On this day, 32 years ago, on November 22, 1993 (October 9, 1993 in the lunar calendar), Malaysia's "rubber king" Li Laisheng passed away. On November 22, 1993, Malaysia's leading planting industry Li Lai died of illness on November 22 at the age of 72. Li Laisheng was originally born in Mei County, Guangdong Province, and was born in Perak, Malaysia in 1921. During his lifetime, he controlled four planting companies and groups, owning 89,000 hectares of rubber, oil palm and cocoa plantations, valued at more than 1.5 billion US dollars. During his lifetime, Li Laisheng served as a member of the Malaysian Parliament and mayor of Ipoh City.