The Yangtze River Business Summit was held Monday afternoon on the sidelines of the 2nd Jiangsu Development Summit and 1st Global Jiangsu Entrepreneurs Convention. Lou Qinjian, Secretary of the provincial party committee, and Wu Zhenglong, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor, attended the summit.
The summit was presided over by Zhou Haijiang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hongdou Group.
8 business tycoons from around the world shared their far-sighted thinking and offered suggestions for the high-quality development in Jiangsu from different fields.
They included Huang Zhiyuan, Executive Vice President of Overseas Chinese Investment Enterprise Association and Chairman and President of Jinguang Group, Yu Liang, Chairman of Board of Directors of Vanke Co., Ltd., Wang Lei, Global Executive Vice President of AstraZeneca and President of International Business and the China Region, Sun Piaoyang, Chairman of Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Lai Zhengyi, Chairman of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of Taiwan Xianglin Group, Ge Jun, Global CEO of Tianjiu Sharing Group and President of International Group, Chen Zhilie, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EVOC Hi-Tech Holdings Group, and Zhang Lei, Founder of Vision Group.
Chen Zhilie, Chairman of the Board of Directors of EVOC Hi-Tech Holdings Group
Technological innovation has a very high failure rate. Without the injection of early venture capital, it is difficult to make vigorous development. Continued innovation investment will definitely make a qualitative change in Jiangsu's innovation and enterprise transformation and upgrading.
Zhou Haijiang, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hongdou Group
The Jiangsu Development Summit is a new promotion. In the future, Jiangsu will certainly have greater achievements in the economic and social development of the entire country and will have greater contributions.
32 major investment projects were signed at the summit. These investment projects are expected to contribute to the province’s high quality development and the construction of a new Jiangsu.
Zhang Jindong, chairman of Suning Holding Group, and 18 other representatives of Jiangsu businessmen, read the "Jiangsu Entrepreneurs’ Declaration" and expressed their determination to further inherit the spirit of Jiangsu businessmen.
