The Four Major Production Regions of Fireworks and Firecrackers Gather Together, Proposing “One Pace, One Voice, One Policy”
On December 3, a symposium on industrial collaborative development for the fireworks and firecracker transformation and upgrading cluster in the Hunan-Jiangxi border region was held in Liuyang, Hunan. The four major production areas of fireworks and firecrackers gathered together.
The Hunan-Jiangxi border region is the main hub of the national fireworks and firecracker industry, with over 1,000 related enterprises and a production value exceeding 40 billion yuan, supporting the livelihoods of over 400,000 people in the old revolutionary areas. Specifically, Liuyang and Liling in Hunan, as well as Shangli and Wanzai in Jiangxi, are the four major production counties (cities).
At the symposium, leaders from the four regions, including Xiao Zhengbo, Member of the Standing Committee of the Changsha Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Liuyang Municipal Committee, Wang Libo, Secretary of the Liling Municipal Committee, Li Jun, Secretary of the Shangli County Committee, and Liu Xuejun, Secretary of the Wanzai County Committee, were all present.
According to reports from the Liuyang Media Center, the four counties (cities) reported on their respective fireworks and firecracker industry development situations at the meeting and signed the “Agreement on Industrial Collaborative Development for the Fireworks and Firecracker Transformation and Upgrading Cluster in the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Region.”
Xiao Zhengbo welcomed everyone’s arrival and stated that fireworks and firecrackers are the most distinctive traditional, wealth-generating, and cultural industries in the Hunan-Jiangxi border region, serving as our collective “golden name card.” In recent years, cooperation among the four major production areas has grown tighter and more effective, enabling the industry to rise against the trend and stand out. He hoped that the four counties (cities) would unify their steps in regulating the fireworks and firecracker industry, strengthen organizational, judicial, and data-sharing safeguards, enhance industry self-discipline, improve the tax collection and administration mechanism, standardize industry tax management, and actively create a fair and law-based environment for industrial development. He also emphasized the need for collaborative supervision in safety production, unified standards, rhythms, and measures, as well as regular joint actions to combat illegal activities and enhance the industry’s inherent safety level. In terms of ecological environmental protection, he called for joint efforts in researching and applying new materials, addressing pollutant issues, and promoting industrial transformation and upgrading. Liuyang will continue to cooperate sincerely and closely with its sister counties (cities) to solidly advance the construction of the cluster and jointly promote stable, healthy, and high-quality industrial development, elevating cooperation in the Hunan-Jiangxi border region to a higher level.
Wang Libo expressed the hope that the four counties (cities) would achieve mutual benefit and win-win outcomes in development, work together in policy advocacy, align in industry regulation, and cooperate fully in safety supervision to ensure the industry’s healthy and sustained progress. Liling will engage in deep exchanges and sincere cooperation with its sister counties (cities) to contribute more to the collaborative and healthy development of the fireworks and firecracker transformation and upgrading cluster in the Hunan-Jiangxi border region.
Li Jun pointed out that promoting the construction of the cluster is a common political task for the four counties (cities) and a boon for the people and enterprises. He hoped that the four major production areas would jointly consult and form a synergy in policy formulation, safety supervision, and pollution prevention and control to make the industry bigger, stronger, better, and safer, achieving higher quality, more efficient, fairer, and more sustainable development.
Liu Xuejun noted that the fireworks and firecracker industry is currently at a critical stage of transformation and upgrading, making it essential and timely for the four production areas to strengthen policy, industry, and information interaction. Wanzai will further deepen cooperation with the major production areas, striving to ensure a unified step, voice, and policy among the four, to jointly promote the healthy, standardized, and orderly development of the fireworks and firecracker industry.
Previously, in August 2021, the Ministry of Emergency Management approved the construction of a national fireworks and firecracker transformation and upgrading cluster in the four counties (cities) of Liuyang, Liling, Shangli, and Wanzai across Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. According to reports from Xinhua News Agency, leveraging favorable policies, the Hunan-Jiangxi border region has established a fireworks and firecracker industry development committee, implemented a unified long-term mechanism for standardized production, and jointly conducted cross-checks on industry self-discipline.
