On August 1st, the launch ceremony of the semi-finals of the main competition of the “Changsha Bank Cup” 2025 Hunan Province (International) Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition in the biopharmaceutical industry was held in Huaihua. Zhu Wan, director of Hunan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, He Zunqing, deputy secretary of Huaihua Municipal Party Committee and secretary of the Municipal Political and Legal Affairs Commission, attended and delivered speeches, and Zou Xingwang, a municipal leader, attended the ceremony.
The semi-finals of this competition are an important part of the Hunan Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, aimed at promoting the innovative development of the biopharmaceutical industry, exploring and cultivating enterprises with potential and innovative capabilities, and empowering the cultivation of new quality productivity through competition driven innovation. After preliminary competition, 38 outstanding projects from across the province will compete in the semi-finals through “on-site defense”, and the outstanding projects will advance to the final of the provincial innovation and entrepreneurship competition.
Zhu Wan said in his speech that the biopharmaceutical industry is a strategic emerging industry that is related to national economy, people’s livelihood, and national security. Huaihua City is rich in traditional Chinese medicine resources, with the highest reserves and planting area of Chinese medicine materials in the province. In recent years, Huaihua has incorporated medicine and health into the city’s “5+10” modern industrial system, vigorously promoted the construction of the national comprehensive reform demonstration zone for traditional Chinese medicine, and demonstrated strong development momentum and broad development prospects. It is hoped that all participating companies and teams can become the “pioneers” of innovation and entrepreneurship, and make new and greater contributions to the construction of a “4×4” modern industrial system and the acceleration of the realization of the beautiful blueprint of “three highlands and four new missions” in the province.
He Zunqing, in his speech, said that Huaihua is deeply implementing the “five new missions and four orientations” strategy, and will strive to build a “city of innovation and entrepreneurship” as an important content. The traditional Chinese medicine and biopharmaceutical industries will be regarded as important tracks for innovation and entrepreneurship, and scientific and technological innovation and research and development actions will be vigorously implemented to promote scientific and technological breakthroughs in the traditional Chinese medicine and biopharmaceutical industries. At present, the city is making every effort to promote the construction of the “One Valley, Two Centers” in China’s Southern Traditional Chinese Medicine Valley, the Five Provinces Border Region Regional Medical Center, and the Traditional Chinese Medicine Distribution and Trading Center facing ASEAN. We sincerely look forward to experts, scholars, entrepreneurs and others using the competition as a medium to visit Huaihua, inspect Huaihua, understand Huaihua, and work together to create a better tomorrow of cooperation and win-win in the biopharmaceutical industry.
(Translated by Tian Xia)