The private economy is an important achievement in the development of the socialist market economy and a new force in promoting Chinese-style modernization. On February 17, General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over a symposium on private enterprises, and the importance is self-evident.

The General Secretary’s concern and support for the private economy has a long history: "I have always supported private enterprises and have also worked in places with relatively developed private economy." When working in Fujian, he visited Jinjiang, where the private economy is very active, and summarized the "Jinjiang experience" proposed by the proposed "Jinjiang experience" has far-reaching influence; during his work in Zhejiang, he surveyed private enterprises many times, "make friends with entrepreneurs hand in hand"...

After working at the central government, at the 2018 private enterprise symposium, the General Secretary emphasized: "Private enterprises and private entrepreneurs are our own people." At this symposium, the General Secretary once again emphasized: "The Party and the country's basic policies and policies for the development of the private economy have been incorporated into the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and will be consistently adhered to and implemented. It cannot be changed, nor will it change."

When dealing with "one's own people", we must "handle the right way." Among the key tasks of economic work this year, "introduction of the Private Economy Promotion Law", "carrying out special actions to standardize enterprise-related law enforcement", and "formulating guidelines for the construction of a unified national market" all point to further optimize the development environment of the private economy. At the symposium, the General Secretary clear-cut: "The Party and the State ensure that all kinds of ownership economies use production factors equally in accordance with the law, participate in market competition fairly, and are protected by law, promote the complementary and common development of the advantages of all kinds of ownership economies, and promote the healthy development of the non-public economy and the healthy growth of non-public economic personnel." "Solidly implement policies and measures to promote the development of the private economy is the focus of the work to promote the development of the private economy. Everything that the Party Central Committee has decided must be resolutely implemented and cannot be discounted."

The development prospects of the private economy in the new era and new journey are broad and there is great potential. It is timely that private enterprises and private entrepreneurs show their skills. From the perspective of private enterprises themselves, they have formed a considerable scale, occupied a heavy weight, and had a solid foundation for high-quality development; from the perspective of development environment, the new era and new journey have given the private economy stronger development guarantees. From this perspective, we will not lack confidence in development - they "are generally seen in the process of reform and development and industrial transformation and upgrading, local rather than overall, temporary rather than long-term, and can be overcome rather than unsolvable."

Solidly promote the high-quality development of the private economy, and the General Secretary looks at it on the spot, think carefully, and cheers.

In 2022, he went to Yibin, Sichuan for inspection, and the General Secretary came to Jimi Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., a private enterprise that designed and developed projectors. Hearing the determination of the company's head to "attain global leadership in 3 to 5 years", the General Secretary cheered the company: "It's great, you must have such ambition!"

In recent years, private enterprises have not disappointed expectations. At present, the private economy has shown vigorous vitality in China today. From DeepSeek in the field of artificial intelligence to the animated film "Nezha: The Devil Child's Trouble", phenomenal products are coming one after another, and private enterprises' exploration of technological innovation, cultural confidence and industrial ecology usher in a transformation.

What is the clearness of the canal? In the development of enterprises, endogenous driving force is the first priority. "When I worked in Fujian and Zhejiang, there were many private enterprises in shoes, hats and clothing. From the beginning, I mainly used in processing materials to establish my own brand now, and surpassed international brands. I observed these emerging companies, which are focused, consistent and strengthened their main business." Last year, at a corporate and expert symposium in Jinan, Shandong, the General Secretary expressed his feelings.

The development of private enterprises is a competition of technology and cannot be separated from the soil for rooting.

Retrospective time, in July 2020, at the Entrepreneurs Symposium, the General Secretary systematically discussed entrepreneurship for the first time, and the first place was "patriotism".

"The vast majority of private enterprises and private entrepreneurs should be full of passion for entrepreneurship and serving the country, constantly improve their ideal state, cultivate their sense of family and country, be rich and think about their source and progress, carry forward the entrepreneurial spirit, concentrate on becoming stronger, better and bigger enterprises, and firmly be builders of socialism with Chinese characteristics and promoters of Chinese modernization." At this symposium, the General Secretary emphasized.

Planning: Du Shangze

Written by: Wang Zhou

Editor: Zhu Xiaohuang

Proofreading: Wu Yue

Editor in charge: Zhu Xiaohuang