On the afternoon of July 26, Xu Dazhe, secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and director of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress, and Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and governor of Hunan Province, held talks with Xu Xiaolan, vice minister of Industry and Information Technology, who was here to attend the National Outstanding Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) Summit in Changsha.

Provincial leaders Xie Jianhui and Chen Fei attended.

Xu Dazhe expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology for its long-term care and support to Hunan. He said that in recent years, Hunan’s economic and social development has maintained a good momentum of steady development. The foundation of manufacturing has been continuously consolidated, the business environment improved, the vitality of innovation and entrepreneurship shown. The people’s sense of gain, happiness and security has been enhanced year by year. Hunan has attached great importance to SMEs development and insisted on foster outstanding SMES. The province has adopted a series of practical measures to accelerate the high-quality development of SMEs.

Xu added that at present, we are studying and implementing the spirit of President Xi Jinping’s important speech delivered at a ceremony marking the centenary of the Communist Party of China on July 1 and the spirit of President Xi’s speeches made during his inspection tour in Hunan. The province is seizing major national opportunities such as promoting high-quality development in the central region, implementing the Three Highlands and Four New Missions Strategy, and striving to build a modern new Hunan, so as to cultivate more outstanding SMEs. It is hoped that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to provide assistance and support. Hunan will take this summit as an opportunity to promote exchanges and mutual learning among SMEs, better build consensus on development, and promote win-win cooperation.

Xu Xiaolan said that Hunan's good industrial foundation, innovation atmosphere and business environment provide favorable conditions for SMEs growth. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will continue to increase support for Hunan in SMEs digital transformation and security improvement. Xu added that resources and cohesive forces for implementing the Three Highlands and Four New Missions Strategy are expected to be gathered through the summit.

This article is from Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn