China Top 500 Enterprises Summit opens
The 2015 China Top 500 Enterprises Summit recently opened in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, in south China. The Summit looks to publish several top 500 lists while exploring new opportunities for China’s top companies, reports Xinhua
Li Jianming, deputy director-general of the China Enterprise Confederation, said the summit looks to publish several rankings, including a list of China’s top 500 enterprises in 2015, China’s top 500 manufacturing enterprises during 2015, China’s top 500 service industry enterprises in 2015 and China’s top 100 multinational enterprises 2015 among others.
Research reports concerning the development trends of big Chinese companies , including analysis of the problems faced by these top 500 companies in China and throughout the world, will also be released during the summit.
Li also said dozens of forums and meetings will be held to discuss economic development, interpret policies, introduce the local investment environment, innovative business models based on Big Data, smart manufacture, the promotion of Chinese brands, as well as new ideas and opportunities associated with the “Belt and Road” initiatives, also known as the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road initiatives.
“The summit’s goal is to publish authoritative information of big enterprises, explore their growing paths and boost communication and cooperation among big enterprises, and between these enterprises and government,” he said.
More than 600 executives and representatives will join the summit, including Zong Qinghou, the founder, chairman and CEO of Hangzhou’s Wahaha Group, Fu Chengyu, chairman of China’s Petroleum and Chemical Corporation as well as other predominant entrepreneurs. An additional 500 guests and representatives from various media organizations and the government, as well as a group of South Korean entrepreneurs, will attend the summit.
The summit is co-organized by the China Enterprise Confederation, the China Enterprise Directors Association, and the local governments of both the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Nanning City. The China Top 500 Enterprises Summit, held annually since 2002, was previously held in 13 other municipalities and provincial capitals.
Shu Hua, director of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region’s Industry and Information Technology Commission, added they would promote “New Guangxi” at the summit, seizing China’s strategic opportunities to explore Western China as well as establish the ASEAN Free Trade Area.
“Guangxi is becoming a big, international hub and platform to connect south central China and Southwestern China, and also to connect Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. As the Belt and Road initiatives will be implemented, Guangxi will also be a platform for Chinese enterprises to explore the markets of central Asian and ASEAN countries, and for enterprises from ASEAN countries to enter the Chinese market,” he said.
The summit will be held from August 22 to 23.