Zhang Sai, president of Robotphoenix. [Photo/iqilu.com]

Zhang Sai, president of Robotphoenix, was born in Jinan, Shandong province. He got a bachelor's degree at Tsinghua University and a master's degree at Columbia University.

Before establishing Robotphoenix, Zhang worked at Chen Hsong Group, a Hong Kong mechanical manufacturing enterprise. He participated in the design and development of large injection molding machines and led the lean manufacturing for the company.

In 2012, Zhang set up Robotphoenix in Jinan, which is for the manufacturing of robots and relevant automatic production lines. 

Zhang said that he has a deep love of his hometown Jinan, which made him establish his company in the city.

"Parallel robot is a kind of subdivision in industrial robots, dubbed 'spider hand', which is used for transferring, selecting and packing in the production line instead of manual work," Zhang said. 

"Our products are widely used in the operations of food, pharmaceutical, daily chemical, electronics, express logistics and new energy companies." 

The company evolved from a startup of eight square meters with three employees to one with more than 10,000 square meters of manufacturing base and over 160 employees. Its products are sold both at home and abroad. 

"Our products have been constantly improved and our company is the largest parallel robot company in China," Zhang said. 

"A private company like ours hopes to get more substantial benefits from the government," said Zhang, who like many other entrepreneurs, expects to get more support from the government in the future.

Zhang's company is now in the start-up stage and is the largest of its kind not only in Shandong province but in North China. 

"In many cities in South China, their companies cluster together by industries, which are something we could learn from."

Zhang plans to make Robotphoenix a globally famous Chinese robot company and achieve the company's IPO in five years. 

When it comes to the understanding of Confucian merchants, Zhang believes that the most important value for a businessman is not how much money he can earn, but how much value he can create for society.