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1979 was a year of great change in the Chinese history. After 30 years of rigid control under a centralized economy, the Chinese government began to adopt a liberal policy of economic reform and opening to the outside world. It was then that Zuji T C Tao, a 1947 economics graduate of an American school St. John's University in Shanghai, gave up his three decades of working record with the state trading corporation and started his own private consulting business - Shanghai Industrial Consultants. The company was aimed at helping the Chinese industrial sector to establish direct contact with foreign technology and equipment for best results of technical renovation and product upgrading. Without any official authorization, Tao took courage to start his private service completely on his own risk. In about six months time, he was able to put together three direct transactions between Western suppliers and Chinese endusers. His success as an international consultant was quickly brought known to Chinese Communist Party and government leaders in Beijing by an internal news report by the powerful Xinhua (New China) News Agency.

The company was aimed at helping the Chinese industrial sector to establish direct contact with foreign technology and equipment for best results of technical renovation and product upgrading.