A Symposium on Commercial Work

Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai attended the on-the-spot meeting of National "Ten Thousand Villages" Marketing¹ Project in Yangzhou from Feb. 28 to March 2, during the period, Minister Bo Xilai came to Zhenjiang, a city of Jiangsu Province, and Nanjing for inspection² and investigation³ and held the Symposium⁴ on commercial work with Jiangsu Province. Li Yuanchao, Secretary of the CPC Jiangsu Provincial⁵ Committee, and Liang Baohua, Governor of Jiangsu Province, took part in the inspection and symposium.

　　Mr. Bo Xilai and his party inspected Nanjing Economic & Technological⁶ Development Zone, Goldeast Paper, Suguo Supermarket Co.,Ltd, LG. Philips LCD, Suning Appliance Chain Store (Group) Co., Ltd. and Central Market. In the distribution center of Suguo Supermarket, Mr. Bo Xilai knew details about status of the Supermarket in development of modern logistics and network helping⁷ the business to spread rural market. He gave high affirmation to the successful experience of the Supermarket and said that we should earnestly summarize and promote the experience in line with the requirement of Premier⁸ Wen Jiabao and Vice⁹ Premier Wu Yi, should encourage circulation enterprises to exploit rural market and expedite construction of modern circulation system in countryside. When passing by the Suning Appliance Chain Store on the Western Road in Nanjing, Mr. Bo Xilai inquired the counter-measure to prevent fake commodities to enter into market and said that circulation enterprises should further enhance the awareness¹⁰ of IPR protection.

　　At the Symposium on Commercial Work held on March 2, persons in charge from departments of commerce like Jiangsu Provincial Trade Commission and Suzhou Industrial Park introduced the development of commercial work in Jiangsu. Some local enterprises put forward problems facing in the process of development. Principal of MOFCOM departments responded to issues of legislation of domestic trade, foster of brands, processing trade, export tax rebate¹¹, overseas investment and labor¹² service cooperation put forward by local governments and enterprises.

　　Mr. Bo Xilai said that the Ministry¹³ attached importance to the problems submitted by local areas and enterprises and would make efforts to provide better service to promote the development of local economy. He pointed¹⁴ out that the building of a new socialist¹⁵ countryside was a historical mission put forward by the Central Committee, and hoped that provinces and cities with advanced economy such as Jiangsu Province could take the construction of countryside circulation system into the consideration of infrastructure¹⁶ construction of countryside, strengthen investment and take full advantage of driving function of circulation industry to push forward development of countryside. He said that there was a batch¹⁷ of export-oriented enterprises in Jiangsu. While the enterprises completely utilized¹⁸ the advantage of low-cost labors¹⁹, they promoted enterprises to better perform social responsibility, steadily²⁰ increase the income of employees and upgrade the level of social security, narrow income gap and enhance purchasing power of employees to drive up domestic consumption, bring a good social effect and promote the transformation²¹ of foreign trade growth mode.

　　Vice Minister Jiang Zengwei took part in the Symposium