The four major production regions of fireworks and firecrackers gather together, proposing “one pace, one voice, one policy”
On December 3, a symposium on the coordinated development of the fireworks and firecracker industry in the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Fireworks and Firecracker Transformation and Upgrading Concentrated Area was held in Liuyang, Hunan. The four major production regions 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 an output value exceeding 40 billion yuan, supporting the livelihoods of over 400,000 people in the old revolutionary areas. Among them, 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, attended the event.
According to reports from the Liuyang Fusion Media Center, at the meeting, the four counties (cities) reported on the development of their respective fireworks and firecracker industries and signed the “Cooperation Agreement on the Coordinated Development of the Fireworks and Firecracker Industry in the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Fireworks and Firecracker Transformation and Upgrading Concentrated Area.”
Xiao Zhengbo welcomed everyone’s presence 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 calling card.” In recent years, cooperation among the four major production regions has grown tighter and more effective, leading to the industry’s resilience and outstanding performance. He hoped that the four counties (cities) would unify their approach 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 emphasized the need for joint supervision in safety production, unified standards, rhythms, and measures, and the regular conduct of joint actions against illegal activities to enhance the industry’s intrinsic 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 collaborate closely with brother counties (cities) to solidly advance the construction of the concentrated area and jointly promote the stable, healthy, and high-quality development of the industry, elevating Hunan-Jiangxi border regional cooperation to a higher level.
Wang Libo expressed the hope that the four counties (cities) would achieve mutual benefit and win-win cooperation in development, work together in policy acquisition, maintain consistent industry standards, 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 brother counties (cities) to contribute more to the coordinated and healthy development of the fireworks and firecracker industry in the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Fireworks and Firecracker Transformation and Upgrading Concentrated Area.
Li Jun pointed out that promoting the construction of the concentrated area 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 regions would jointly consult and collaborate on policy formulation, safety supervision, and pollution prevention and control to make the industry bigger, stronger, better, safer, and more sustainable, achieving higher quality, greater efficiency, fairness, and 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 regions to strengthen policy, industry, and information interaction. Wanzai will further deepen cooperation with the major production regions, striving to ensure unified steps, voices, and policies among the four production regions 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 concentrated area in the four counties (cities) of Liuyang, Liling, Shangli, and Wanzai in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces. According to Xinhua News Agency reports, 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.
