Lai Chaohui was selected as the "Son of Oriental Architecture" in 2018.

On March 29, the awarding ceremony of "Son of Oriental Architecture (Annual Person of Chinese Construction Industry)" in 2018, recommended and selected by the Architectural Times, was held in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Lai Chaohui, president of Longyuan Group, as the pioneer of PPP in private construction enterprises, was selected as the "Son of Oriental Architecture" in 2018.

Lai Chaohui's speech at the award ceremony was as follows:

"He is the pioneer of the first transformation of PPP in A-share listed companies of private enterprises. The Longyuan Construction led by him is becoming the leading service provider of PPP life cycle investment and operation in China. As the head of private enterprises, facing many competitors such as central enterprises and large state-owned enterprises, he took the initiative to step into the blue sea of PPP, faced challenges, and devoted himself to being a "intimate and friendly investor", giving full play to his advantages of high efficiency, flexible mechanism and closer to the market, and responding positively to local governments with more professional, more efficient and thoughtful services. Requirements, win market opportunities, and lead the construction of Longyuan towards the goal of "good city builders, happy life operators" unremitting efforts!

The "Son of Oriental Architecture" was selected by the Architecture Times for its outstanding contribution to the reform of China's construction industry or to the reform of regional construction industry, the construction of legal system, transformation and development, management innovation, scientific and technological innovation, energy saving and emission reduction in the past year. They are excellent representatives who unite the force of example and push the industry forward.