On March 25, 2023, the First Symposium on "Optimizing Business Environment and Stimulating the Vitality of Market Main Bodies" (2023) was successfully held in Nanjing in the form of an "online & offline" conference. The symposium was organized by the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University with the academic support of Management World Magazine, and hosted by the Management Philosophy Committee of China Enterprise Management Association, the Institute of Management Philosophy and Methodology of Southeast University, and the Department of Business Administration of the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University. From the Development Research Center of the State Council, Management World magazine, the Editorial Department of Journal of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Sun Yat-sen University, Northeastern University, Nanjing University, Wuhan University, Central University of Finance and Economics, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Guangxi Normal University, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing University of Auditing, Anhui University of Finance and Economics, and Southeast University, etc. Experts, scholars, and graduate students attended the meeting. The main venue of the conference was located in Jiulong Lake Hotel of Southeast University, and synchronized live broadcast on China Knowledge platform, with more than 1,300 people participating in the conference in both online and offline ways.
Opening Ceremony
Xing Jihong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Southeast University, Li Zhijun, President of Management World magazine, and Professor Yuan Jianhong, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University, attended the opening ceremony and delivered speeches one after another. The opening ceremony of the forum was hosted by Professor Li Dong, a member of the National MBA Teaching Guideline Committee and Professor of the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University.
Speech by Deputy Secretary Xing Jihong
Deputy Secretary Xing Jihong briefly introduced the recent development and goals of Southeast University and pointed out that optimizing the business environment and stimulating the vitality of market players is both a major national demand and a cutting-edge topic of concern to academia. Secretary Xing mentioned that this symposium aims to deeply analyze the mechanism and path of creating a first-class business environment of marketization, rule of law, and internationalization, stimulating the vitality of market players, and promoting the high-quality development of the economy and other major realities under the concept of system. The meeting invited authoritative experts in the field of the business environment, including experts from national high-end think tanks, experts in business environment evaluation, and chief experts of major projects of the National Social Science Foundation in the fields of law, economics, and management who respectively preside over the direction of the business environment, as well as the hosts of key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, etc., which represent the highest level of the field of research on business environment in China. This symposium has created a new high-end communication platform for business environment research, which is of great significance for China to optimize the business environment, stimulate the vitality of market players, and promote the high-quality development of the economy.
Speech by President Li Zhijun
President Li Zhijun delivered a speech online via Tencent Conference. On behalf of Management World magazine, President Li first congratulated the successful convening of the seminar. He said that the symposium, with the theme of "optimizing business environment to stimulate the vitality of market players", is a practical action to deeply study and implement the spirit of a series of important speeches by General Secretary Xi Jinping. The conference is rich in content, invited well-known experts, everyone to make a keynote report, as well as many young talents to report on the exchange of papers. It is expected that the serious discussion and mutual inspiration of all scholars will contribute to the optimization and development of China's business environment. Finally, President Li wished the conference a complete success.
Speech by Secretary Yuan Jianhong
Secretary Yuan Jianhong briefly introduced the basic situation of the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University, and on behalf of the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University, she expressed her heartfelt thanks to the participating guests for their long-term support, care, and love for the School of Economics and Management of Southeast University. She said that stimulating the vitality of market players and promoting the high-quality development of the economy is a long-term, fundamental, and institutional work. It is of great significance that this conference, with the theme of "Optimizing Business Environment to Stimulate the Vitality of Market Entities", conducts academic discussions on stimulating the vitality of market entities and promoting the high-quality development of the economy from the perspectives of both government and market. Finally, she wished the seminar a complete success.
Keynote Speech of the Conference
During the keynote speeches, Professor Wang Jingbo of the University of International Business and Economics, Deputy Director Gao Taishan of Enterprise Research Institute of Development Research Center of the State Council, Professor Xu Xianxiang of Lingnan College of Sun Yat-sen University, and Professor Du Yunzhou of Southeast University delivered wonderful speeches entitled "Development of Digital Economy and Optimization of Rule of Law Business Environment", "Optimization of Business Environment Helps Enterprises Develop", "Business Environment and Economic Development", and "Evaluation of Vitality of Chinese Market Entities", "Optimizing Business Environment for Enterprise Development", "Business Environment and Economic Development", and "Evaluation of the Vitality of Chinese Market Entities". Focusing on the theme of "Optimizing Business Environment to Stimulate the Vitality of Market Entities", The reports were full of quotes and highlights. The keynote speeches were hosted by Professor Zhang Yulin of Southeast University, Professor Zhang Snapdragon of Nanjing University, and Professor Jia Jianfeng of Northeastern University.
Keynote Report by Professor Wang Jingbo
Firstly, the report briefly introduced the development of digital economy, pointing out that the digital economy adds new impetus to the world's economic development; secondly, combining with the current situation of China's digital economy development, it analyzes the current development of China's digital economy, which still exists the problem of "big but not strong, fast but not excellent"; thirdly, the report introduces the assessment index system of the business environment of digital economy, and analyzes the achievements and problems of China's digital business environment based on it. Thirdly, it introduces the assessment index system of the business environment of the digital economy, and analyzes the achievements and problems of China's digital business environment on this basis; finally, based on the perspective of the rule of law, the report gives suggestions for building a business environment based on the rule of law and serving the development of the digital economy.
Keynote Report by Deputy Director Gao Taishan
The report firstly briefly introduced the policy background, academic research hotspots, and international frontier focuses related to the optimization of business environment; secondly, it introduced the reform initiatives and effectiveness of optimization of business environment, especially the achievements in growing main bodies, stabilizing employment, raising tax sources, expanding tax base, optimizing structure, smooth circulation, and supporting the economic operation; lastly, the report further analyzed the main problems of the current optimization of business environment and pointed out the reform ideas.
Keynote Report by Professor Xu Xianxiang
Professor Xu Xianxiang gave a keynote speech online through Tencent Conference. Firstly, the report pointed out that the business environment was "a monopolized competitive market for government services" from the perspective of economics; secondly, it analyzed that optimizing the business environment can affect business entry, total factor productivity, and industrial structure by reducing the cost of doing business, providing more government services, and then affecting business development; finally, the report further analyzed the relationship between business environment optimization and economic development, as well as the heterogeneity of local governments and their performance differences. Finally, the report further analyzed the relationship between business environment optimization and economic development, as well as the heterogeneity of local governments in optimizing business environments and their performance differences.
Keynote Report by Professor Du Yunzhou
The report firstly pointed out that optimizing the business environment and stimulating the vitality of market players was a complex scientific issue oriented to the major needs of the country, and there was a lack of evaluation and data on the vitality of market players; secondly, it introduced the construction of the evaluation system of the vitality of market players and the composition of the indicators; lastly, the report reported on the results of the evaluation and comparative analysis of the vitality of market players from the three dimensions of the country, the region, and the city, including seven dimensions of the scale of vitality, development vitality, innovation vitality, capital vitality, institutional vitality, spatial vitality, and life vitality in seven dimensions.
Subforum paper exchange and reading
During the presentation and exchange stage of the sub-forum paper on the afternoon of March 25th, over a hundred experts and scholars from well-known universities across the country shared and discussed the three themes of "business environment and innovation and entrepreneurship", "business environment and high-quality development", and "rule of law business environment and state-owned enterprise reform" in three subforums, both offline and online. The attending experts provided precise, detailed, and professional comments on the paper presented. The three subforums are chaired by Zhang Shiguo, Deputy Director of the editorial department of Management World, Lin Hongzhi, Associate Professor of Southeast University, Zhang Xiao, Professor of Nanjing University, Feng Liwei, Professor of Nanjing Audit University, Yang Lin, Professor of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, and Lu Qi'an, Professor of Guangxi Normal University.
Subforum 1: Business Environment and Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Subforum 2: Business Environment and Quality Development
Subforum 3: The Rule of Law Business Environment and Reform of State-owned Enterprises
The First Symposium on "Optimizing Business Environment and Stimulating the Vitality of Market Entities" (2023) has come to a successful conclusion. "Market players are the power carriers of the economy, and to protect market players is to protect social productivity." The CPC Central Committee and the State Council emphasize the continuous optimization of the business environment, fully stimulate the vitality of market players, promote entrepreneurship, promote enterprises to play a greater role and achieve greater development, and build up basic strength for economic development. Participants of this session said that they will continue to explore the cutting-edge theories, complex mechanisms, and practical research on the optimization of the business environment and the stimulation of the vitality of market players and they looked forward to the second symposium on "Optimization of Business Environment and Stimulation of the Vitality of Market Players", which will continue to be held next year, and will set up a platform for the peers to promote theoretical researches on optimization of the business environment and stimulation of vitality of market players, and to serve the national government.
（Source: Sun Ning）
Translated by: Cui Xuerong
Reviewed by: Li Zhaoting
