Standing at the forefront of the tide, striving for excellence, promoting deep-level reforms and high-level opening-up - General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection of Anhui has aroused enthusiastic responses among cadres and the masses across the city.

From October 17 to 18, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Anhui and delivered an important speech. General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech points out the direction, unites strength, and encourages the vast number of cadres and people to innovate and work diligently.

In recent days, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech has evoked enthusiastic responses among the city's vast number of cadres and people. Everyone unanimously stated that they would transform General Secretary Xi Jinping's cordial care into a powerful driving force for doing all kinds of work, following the direction pointed out by the General Secretary, bravely taking the lead, striving for excellence, promoting deep-level reform and high-level opening up, creating a new highland for inland reform and opening up, and making greater contributions to writing the Anhui chapter of Chinese-style modernization.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to promote deep-level reform and high-level opening up. We must dare to carry out pioneering and differentiated reforms, creating a new highland for inland reform and opening up.

"General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech has greatly inspired and encouraged us." Wang Tao, director of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, said that the city's transportation system will consciously transform the General Secretary's deep care and earnest expectations into a powerful driving force to promote high-quality development of transportation, focusing on the mission of striving to accelerate the construction of a strong transportation country and striving to be a pioneer in the Hefei chapter of Chinese-style modernization, and will deeply implement the Hefei "1155" major transportation plan, accelerate the advancement of transportation infrastructure construction, continuously optimize the supply of integrated transportation services, accelerate the development of "road, rail, water and air" multimodal transport, accelerate the pace of "prospering towards the sea", strive to achieve the beautiful vision of "people enjoying their journeys and goods flowing smoothly" with high-level interconnection, and make every effort to provide strong transportation support for Hefei's high-level opening up.

Paihe Port at night. Correspondent Cheng Bing

In recent years, the Hefei section of the Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zone has given full play to its role as a comprehensive experimental platform for reform and opening up, focusing on shaping the "Sci-tech Free Trade" Brand, and further improving the zone's institutional innovation capacity, open driving force, and attractive environment.

"General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech has pointed out the direction and provided fundamental guidance for the construction of the pilot free trade zone." Liu Menglong, director of the Municipal Free Trade Commission, said that the Hefei section will deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, accelerate the promotion of deep-level reform and high-level opening up, vigorously implement the pilot free trade zone's improvement strategy, deeply carry out pioneering and differentiated reforms, and contribute free trade strength to building a new highland for inland reform and opening up.

"The Hefei Comprehensive Bonded Zone will give full play to its leading role as an open platform, continuously innovate supervision measures, improve the level of trade facilitation, reduce the cost of customs clearance for enterprises, and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises in the international market." Relevant responsible persons from the Hefei Comprehensive Bonded Zone Management Office stated that they will give full play to the advantages of the bonded zone's function cultivation and institutional innovation, focusing on cross-border e-commerce, bonded exhibition and trade, and other new formats, and add impetus to foreign trade development. Benchmarking international high-end smart industrial parks, promoting the reform of "Bonded Zone Office + Company", improving the efficiency and service level of park management, achieving dual improvement of hardware and software, creating a first-class international business environment, and serving high-level opening up to the outside world.

In 2022, Anhui Huaxin Electric Technology Co., Ltd. officially entered the overseas market, and the electric golf carts it developed have been selling well overseas since their production.

Yang Shanchun, chairman of Anhui Huaxin Electric Technology Co., Ltd., stated that he will be guided by the General Secretary's important speech, unswervingly follow the path of open development, strengthen cooperation and exchanges with domestic and foreign enterprises, jointly explore markets, and achieve mutual benefit and win-win results. Increase investment in technological innovation, improve product quality and service level, and win the trust and support of domestic and foreign customers with high-quality products and services.

Promoting higher-quality and larger-volume foreign trade, promoting the policy of replacing old with new, and comprehensively stimulating consumer vitality… Since this year, the business economy of Shushan District has continued to improve, with new formats such as cross-border e-commerce, service trade, building economy, and exhibition economy developing rapidly, and the consumer market showing a good development trend of strong resilience, great potential, and strong vitality.

Zhou Yan, director of the Shushan District Commerce Bureau, stated that they will deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, closely focus on annual targets and tasks, and make every effort to promote the implementation of key tasks in the business field, such as the creation of new consumption scenarios, the cultivation of new foreign trade impetus, and the development of building economies.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized adhering to and implementing the "two unwavering" principles, and fully stimulating the vitality of all types of business entities. Deepen factor market-oriented reforms and create a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment.

In recent years, the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau has continuously optimized the enterprise opening process, continuously promoted the convenience of registration for business entities, and the total number of business entities in the city has exceeded 1.75 million.

Xiang Hongxing, director of the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, stated that they will deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, always adhere to the principle of "two unwavering," continuously innovate supervision methods, improve supervision effectiveness, with more determined determination and more practical measures, create a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment, further stimulate the vitality of business entities, promote sustained and healthy economic development, and jointly write a new chapter of high-quality development in Hefei.

Hefei regards optimizing the business environment as a "never-ending project," striving to build a demonstration zone for reform and innovation in the business environment, and has iteratively implemented 810 reform measures for six consecutive years. The city's comprehensive credit index ranks fourth nationally, and it has been rated as one of the top ten cities in the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce's "10,000 Private Enterprises' Assessment of the Business Environment" for two consecutive years.

Wang Meng, director of the Business Environment Supervision Office of the Municipal Government Office, stated that they will deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech, firmly establish the concept that "the business environment can only be better, not the best," continuously deepen business environment reform, focus on key areas and key links to continuously make breakthroughs, continuously improve service effectiveness, and strengthen factor guarantees, making every effort to create a first-class market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment, empowering more enterprises to grow, and ensuring higher-quality development.

"The Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce will keep in mind the entrustment, be grateful and strive for progress, dare to innovate, and take on responsibilities, accurately grasp the era's positioning and responsibilities of the Federation of Industry and Commerce's work, and deeply promote the reform and development of the Federation of Industry and Commerce's cause." Cheng Feifei, member of the Standing Committee and secretary-general of the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce's Party Group, stated that they will focus on deepening the ideological and political education of private entrepreneurs, assisting private enterprises in reform and development, promoting the building of a close and clear relationship between government and businesses, promoting the protection of the property rights of private enterprises and the legitimate rights and interests of entrepreneurs according to the law, and promoting the construction of law-abiding and clean private enterprises, and will further proactively plan and increase work efforts to make greater contributions to promoting the growth and development of our city's private economy.

The business environment is the "wind vane" of investment and the "barometer" of development. A high-quality business environment is a better "tallow tree" and a stronger "magnet".

Guided by the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping, we will further identify the key points and breakthroughs, and optimize the business environment with a broader perspective, higher standards, and greater efforts." Hu Ziyan, director of the Luyang District Data Resource Management Bureau, said that the focus will be on "extremely simple approval, extremely excellent service, and efficient completion," promoting government services to be "accessible online, available at one window, available at any time, and available nearby." We will uphold the fine work style of "doing it immediately and doing it well," bringing the work that benefits the people, warms the hearts of the people, and meets the wishes of the people to the hearts of enterprises and the people, striving to create a highly efficient and convenient government environment, striving to create a first-class business environment, and empowering the high-quality development of Luyang's economy and society.

Relying on the technological achievements transformation path of Hefei University of Technology, Anhui Xiongchu Energy Technology Co., Ltd. gives full play to the innovation, flexibility, and initiative of small and medium-sized enterprises, quickly completing achievement incubation and site construction in Gongda Zhigu, and is committed to the research and industrialization of wide-temperature-range high-rate sodium-ion battery technology. At present, it has achieved the application and mass sales of sodium-ion batteries in low-temperature or fast-charging scenarios.

"The important speech of the General Secretary has made us deeply feel the care and concern of the Party and the state for various market entities and entrepreneurs, and we are full of confidence in running and developing enterprises well." Zhang Xianwen, founder of Anhui Xiongchu Energy Technology Co., Ltd., said that the company will continue to innovate technology, enhance its core competitiveness, and continue to exert efforts in the new energy field; actively assume social responsibilities, create more job opportunities, and work hand in hand with various business entities to contribute to the high-quality development of the economy.

As an important force in optimizing the rule-of-law business environment, in recent years, the Municipal Lawyers Association has given full play to its professional expertise, and jointly established the Hefei Private Economy Legal Service Team with the Municipal Justice Bureau, Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce, etc., providing legal consultation, holding lectures and seminars, and conducting legal check-ups for private enterprises, helping enterprises operate legally and compliantly, prevent and resolve risks, and protect their legitimate rights and interests.

Li Chenghua, vice president of the Municipal Lawyers Association and head of the Municipal Private Economy Legal Service Team, said that the Hefei legal profession will continue to provide high-quality legal services, contributing to the optimization of the business environment, making enterprise development more promising, making economic development more attractive, and promoting high-quality economic and social development.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that by deeply promoting the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, we should drive coordinated regional development within the province and play a greater role in the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the rise of the central region strategy.

Since the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta has risen to a national strategy, Hefei has accelerated the improvement of the integrated development system and mechanism, given full play to its strategic location advantages, actively connected with the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Shanghai regions, and deeply promoted integrated construction in key areas such as science and technology innovation, industry, opening up, and people's livelihood, achieving the synchronous resonance and joint progress of its own development and regional coordinated development.

Niu Yilin, director of the Cooperation and Exchange Office of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, said that we will thoroughly study and implement the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection of Anhui, unswervingly take the in-depth promotion of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta as the driving force, give full play to the superimposed advantages of national strategies such as the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the rise of the central region, build a high-quality sub-center of the Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration and a core growth pole supporting the province's development, more effectively link regional coordinated development, and make greater contributions to building a new development pattern and promoting high-quality development.

Since its launch in 2022, the Hefei Pharmaceutical Valley Science and Technology Industrial Park in the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor of the Yangtze River Delta has been committed to building itself into a highland for the development of the biopharmaceutical industry in the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor of the Yangtze River Delta through scientific research, industrial innovation, and technological achievement transformation, and has become a leading area for the biopharmaceutical industry.

Hefei Zhongke Boxie Technology Co., Ltd., located in the Hefei Pharmaceutical Valley Science and Technology Industrial Park in the G60 Science and Technology Innovation Corridor of the Yangtze River Delta, has developed the country's first respiratory calorimetry meter, which has been applied in many parts of the country.

"With the help of the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, our products can be put into use in more regions." Xu Yubing, general manager of Zhongke Boxie, said that the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping not only guides regional development, but also guides business entities to more deeply connect with scientific research institutions and science and technology enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, jointly tackling key technologies, and continuously improving and perfecting the biopharmaceutical industry chain.

Wang Yinghui, director of the Municipal Postal Administration Bureau, said that we will thoroughly study and implement the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Anhui, adhere to the mission and responsibility of "people's postal service for the people," and strive to promote high-level safety, high-efficiency governance, and high-quality development of the industry. We will give full play to the role of Hefei as a regional international express hub city, helping Hefei to achieve "smooth flow of goods" and "global trade"; give full play to the role of "express delivery into factories," helping Hefei's strategic emerging industries; and give full play to the advantages of technological leadership in the express delivery industry, helping Hefei build a "city of innovation in all scenarios." Effectively maintain the safety and stability of the industry, do our utmost to ensure smooth transportation, achieve healthy and stable growth of the industry, and continuously meet the growing needs of the people for postal services.

In recent years, Hefei No. 2 People's Hospital has continuously strengthened cooperation with high-level hospitals in the Yangtze River Delta and other regions, jointly building specialized alliances, opening up green channels for the introduction of high-level talents, forming a number of regional advantageous specialties and key specialties, implementing the "famous doctors, famous departments, and famous hospitals" project, vigorously promoting regional medical cooperation, actively learning from famous teachers and famous hospitals, improving the diagnosis and treatment level of critical, difficult, and complex diseases, and achieving good results.

Chu Jianjun, president of Hefei No. 2 People's Hospital, said that we will thoroughly study and implement the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection of Anhui, effectively improve the diagnosis and treatment capabilities of major diseases, and further expand regional influence. At the same time, we will learn advanced medical technologies, improve medical service levels, effectively enhance the health and well-being of the people, and provide citizens with more high-quality and convenient medical services.

General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that we should actively participate in high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", steadily promote the reform of the integration of domestic and foreign trade, increase efforts to attract foreign investment and stabilize foreign investment, and accelerate the cultivation of new foreign trade driving forces.

In recent years, Hefei's foreign trade level has continuously developed and improved. In the first three quarters of this year, the total value of the city's goods trade imports and exports reached 270.51 billion yuan.

Peng Jun, director of Luzhou Customs, said that we will thoroughly study and implement the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection of Anhui, continuously deepen the reform of "delegating power, streamlining administration, and improving services," implement Hefei Customs' measures to serve Anhui's integrated circuit industry development and promote the accelerated formation of new productive forces, and better serve and guarantee the stability of the supply chain of key industrial clusters. At the same time, we will further implement Hefei Customs' 24 measures to promote the facilitation of cross-border trade and Hefei Customs' 18 measures to promote the improvement of quality and stability of Anhui's foreign trade, and with greater efforts and better services, we will strive to optimize the business environment of ports.

We will thoroughly study and implement the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping, relying on Hefei's existing advantages in scientific and technological innovation and industrial development, and further launch a new offensive of "double recruitment and double attraction." A relevant person in charge of the Municipal Investment Promotion Bureau stated that greater efforts will be made to promote technological investment attraction, industrial investment attraction, and foreign investment attraction, and greater efforts will be made to promote factor supply and optimize the business environment, giving full play to the role of "double recruitment and double attraction" in expanding effective investment, optimizing industrial structure, and strengthening the real economy, and accelerating the promotion of scientific and technological innovation and industrial transformation and upgrading.

At the 136th Canton Fair, the photovoltaic panel cleaning robot newly developed by Anhui Zhendashuye Co., Ltd. became the focus of the scene, attracting many purchasers from Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and European countries to stop and inquire, winning widespread praise from customers.

“After studying General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech on his inspection tour of Anhui, we are deeply inspired and encouraged,” said Zhang Mengni, general manager of the Hefei branch of Anhui Zhendashuye Co., Ltd. She stated that they will actively participate in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", and inspire new vitality in foreign trade with practical actions. On the road to promoting the brush industry belt to become a world export base for brush products, Zhendashuye will forge ahead, continuously improve its competitiveness and influence, strive to become a leader in the global brush industry, and contribute its strength to promoting high-quality economic development.”

As a high-end flow meter manufacturing enterprise, Anhui Tianwei Instrument Co., Ltd. has always actively participated in the high-quality joint construction of the "Belt and Road", striving to create a Brand with international competitiveness by continuously improving product quality and technological level. In recent years, the company's products have been exported to Southeast Asia, Africa, India, the Middle East, and Latin America, and have won a good reputation in the international market.

“General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech has further strengthened the company's confidence and determination in development,” said Kong Qingsheng, general manager of Anhui Tianwei Instrument Co., Ltd. He stated that they will continue to expand product lines and markets, actively explore new business models and market opportunities, and contribute to accelerating the cultivation of new foreign trade momentum.