争议归真堂

Pressure on Guizhentang

这场罕见的商业与道德的碰撞在＂IPO诱惑＂中被充分放大。

For the past few days Zhang Xiaohai has been extremely busy answering the over 600 phone calls he has been receiving,mainly from news media outlets,each day.The reason behind all this commotion is that this gentle middle-aged man and the agency he has worked to found,the Animals Asia Foundation,has recently found itself taking part of a recent controversial debate,a debate taking place throughout the nation. On February 1st Guizhentang Pharmaceutical Co.Ltd,a bear bile product manufacturer,was listed on the Securities and Futures Commission's list of companies seeking an IPO on the Growth Enterprise Market(GEM), therefore indicating the companies inevitable listing.However,as soon as the news became known public outcry against the company soon followed. As a producer of bear bile products,Guizhentang's IPO has been strongly resisted by the Animals Asia Foundation,other animal protection organizations and broad public opinion.However,despite these objections the company's chairman,Zhang Qiushu,is still full of confidence stating,'To be against us is to be against the state.' In the end just what kind of resolution will this clash between business and ethics come to?