Chapter 2728

Zhou Andong walked over while waving his hands around, smiling and greeting people, then found his seat and sat down.

A senior figure moved the microphone slightly closer and said: "Comrade Zhou Andong dealt with some matters, so he arrived late. Now there is less than half an hour before the meeting ends, so please Comrade Zhou Andong say a few words briefly."

Zhou Andong knew it would be like this, because he hadn't said a single word at yesterday's symposium, and today these four senior figures certainly wouldn't let him off. So on the way here, he had been thinking about what to say.

A service staff member placed the microphone in front of Zhou Andong, then tested the sound and nodded at him: "Director Zhou, it's ready."

Zhou Andong moved the microphone slightly toward his mouth; at this moment, not only the four senior figures, but also many people present were eagerly awaiting what Zhou Andong would say.

"I'm really sorry, because an unexpected situation arose that needed handling, so I was delayed in attending the meeting." Zhou Andong first apologized, then proceeded to the main topic: "Our meeting is called the government-industry-academia symposium, so let's talk about that."

The four senior figures immediately opened their notebooks, picked up their pens, and prepared to take notes. Mainly, given Zhou Andong's achievements in business, what he would say would still be about government, state-owned enterprises, and private enterprises, so they had to treat it seriously.

Seeing the attitude of the four senior figures, other attending leaders also picked up their pens and opened their notebooks, followed by the state-owned enterprise leaders and some private enterprise bosses, who also prepared to take notes.

"As for you all?" Zhou Andong saw this scene, his mouth twitched slightly, he felt a surge of inner criticism, then slowly opened his mouth and said: "Private enterprises are the most active entities in the market economy, and also an extremely important component of the national economy, playing a crucial role in economic diversification.

Private enterprises can, through flexible operating mechanisms and innovative business models, drive the optimization of economic structure. And as we have joined the WTO, the economy has entered the fast lane of globalized development; private enterprises, by introducing foreign advanced technology and management experience, accelerate domestic industrial technological progress and promote industrial upgrading.

In this way, they can thoroughly stimulate market vitality, meet consumers' diversified needs, drive regional economic development, and promote the effective allocation of domestic and foreign resources.

In terms of employment, private enterprises can, by creating a large number of job opportunities, provide workers with diverse occupational choices and development space, and can also play a positive role in promoting the optimization of employment structure.

Furthermore, in the aspect of innovation-driven development, private enterprises, as active participants in the market economy, possess more flexible operating mechanisms and decision-making processes, enabling them to quickly respond to market changes, and drive technological and product innovation.

Therefore, private enterprises play a very important role in national economic diversification, in promoting the employment market, in the role and challenges of innovation-driven development, and in the practice and significance of fulfilling social responsibility.

However, nowadays most private enterprises face survival difficulties, mainly due to three lacks: first, lack of financial support; second, lack of resource allocation; third, lack of a favorable business environment."

Zhou Andong glanced around: "I won't elaborate further on these three lacks, as I believe everyone understands, especially the private enterprise bosses present."

As soon as Zhou Andong finished speaking, a light chuckle rose from below, with everyone thinking inwardly, Zhou Da Pao is Zhou Da Pao, daring to say anything.

The four bosses also wore wry smiles; these problems are known to everyone, but no one has brought them up openly. They also wanted to support private enterprises, but didn't know how.

According to statistics at the end of last year, there were over 800,000 private enterprises of all sizes nationwide, not including state-owned enterprises converted to private. With so many private enterprises, even if we select and support the best, we still need to be able to come up with the money, but now the country lacks exactly that—money.

Zhou Andong continued: "I know the country has difficulties, lacks money to support private enterprises. But, lacking money is no problem; we can completely start from elsewhere."

"Huh?"

The four senior figures were energized; being able to support private enterprise development without spending money is exactly what they most wanted to hear.

Besides the foreigners present, everyone else perked up their ears, including Lian Xiangzhi, who also wanted to hear what Zhou Andong had to say. Anyway, he didn't believe that private enterprises could be supported without money.

"Everyone must be wondering, how to support private enterprises without money." Zhou Andong lightly tapped the table with his finger: "Actually, it's very simple: that is, the state takes the lead, state-owned enterprises provide the platform, and private enterprises join in. More simply put, the government steps forward to negotiate contracts, state-owned and central enterprises take the orders, and then assign the work to private enterprises."

As soon as Zhou Andong finished speaking, the eyes of the four senior figures lit up; one senior figure became somewhat excited and couldn't help but say: "Comrade Zhou Andong, please continue."

Zhou Andong nodded and continued: "First, resource integration: the state, state-owned enterprises, central enterprises, and private enterprises each leverage their strengths, form synergy, and enhance overall competitiveness.

The state or state-owned enterprises possess abundant resources and strong negotiation capabilities, enabling them to secure large projects, while private enterprises, in certain professional fields, possess stronger technical capabilities and flexibility.

Second, state leadership: through policy guidance and resource input, ensure the smooth implementation of key projects and strategic industries. With state-owned and central enterprises taking the orders, leveraging their reputation and market position, they obtain domestic and foreign orders.

Third, private enterprise execution: private enterprises, in specific fields, possess higher efficiency and innovation capability; during the execution of specific projects, they can quickly respond to market demands, leverage their flexibility, enhance project efficiency and quality. They can also bring new technology, promoting project innovation and development.

Fourth, risk dispersion: through cooperation, the project's risk can be dispersed among different participants, reducing the risk burden on any single enterprise. However, it should be noted that this cooperation model requires effective management and coordination to ensure the interests of all parties are protected.

For example, when the state or state-owned enterprises select cooperation partners, they need to strictly assess the qualifications and capabilities of private enterprises to ensure they can meet project requirements. At the same time, they need to establish a sound supervision and evaluation mechanism to ensure project quality and progress."

Having said this, Zhou Andong looked toward the state-owned and central enterprise bosses nearest to him, smiled, and said: "What I've said is of maximum benefit to the state and private enterprises, but state-owned and central enterprises won't gain much benefit. I think, the state-owned and central enterprise bosses present are surely cursing me in their hearts."

"No!" a state-owned enterprise boss said with a smile: "Building the national economy is our responsibility as state-owned enterprises, but we also need multiple forms of ownership economy to jointly participate and cooperate.

And private enterprises are an important force in building the modern economic system, bearing the important role of consolidating the basic economic system and making up for market defects. Therefore, supporting private enterprises, I will certainly give strong support."

"Director Liu's broad-mindedness earns my admiration." Zhou Andong said: "But not everyone has Director Liu's vision and breadth, so, the central authorities can, through taxation, policy preferences, etc., encourage state-owned and central enterprises to cooperate with private enterprises. Furthermore, they can legislate to safeguard the rights and interests of all parties, ensuring fair and just cooperation.

This model has already been tested in the previous life. Although it may inevitably breed some corrupt elements, with public-private collusion conducting backdoor operations, overall it is very successful."

Zhou Andong felt the time was about right, and finally said: "In short, this cooperation model is a mutually beneficial win-win approach, helpful for achieving optimized resource allocation and efficient project execution."