In the late autumn of Qilu, the chill is getting thicker. A symposium was held in full swing.
On October 22, the Shandong Provincial Party Committee held a symposium on private enterprises. Provincial leaders such as the principal responsible comrades of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People's Government sat together with 70 private entrepreneurs to listen to their voices face to face, discuss development, and seek good strategies.
Now we have entered a critical stage of sprinting towards the full-year target tasks. At the same time, the external environment is complex and changeable, and private enterprises are facing many difficulties and challenges.
The more complex the situation becomes, the more important it is to strengthen confidence, stabilize expectations, and unite the government and enterprises to work together to promote development. Confidence became the distinctive theme of this symposium.
Where does confidence come from?
——From consistent support for the private economy
High-profile symposiums like today have become the norm in Shandong. Since 2023, Shandong has held six high-quality private economic development conferences and private enterprise symposiums.
High-level discussions conveyed a clear attitude of unwavering support for the development of the private economy.
Let’s look at the policy. Formulate regulations to promote the private economy, introduce a series of policies and measures, and carry out in-depth special actions to serve private enterprises... From institutional guarantees to policy support, from optimizing the environment to relieving difficulties, Shandong's measures to support the development of the private economy continue to intensify.
What was the result? Data is most convincing. In the first half of this year, the added value of Shandong's private economy increased by 5.5%, driving economic growth by 2.8 percentage points. 51 Shandong companies were selected into the Top 500 Chinese Private Enterprises in 2026, and 60 companies were selected into the Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Private Enterprises, both ranking third in the country.
Founded in Zhejiang, it moved its headquarters to Ju Plastic Cloud in Rizhao in 2024, and has rapidly grown into a leading industrial Internet company in the domestic plastics field. "The provincial party committee held this symposium, which fully reflects its care and love for private enterprises." said Xing Maowei, chairman of Shandong Jusu Internet Technology Co., Ltd.
Private enterprises are an irreplaceable and important force in the development of Shandong, and private entrepreneurs are an indispensable and valuable asset for the development of Shandong. Stabilizing the private economy can effectively stabilize the development foundation; activating the private economy can better stimulate development vitality.
Where does confidence come from?
——From an accurate grasp of the development trend
At present, the international situation is intertwined with chaos and events, and domestic economic development is facing many difficulties and challenges. Private enterprises generally find it difficult to operate due to the danger of wading on the beach, the difficulty of climbing hills, and the difficulty of breaking through barriers.
But crises often give birth to new opportunities. When looking at development, we must look at both the immediate and the long-term; we must look at both difficulties and opportunities.
At the symposium, the entrepreneurs’ personal insights were very convincing——
"The construction of artificial intelligence computing power is accelerating and continues to drive demand for semiconductor materials." said Xiao Di, chairman of Qingdao Huaxin Jingdian Technology Co., Ltd.
"Laser and intelligent sensing technology are widely used in assisted driving, intelligent robots, smart agriculture and other fields, and industrial lasers are accelerating to replace traditional processing methods." said Zhang Wentao, general manager of Shandong Pioneer Intelligent Sense Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
"Many new farmers have joined the ranks of farming and are paying more and more attention to ecological and economic accounts, which has led to an increase in demand for new special fertilizers." said Ma Xuewen, chairman of Shandong Agricultural University Fertilizer Technology Co., Ltd.
Different industries and different tracks reflect common trends: industries are changing, demands are changing, and new development spaces are constantly opening up.
Opportunities do not automatically turn into advantages. Only by keeping up with the times and proactively identifying and adapting to changes can we seize opportunities and gain the initiative in transformation and upgrading.
To this end, the symposium proposed five key directions to promote the development of the private economy in a new and better way, namely, to create new advantages in the upgrading of traditional industries, to create new engines in the cultivation and growth of emerging industries, to seize new tracks in the forward-looking layout of future industries, to cultivate new increments in the expansion and quality improvement of the modern service industry, and to release new potential in the efficient development of modern agriculture.
The five key directions are based on Shandong's industrial foundation and focus on future development trends, drawing out key points for private enterprises to seize opportunities, transform and upgrade.
Where does confidence come from?
——Commitment from solving real problems and solving problems
To face up to the development status of the private economy, we must not only see the vigorous vitality, but also face the real bottlenecks. It is undeniable that in the development process, some invisible thresholds still exist objectively. Old problems such as account arrears, financing loans, and rights protection will still plague small, medium and micro enterprises moving forward.
These pain points are not the mainstream of development, but they are the key to affecting market confidence. The physical experience of private enterprises reflects the temperature of the business environment. Removing development blockages and clearing operational obstacles is the best way to empower the private economy.
In this regard, Shandong has a clear attitude: adhere to solution thinking, solve real problems and solve problems for enterprises.
Sun Aijun, director of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, revealed in his speech that in order to prepare for this symposium, 140 demands from private enterprises have been collected and handled one by one, responsibilities have been consolidated, and they have been incorporated into special actions to serve private enterprises to speed up resolution.
At the symposium, an in-depth analysis was conducted on the problem of concentrated feedback from private enterprises and targeted measures were taken. After carefully sorting out these measures, one impression is: whatever the enterprise cares about, the work will focus on; what the development needs, the policy will focus on solving.
These measures not only solve current difficulties but also seek long-term benefits. These measures help companies cope with market fluctuations and ease financing problems to stabilize companies; strengthen innovation support and promote the transformation of results to allow companies to go far; standardize supervision and law enforcement and maintain fair competition to allow companies to be more liberal.
Starting from a symposium, by turning the "problem list" of enterprises into the "action list" of the party committee and government, and transforming policy support into actual development results, Shandong's private economy will be more confident to seize opportunities and face difficulties.
The confidence of private enterprises will eventually be transformed into determination for development; the vitality of the market will eventually converge into the driving force for high-quality development.
