Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
– ''Made in Germany'' magazine, 19 October 2016
Takeovers: China’s shopping spree , Made in Germany DW-TV
Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service con ...
– ''Made in Germany'' magazine, 7 December 2016
* Author Zhang Danhong
Exit the Dragon? Chinese investment in Germany DW-TV 5. February 2018
The German view
* (German
''Chinesische Übernahmen: „Target“ Deutschland'' DW-TV 12. Juni 2016
* (German
''China kauft deutsche Firmen: Droht Deutschland der Ausverkauf?'' ProSieben
ProSieben (, ''sieben'' is German for "seven"; often stylized as Pro7) is a German free-to-air television network owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media.
It was launched on 1 January 1989. It is Germany's second-largest privately owned television company ...
– ''Galileo magazine'', Episode 16, Season 2018, 18 Januar 2018
''China kauft deutsche Firmen: Droht Deutschland der Ausverkauf?''
* (German
ZDF vom 10. Oktober 2014
* (German) Gisela Baur, Ralph Gladitz, Claudia Erl
BR 31 January 2018 and WDR dieStory 11 April 2018
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1975 births
Chinese consultants
Businesspeople from Shanghai
Ernst & Young people
Living people