Five-Yuan Canteen for Everyone Including CEO

“or many years, including Wang Chuanfu himself, all senior managers and employees have been lining up in the big canteen to eat meals costing five yuan each. Wang Chuanfu never sits in first class; all company executives and staff travel in economy class on business trips just as usual.”

“In 2009, when a senior executive from BYD attended the Paris Motor Show and saw Ford employees still staying in the luxurious George V Hotel, he was very "shocked." To save costs, BYD executives even rented a house in the suburbs when attending the Detroit Auto Show. And as early as 2008, all of BYD's businesses were already profitable.”