What signals are sent by the “First Meeting of the New Year” across the regions: Fujian focuses on business environment while Shenzhen continues its “minimalist style”?
**Focus on Major Projects: Building Confidence and Solidifying Momentum in Development**
On January 2nd, Chongqing’s 2025 first-quarter major project commencement and production launch event was held, as reported by the “Chongqing Release” WeChat official account. The event was attended by Chongqing’s party secretary, Yuan Jiashu, who declared the start of the projects, and president Hu Henghua, who delivered a speech.
The event is part of the city’s continuous effort to expand effective investment and consolidate its economic recovery momentum. The municipal party committee and government have instructed all districts and counties as well as departments to seize the opportunity window of the country’s more proactive macro policies, focus on key areas such as the “33618” modern manufacturing cluster system and the “six major attack actions” of urban construction, to advance project planning and储备, deepen project preparatory work, refine project service guarantees, and promote the efficient transformation of projects from储备，开工，在建，到完工. With the goal of promoting the speed, quality, and efficiency of major project construction, the party committee and government are committed to creating a positive atmosphere of confidence building, opportunity seizing, and hard work, continuously gathering new momentum for high-quality development. Project owners and construction units are required to closely monitor time nodes, plan project progress in reverse, improve project quality, maintain safety standards, and strive for early completion, early production, and early efficiency.
On the first working day after New Year’s Day, on January 2nd, Fujian’s optimization of business environment conference was held in Fuzhou. The party secretary of the provincial party committee and chairman of the provincial people’s congress, Zhou Zuyi, attended and spoke at the conference. The conference was presided over by Zhao Long, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee and governor of Fujian province.
According to Fujian Daily newspaper reports, Zhou Zuyi stated that in recent years, Fujian has always kept in mind its responsibilities and instructions to innovate and develop the “Jinjiang Experience,” carry forward the spirit of “liberating” rights and delegation of authority, deeply implement the strategy of strengthening private enterprises in the new era. As a result, there have been new developments in the cultivation and development of business entities, the construction of a law-based Fujian has taken new strides forward. However, it is important to remain vigilant about the many gaps and shortcomings in our business environment that still exist despite these achievements. It is necessary to foster a sense of crisis awareness, adhere to problem orientation, implement effective measures to address challenges, and promote significant improvements in business entity activity and development quality.
He emphasized that the business environment is closely connected to both government agencies and business entities. Leaders at all levels of the province should take the lead in respecting and protecting entrepreneurs while also encouraging and supporting them. By enhancing their service awareness while adhering to discipline and laws, they aim to create a strong synergy for building a first-class business environment that promotes high-quality development with optimized business environment. It is hoped that Fujian will become a thriving business hub where both local and foreign businesses are attracted.
On the morning of January 2nd, Anhui province’s party committee and government held the first batch of major projects commencement ceremony for 2025. The party secretary Liang Yanshun attended the ceremony to declare the commencement of these projects while vice governor Wang Qingxian made a speech. According to Anhui Daily newspaper reports, Wang Qingxian emphasized that stable investment plays a crucial role in stable growth strategy as well as improving investment efficiency by focusing on more fundamental long-term projects. The “double recruitment” for both talent and industry must be emphasized along with rolling储备of projects to ensure steady progress. By encouraging private enterprises to participate in major project construction while regulating cooperation between government and social capital new mechanisms to stimulate private investment vitality must be established. Additionally，the full-lifecycle service for projects must be strengthened to generate more tangible work volume as part of achieving annual investment goals initiative.
On the first working day of the new year Guizhou province’s party committee and government held a conference to promote industrial development and project investment across the province as well as expand招商引进 activities。 The event witnessed several key projects being observed in person by Guizhou’s party secretary Xu Lin and governor Li Bingjun as they visited Guiyang-Gui’an New District to review project status quo firsthand in what appeared to be an upbeat scene filled with enthusiasm among participants due to their observation on how busy construction sites were with various projects under construction simultaneously。 During their visit，they interacted with construction workers on site sharing insights about project progress and discussing plans for future development which further cemented their confidence in pushing forward with industrial development project investment activities in new year。
The conference emphasized that promoting industrial development through investment in key projects is crucial for expanding demand across all sectors as well as seizing opportunities effectively which also serves as
