On the morning of May 21, the 5th Nantong Business Conference and the city’s Private Economy Development Conference, themed “Pooling Strength for a New Nantong, Forging Ahead in a New Era,” was held. The meeting thoroughly studied and implemented the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress and earnestly carried out the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speeches and instructions on promoting the high-quality development of the private economy, further promoted the spirit of Nantong businesspeople, pooled their strength and united people of Nantong at home and abroad in jointly building a new Nantong that is strong, prosperous, beautiful and civilized.
The meeting presented awards to the newly recognized outstanding entrepreneurs for the “Zhang Jian Cup,” the top ten technology rising stars, the top ten young Nantong businesspeople, outstanding Nantong businesspeople, excellent new Nantong businesspeople and enterprises with outstanding social contributions. The company’s Chairman Zhou Xinji was honored with the title of “Outstanding Nantong Businessperson.”
It is reported that the “Outstanding Nantong Businessperson” selection aims to encourage Nantong businesspeople to keep to the right direction of development with greater resolve, to follow “their own path” with greater determination and to achieve greater accomplishments with a broader vision; to set out anew in revitalizing the real economy, pursuing innovation-driven development, sharing the fruits of development and carrying forward the entrepreneurial spirit of the new era; and to serve as pacesetters in the transformation and development of the real economy, pioneers in innovation-driven development, practitioners who value both righteousness and profit and give back to society, and exemplars who guide social conduct.
Wu Xinming, Secretary of the CPC Nantong Municipal Committee, delivered a speech and presented an overview of Nantong.Huang Weidong, Chairman of the CPPCC Nantong Municipal Committee, and Zhuang Zhongqiu, Executive Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Nantong Municipal People’s Congress, attended the conference.Shen Lei, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Nantong Municipal Committee and Head of the Publicity Department, chaired the conference.