Huaihua Municipal Party Committee and government was holding a city-wide meeting of economic situation analysis and “Project Construction Year” activity evaluation for the first half of 2025. (Photo/Yang Zhiwei)
On the morning of July 25th, 2025, Huaihua Municipal Party Committee and government held a city-wide meeting of economic situation analysis and “Project Construction Year” activity evaluation for the first half of 2025. Xu Zhongjian, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, delivered a speech. He Zunqing, deputy secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission, presided over the meeting. Li Wanwan, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People’s Congress, and Niu Shunsheng, chairman of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference, attended the meeting. Yin Peiguo, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and executive vice mayor, made specific arrangements for deployment.
In the first half of this year, Huaihua’s economic operation has been stable with progress and is moving towards a new direction, pointed out Xu Zhongjian. The growth rate of major indicators is better than that of the whole province, better than expected targets, and better than the same period last year. The industrial foundation has been continuously consolidated, and the vitality of market entities has been continuously enhanced, maintaining a good development momentum of catching up and rising. It requires to face up to the problem gap, anchor the target tasks, further press forward, and make every effort to promote economic development. It needs to firmly expand domestic demand and promote consumption, deeply implement the special action to boost consumption, actively expand new consumption scenarios, fully prepare for the 5th Provincial Tourism Development Conference, and continuously stimulate and amplify the cultural and tourism effects. It will steadfastly promote high-level opening up to the outside world, fully leverage the strategic pivot role of Huaihua International Land Port, continuously deepen regional cooperation, and further enhance the level of openness. It is hoped to firmly grasp the industry, solidly promote investment attraction, and continue to vigorously promote the construction of the “5+10” modern industrial system. It will expand and strengthen characteristic advantageous industries such as luggage and leather goods, traditional Chinese medicine, and bamboo industry. It will steadfastly deepen reforms in key areas, highlight the deepening of zero based budgeting, investment and financing systems, park system mechanisms, and pilot mechanisms for realizing the value of ecological products, and strive to achieve tangible results. It will firmly uphold the bottom line of safe development, weave a dense safety net for people’s livelihood, and make every effort to ensure social harmony and stability.
It requires to take the implementation of the “Six Major Actions” of the project construction year as the driving force, exert full enthusiasm and power, firmly grasp projects, and promote project construction to achieve greater results, Xu Zhongjian said. It needs to pay more attention to seizing opportunities, plan and reserve a batch of major projects that lay the foundation, benefit the long term, and increase momentum, and strive to include more projects in the national and provincial planning “cage”. It needs to pay more attention to finding solutions, make good use of the market, and empower project construction with new concepts, ideas, and methods. It needs to pay more attention to solving problems, adhere to targeted tackling, and achieve the unity of problem orientation, goal orientation, and result orientation. Furthermore, it needs to pay more attention to improving the environment, enhancing the efficiency of government services, continuously promoting cost reduction and efficiency improvement, and continuously creating a fair, transparent, and predictable business environment.
City level leaders should take the lead in promoting the economy and projects, with each level leading the way and providing guidance, Xu Zhongjian said. Each county, city, district, and directly administered department should take the initiative to take responsibility, strengthen coordination and linkage, and jointly fight the battle of economic development. It is a must to adhere to the clear guidance of recognizing heroes through practical work and employing cadres based on actual achievements, promote the backward to catch up with the advanced, the middle to strive for the advanced, and the advanced to advance further, and continue to create a strong atmosphere of learning from others, catching up with others, and striving for excellence. It is also a must to continue to deepen the rectification of work style issues, unite our efforts with excellent work style, and work hard for entrepreneurship. It needs to comprehensively strengthen inspection and supervision, and continuously track and inquire about effectiveness.
Prior to the meeting, Xu Zhongjian and He Zunqing respectively led teams to 13 counties and districts, Huaihua High-tech Zone, and Huaihua International Land Port Economic Development Zone to observe 30 key industrial projects. At the meeting, the economic operation of the city in the first half of the year, the implementation of the “Project Construction Year” activity, and the on-site observation of key industrial projects were reported. Chenxi, Huitong, Huaihua International Land Port Economic Development Zone, and Shichengfa Group made exchange speeches.
On July 24th, Xu Zhongjian led a team to observe the construction project of annual production of 380,000 tons of purified water and supporting facilities in Hengfeng, Huaihua High-tech Zone. (Photo/Yang Zhiwei)
On July 24th, He Zunqing led a team to observe the Hunan Xinliwei Precision Casting Production Line project in Chenxi County. (Photo/Pan Yu)
City leaders Peng Xundan, Li Weilin, Yang Zhihua, Zou Xingwang, Zheng Xiaohu, Hu Chen, and others attended the meeting.
(Translated by Tian Xia)