Yang Donghong comes from a "bad class" background, and once worked as a coal mine laborer; he "never expected that China would one day have capitalists." So he states with deep intuitive understanding, "Mainlanders look at mainlanders, and we aren't used to distinguishing between workers and management." This small difference creates a basic barrier when it comes to management.
出身「成分」不好，當過煤炭工人，而且年輕時「從來沒想過中國有一天還會有資本家」的楊東紅就深有體會：「大陸人看大陸人，沒有區分員工老闆的習慣」，缺了這麼一點，在管理上總有障礙。