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“100,000 Zhejiang businessmen entering 100 zones” campaign launched
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 27 August 2013 09:07
Recently, Zhejiang provincial party committee and provincial government have launched the “100,000 Zhejiang businessmen entering 100 zones” campaign, and in the meanwhile, the practice activities for ideal and belief education of non-public economy staff have been carried out in the country. In order to better promote these two activities, from August 20 on, the “100,000 Zhejiang businessmen entering 100 zones” column will be started to publicize the provincial and municipal strategic decisions and supporting policies on key investment projects and industries, to introduce the experiences of all the cities and sectors in providing services for business and innovations by businessmen of Zhejiang origin, and to set excellent models of Zhejiang businessmen in starting business in their hometown and pursue their dreams.
Yesterday, on the top of the 228-meter International Trade Center of Ningbo Chamber of Commerce, over 80 entrepreneurs from chambers of commerce in Ningbo pulled out their cell phones or tablet PCs to take pictures of the southern business district. “We are optimistic about the future of the headquarters economy here, and our chamber decides to invest 170 million yuan in the construction of the Jinyun Chamber of Commerce Building in the southern business district. Now the project has entered the stage of land approval.” said Jiang Songfa, Director of Jinyun Chamber of Commerce in Ningbo.
The event is part of the “100,000 Zhejiang businessmen entering 100 zones” campaign. According to Ningbo Association of Industry and Commerce, the campaign will last for over half a year. About 12,000 businessmen of Zhejiang origin will be mobilized and organized to carry out project inspection and negotiation with 20 industrial cluster zones, development parks, or key urban districts, with the aim of the settlement of over 120 investment projects. Currently, target tasks of the campaign have been assigned to the 11 counties (or districts), as well as the five urban functional areas including Hangzhou Bay New Zone, Ningbo Bonded Zone, Daxie Development Zone, Ningbo National Hi-tech Zone and the Dongqian Lake Tourist Resort.
According to incomplete statistics, the total investment throughout the country by Zhejiang businessmen exceeds 3 trillion yuan, and the sales volume reaches nearly 2 trillion yuan. They have contributed over 120 billion yuan annually to the local revenue and have provided jobs to over 11 million people. They have grown to be an important force behind the economic development in their respective areas.
