The 10th Global Forum for Hunan Entrepreneurs convened both online and offline in Zhuzhou City on May 23, 2022. More than 300 guests from the chambers of commerce directly under the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, representatives of Hunan chambers of commerce at home and abroad, and representatives of the Fortune Global 500 companies, top 500 Chinese enterprises, and China’s top 500 private enterprises gathered at the main venue in Zhuzhou. A total of 357 domestic and overseas business associations (including 46 overseas ones) organized more than 100,000 Hunan entrepreneurs to participate in the forum via three online live graphics platforms and conference systems of New Hunan, Rednet.cn, and Fengmang APP.

Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan governor, delivered a keynote speech at the main venue and announced the opening of the forum in Zhuzhou.

Xu Lejiang, vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), gave a video speech.

Li Weiwei, chairwoman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee, attended.

Provincial leaders Li Dianxun, Sui Zhongcheng, Liu Lianyu, He Baoxiang, and Zhang Jian, and Secretary General Deng Qunce, were present.

On the morning of May 23, the 10th Global Forum for Hunan Entrepreneurs kicked off in Zhuzhou. Mao Weiming, deputy secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Hunan governor, made a keynote speech and announced the opening of the forum.

Governor Mao thanked Hunan entrepreneurs and friends from all walks of life who have long cared and supported Hunan’s development. He noted that Hunan entrepreneurs are the precious wealth of Hunan Province, a world-renowned calling card, a bridge between internal and external communication, and a new force to promote the high-quality development of Hunan. There are now over 4 million Hunan entrepreneurs worldwide, whose business cover more than 180 countries and regions, with over 4 trillion yuan of assets globally. Since Hunan Province launched the action of “attracting Hunan entrepreneurs to return to develop their hometowns”, it has attracted more than 1.38 trillion yuan of project investment. Hunan entrepreneurs have become the main force of industrial development in Hunan Province, the leading role of technological innovation, and the backbone of tax payment and employment.

Xu Lejiang, vice minister of the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Leadership Group of the ACFIC, delivered a speech via video connection.

Secretary Xu, on behalf of ACFIC, congratulated on the convening of the forum. He remarked that in recent years, Hunan Province has fully implemented the positioning, missions, and tasks of the “Three Hubs and Four New Missions” Strategy, and the economy has maintained a stable and positive trend. The CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and the People’s Government of Hunan Province have continued to create a market-oriented, law-based, and internationalized business environment; polished the brand of “One-step Approval Process”; and, implemented the “Six Ones” work to promote the development of the private economy, so as to lay solid foundation for the healthy development of private enterprises. In the 2021 ACFIC “Evaluation of Business Environment by Ten Thousand Private Enterprises”, Hunan ranked 8th nationwide and topped the provinces in central China. He expected the Hunan entrepreneurs around the globe to seize the opportunity to invest, start business, and settle down in Hunan Province, and share a brighter future with Hunan.

Mao Weiming, Li Weiwei, and other leaders awarded licenses to some enterprise representatives.

All the photos above were taken by Liu Shangwen from Hunan Daily.

The “New Hunan Contribution Award”, the “Xingxiang Contribution Award”, the enterprise representatives of the “Top 100 Private Enterprises in Hunan Province”, the Hunan Provincial Private Enterprise Service Centers, and the “attracting Hunan entrepreneurs to return to develop their hometowns” iconic projects were awarded at the forum. A total of 151 projects were signed, with a total investment of 121.97 billion yuan.

Six Ones means one list-Top 100 Hunan Private Enterprises List; one award-New Hunan Contribution Award; one center-Hunan Private Enterprises Service Center; one manual-Hunan Provincial Private Enterprise Supporting Policies Manual; one office-Hunan Provincial Joint Conference Office for Optimizing Economic Development Environment; and, one platform-Public Service Platform for Technological Element Market and Regional Equity Market.

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

Translator: Yu Jiangjiang

Chinese source: hunan.gov.cn