On June 20, Hongkou Held the conference on promoting high-quality development of the private economy, to learn and implement the important speeches of President Xi Jinping about the development of private economy, comprehensively implement the requirements of the Shanghai conference on promoting high-quality development of the private economy, encourage the private enterprises to develop and support the high-quality growth of the private economy. Wang Xiaohan, Deputy Director of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Party Committee and Chief of the Party Group of the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, and Li Qian, Chief of the District Party Committee, attended the meeting and delivered speeches.
Lu Ming, Deputy Chief of the CPC District Committee and District Governor, presided over the meeting. Also attending the meeting were Zhu Qinhao, Chair of the Standing Committee of the District People's Congress, Shi Baozhen, Chairman of the CPPCC District Committee, Zhou Rong, Member of the CPC District Committee and Deputy District Mayor, Zheng Hong, Standing Member and United Front Director of the CPC District Committee, and Chen Shuai, Deputy District Governor. Moreover, the main officials of the member units of the district joint conference on promoting the development of the private economy, as well as more than 100 representatives of the private economy attended the conference.
Wang Xiaohan said that the convening of the conference showed the distinct attitude, firm determination, and practical measures of the District Party Committee, the District People's Congress, the District Government, and the CPPCC District Committee to attach great importance to, sincerely care about, and vigorously support the development of private enterprises and private economy, which was of great significance to writing a new chapter of high-quality development of Hongkou’s private economy. We should focus on building a team of innovative and entrepreneurial entrepreneurs in the new era. Taking stabilizing expectations, boosting confidence, enhancing motivation, and increasing vitality as the primary tasks for doing a good job in the private economy, we aimed to boost the confidence, morale, and morale of private enterprises, stimulate the motivation, momentum, and vitality of entrepreneurs, and provide genuine care on time when the enterprise needs it. This would enable entrepreneurs to eliminate concerns, take action lightly, and develop boldly on the path of innovation and entrepreneurship. Efforts should be made to build a friendly urban area for the development of private enterprises. Taking "fairness" and "safety" as clear symbols of a market-oriented, legalized, and internationalized first-class business environment, we would help private enterprises break through the "glass door" in resource factor acquisition, government procurement, bidding, and other aspects, and implement relevant requirements for protecting the personal and property safety of private enterprises under the law. Private enterprises should adhere to the development direction of "professionalism, refinement, specialization and innovation", continuously improve their core competitiveness, and strive to become No. 1 in the world. Efforts should be made to guide and empower the high-quality development of the private economy. Specifically, we should guide private enterprises to practice new development concepts, grasp the shortcomings and challenges faced by private economic development, transform development methods, adjust industry structure, and transform growth drivers; moreover, we should take the performance of social responsibility as the internal requirement of modern corporate governance, adhere to the concept of goodness-oriented capital, business and wealth, build harmonious labor relations and promote common prosperity. Besides, we should build a collaborative and efficient pattern of united front work in the private economy. The united front work departments and the federation of industry and commerce at the city and district levels, and various commerce associations in the city should take the initiative to serve, continuously change and innovate work methods, means, and carriers, and comprehensively improve the united front work in the private economy. The federation of industry and commerce should efficiently perform its duties around the theme of "two health points"; business associations should continuously improve their service level; finally, private enterprises should actively participate in the development strategies of Shanghai and the country, and create a new situation where the government, chambers of commerce, and enterprises unite and work together to accelerate the building of a first-class downtown area with strong strength, unique charm, and important international influence in Hongkou, and create a new era of the North Bund.
Li Qian said that we should gather a high degree of consensus and enhance the development confidence and determination. Hongkou would always support the development of the private economy, continuously cultivate resource advantages, improve policy supply and institutional supply, release regional development vitality, and inject strong confidence and momentum into the high-quality development of the private economy. Besides, we should optimize the development environment and support the development and growth of private enterprises. Efforts will be made to create a fair and competitive market environment, implement the market access system, improve a fair and transparent rule system, and eliminate hidden barriers. More efforts should be made to improve and ensure an effective financing environment, make full use of policy financing platforms, promote the financing of information empowerment enterprises, and improve the guarantee of enterprise financing services. Furthermore, efforts should be made to build a pragmatic and honest policy environment, and continuously improve the pertinence, convenience of application, and effectiveness of policy formulation. And more efforts should be made to create an efficient and convenient government environment, strengthen the reform of "Handling All Online", and improve the regular and long-term mechanism for serving enterprises. And we should optimize the legal environment of equal protection, improve the inclusive and prudent regulatory mechanism, strengthen the guarantee of public legal services, and protect the legitimate rights and interests of private enterprises and entrepreneurs under the law. Furthermore, we must seize development opportunities and promote high-quality development of the private economy. We should adhere to transformation and upgrading, accelerate the cultivation of world-class enterprises and "professional, refined, specialized and innovative" enterprises, and enhance the competitiveness of enterprise development. Moreover, we should adhere to the innovation-driven concept, provide diversified space carriers, establish a risk-sharing mechanism, make a layout of future new tracks, and enhance new momentum for enterprise development. We must adhere to a high level of openness, support enterprises in going global, steadily expand private investment, and expand new space for enterprise development. And we should strengthen unity and cooperation, and create a good ecosystem of daring to take action. More efforts should be made to comprehensively improve the collaborative service mechanism, promote the entrepreneurial spirit, build and improve the government-business relationship, create an excellent environment for the development of the private economy, and promote the high-quality development of the private economy.
The officials present at the meeting issued certificates to 4 entrepreneurs who were awarded the sixth session of excellent builders of the socialism with Chinese characteristics in Shanghai and five enterprises who were awarded the 2022-2023 Hongkou District Private Enterprise Headquarters, and witnessed the signing of key investment projects in Hongkou and the "Agreement on Financing Credit of Bank-Enterprise Cooperation ".
Wang Wei, Chairman of Shanghai Fengba Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Li Feng, Chairman and President of Shanghai Golden Education and Training Co., Ltd., Yang Bing, Founder and CEO of Shanghai Shizhuang Information Technology Co., Ltd., Yuan Mingchun, Chairman of Lixun Enterprise Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and other four outstanding private entrepreneurs in the district won the title of the sixth session of excellent builders of the socialism with Chinese characteristics in Shanghai.
Shanghai Heli Forklift Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Shunchao Enterprise Development Group Co., Ltd. were accredited as private enterprise headquarters in Hongkou District in 2022. Danubal Supply Chain Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai BA-SHI Yunxin Logistics Development Co., Ltd., and AMASS Logistics International (HK) Limited were accredited as private enterprise headquarters in Hongkou District in 2023.
At the meeting, Several Policies and Measures of Hongkou District to Promote the High-Quality Development of the Private Economy (Draft for Comments) was released to focus on market access, fair competition, difficult and expensive financing, government services, judicial guarantee and other issues that private enterprises are most concerned about, with 12 policies and measures formulated as well. The District Commission of Commerce and Hongkou Branch of China Construction Bank delivered exchange speeches.
Yang Bing, the sixth session of excellent builder of the socialism with Chinese characteristics in Shanghai, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman of the District Federation of Industry and Commerce, Founder and CEO of Shanghai Shizhuang Information Technology Co., Ltd., read out the Proposal for High-Quality Development of Private Enterprises in Hongkou District on behalf of private enterprises. He said that private entrepreneurs should enhance their confidence, integrate into the overall situation, and promote their own better development; and they should drive innovation, transform and upgrade, and focus on improving the quality of development; furthermore, they should take on moral responsibility, serve the society, actively fulfill corporate responsibilities, and contribute the wisdom and strength of private enterprises to the high-quality economic and social development of Hongkou.
At present, the private economy plays a crucial role in Hongkou, contributing to nearly 40% of the region's tax revenue, over 50% of technological innovation achievements, over 70% of new employment opportunities, and over 90% of newly established market entities. A group of private enterprise headquarters, listed companies, as well as professional, refined, specialized, and innovative enterprises have stood out.
Hongkou shares a destiny with the enterprises. In the future, it will continue to support private enterprises and entrepreneurs to grow in Hongkou, thus co-writing a new chapter of high-quality development in the new era.