In 2020, the number of entrepreneurs and innovation personnel returning to the country will reach 10.1 million, a year-on-year increase of 19%——


  Why did they choose to return home to start a business?

  In Zhengan, Guizhou, the "Baikal" guitar factory founded by "post-80s" returnees last year generated nearly 100 million yuan in revenue; in Dexing, Jiangxi, Zheng Zhigang, who returned to his hometown to start a business, is planning to build a new factory and bring more people to nearby employment; In Heze, Shandong, the entrepreneurial incubation base built by veteran Li Weihua has nurtured many young people’s entrepreneurial dreams...In 2020, the number of entrepreneurs and innovation personnel returning to their hometowns across the country will reach 10.1 million, an increase of 1.6 million from 2019. A year-on-year increase of 19% is the most and fastest-growing year in recent years.

  What is attracting more and more people to return home to start a business?

The "Notice on Promoting and Supporting the Pilot Experience of Peasant Workers and Other People Returning to Start Hometowns" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") issued by the National Development and Reform Commission a few days ago outlines such a picture-

  Returning home to start a business, adding momentum to rural revitalization

  Polishing, winding, painting...In the production workshop, workers lined up along the console.

Accompanied by the roar of the machine and the harsh grinding sound, an upright guitar was born.

Flick the strings, the sound is pleasant.

The sound of the piano is constantly flowing, flying out of the mountains-this is a scene in the International Guitar Industrial Park of Zheng'an County, Zunyi City, Guizhou Province.

  Among the hundreds of guitar factories in the park, Baikal, who is more than 5 years old, is a little famous.

Zhao Shan, the owner of the "post-80s" who founded this guitar factory, is an entrepreneur who has returned to his hometown.

Before returning home, Zhao Shan worked in the IT industry in Guiyang.

Going home to start a business was due to a conversation he had with a friend.

  “When I chatted with my friends, I learned that my hometown was developing the guitar industry, and I had the idea of ​​starting a business.” Zhao Shan has never set foot in this industry before, but he is not afraid of tigers.

"Although I have never worked in this business, I have experience in the field of e-commerce. I have confidence in e-commerce sales!"

  In June 2016, the "Baikal" guitar factory officially opened.

Unlike most guitar manufacturers who focus on guitar OEMs, "Baikal" has set up an online store with products directly facing consumers and leading sales on e-commerce platforms.

The booming business has attracted many local young people to join the "Baikal" e-commerce department and become "white-collar workers" at home.

  As a member of the army of returning home to start a business, Zheng Zhigang mentioned "homesickness" the most.

  After graduating from junior high school, Zheng Zhigang left his hometown in Jiangxi and came to work in a non-woven equipment machinery factory in Jiaxing, Zhejiang. He worked for 8 years.

In 2010, he was already proficient in the relevant craftsmanship and decided to start his own business.

In the same year, Hangzhou Zhiling Non-woven Machinery Equipment Co., Ltd. landed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

By 2018, the company's annual sales had reached more than 60 million yuan.

It was also this year that Zheng Zhigang had the idea of ​​returning to his hometown to start a business.

  "I have been'drifting' for so many years, and the relatives and friends who came out together are very homesick." In Zheng Zhigang's memory, his childhood hometown was always brightly lit.

Later, many young people went out to work, and their hometown became a "hollow village."

He was looking forward to seeing the lights of every household turn on again.

  In June 2018, Zheng Zhigang moved the company back to Jiangxi Dexing and founded Jiangxi Dele Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

His previous entrepreneurial experience has made him famous in the industry.

After returning to his hometown, not only the development of his own enterprise, but also the establishment of many local upstream and downstream supporting equipment factories.

Some poverty-stricken households who had filed and registered in the past have also found stable jobs in his factory.

  Such stories happen frequently all over the country nowadays.

  In recent years, the number of entrepreneurs and innovation personnel returning to their hometowns has continued to rise.

Statistics show that an average return home entrepreneurship and innovation project can absorb 6.3 people in stable employment and 17.3 people in flexible employment.

  "More and more people are returning to their hometowns to start businesses, which has a significant role in promoting rural revitalization." Wu Shuai, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Personnel Sciences, pointed out that entrepreneurship can promote the prosperity of rural industries and local employment, thereby boosting residents' income.

While improving economic conditions, the level of rural civilization will also be further improved.

"For example, some areas have used previously idle land to build business parks, etc. This is conducive to forcing the improvement of the rural environment and improving the modernization of rural governance."

  Policy guarantees provide soil for entrepreneurial seeds

  If nostalgia for the hometown is the motivation for returning home, good policies are the catalyst for returning home to start a business.

  Returning home is easy, but starting a business is not easy.

The survey shows that entrepreneurial groups returning to their hometowns often face various challenges such as "friend circle" and "resource circle".

If you can't establish a stable entrepreneurial team in your hometown, and solve the resource constraints such as the people and property needed in the initial stage of entrepreneurship, it is likely to dispel the idea of ​​returning to your hometown to start a business.

  This is something Li Weihua from Heze, Shandong knows.

After retiring from the army, Li Weihua worked in property and hotel management.

In the end, he settled in a pioneering park in Changzhou, Jiangsu.

In 2016, at an investment promotion conference, he learned that his hometown was attracting business and investment.

Out of feelings for his hometown and optimism about Heze's development prospects, Li Weihua decided to return to his hometown to establish an entrepreneurial incubation base.

However, unlike Jiangsu's strong entrepreneurial atmosphere, starting a company in Heze obviously has a longer investment return period.

"I have been out of town for many years. I didn't have any contacts when I first came back. I didn't know much about the situation in my hometown." Li Weihua said frankly that even his entrepreneurial partners were not optimistic about the business at the beginning.

  Fortunately, the local government has stretched its hands-the 20,000 square meters of space is provided by the government for free; tax incentives, talent subsidies, etc., are the best within the scope of the law; because Li Weihua is not familiar with the local situation, relevant departments take the initiative to match up... With the support of relevant departments, Li Weihua's entrepreneurial incubation base has gradually improved.

"The previous venue has long been insufficient! Now it has expanded to about 30,000 square meters." Li Weihua told reporters.

  Zhen Junhua, deputy director of Heze City Returning Entrepreneurship Service Center, introduced to reporters that currently, Heze City has established 73 entrepreneurial parks (bases), of which 6 have been rated as provincial demonstration parks (bases).

Here, entrepreneurs can enjoy the most favorable policies in order to implement their entrepreneurial plans faster.

  Nowadays, looking at many places across the country, various entrepreneurial platforms are building a more friendly hometown entrepreneurship environment.

In Ruzhou, Henan, there are rich and diverse models such as crowd-creation space and innovation workshops. Start-up companies returning to their hometowns can enter directly for free during the initial period; in Liling, Hunan, the four-in-one back-home business incubation linkage of "government, society, industry enterprises, and schools" The mechanism has realized the joint construction of entrepreneurial incubation bases and resource sharing; in Yibin, Sichuan, an incubation physical platform, service platform, communication platform, promotion platform, etc. have been set up in Xuzhou District, Sichuan, to help seed projects take root...

  "The rent is exempt for the first three years, and the levy is reduced by half for the next two years." "Water, electricity, fire protection, network and other supporting facilities are available. After the company completes the registration, you can'carry in'." As a beneficiary of the hometown policy, Zheng Zhigang recently I am thinking about building a new raw material factory.

"Next, I want to further improve the industry chain. Let more people find a good job at home without leaving their hometowns!"

  Solve the pain points and protect the returnees

  After attracting talents to settle down, how to keep them and develop well?

  The "Notice" issued by the National Development and Reform Commission proposes to establish and improve the talent cultivation, introduction, guarantee, and incentive policy system to actively attract and retain talent.

For example, provide “green channels” for the introduction and cultivation of talents; provide cultivation support funds for returning home entrepreneurs; track and cultivate returning home entrepreneurs with outstanding entrepreneurial achievements, and promptly recruit party members and village “two committees” teams.

  "Returning home to start a business is like transplanting a tree. We need to consider whether it can survive, bloom, and bear fruit, and whether the fruit can be sold and make money. This requires the government to create a better development ecology." Wu Shuai said.

In addition, capital and resources have always been the difficulties and pain points in starting a business.

Returning entrepreneurs, especially migrant workers, have a weaker risk tolerance. They are often afraid of borrowing and debt. When funds are short, they are more willing to borrow from relatives and friends rather than from financial institutions.

"To solve the funding problem, it is necessary to further open up financing channels to provide protection for the returning home entrepreneurs."

  At present, various localities are adopting innovative methods such as the introduction of credit policies to provide financing facilities for returning home entrepreneurs.

  Henan Province has set up a 10 billion return home venture capital fund for migrant workers, leveraging social capital to increase support for start-up return home entrepreneurial enterprises; Nankang District, Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province guided banks in the region to launch innovatively " 50 financial innovation products, including industrial upgrading loan and brand loan, to support the financing of home-grown startup enterprises; Gaotai County, Gansu Province introduced social capital contribution and established the “Weak Water 3000 Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund” to carry out startup projects in the seed stage. Angel investment...

  "In Zhengan, we also have financial products specifically for the guitar industry park. You can get loans without mortgages or guarantees, which is really convenient!" Zhao Shan told reporters.

  Software services must keep up.

Benefiting from the experience of migrant workers, most of the entrepreneurial groups who have returned to their hometowns are generally good at production technology, but their ability in market management and other aspects still needs to be further improved.

Therefore, strengthening education and training in the fields of intellectual property rights, market development and other fields for returning entrepreneurial groups will also help improve their entrepreneurial success rate.

  "We must consider how to "cover the bottom" for entrepreneurs who are less able to resist risks." In Wu Shuai's view, the success of those who initially returned to start a business will have an impact on the decision-making of latecomers.

Based on actual experience, the success rate of an entrepreneurial venture is often low.

Once the entrepreneurship fails, the relevant departments must do a good job of helping the entrepreneurs who return to their hometowns during the transition period, or help them realize their second entrepreneurship.

  “In the future, we can also encourage returning entrepreneurs to guide and lead more people to start their businesses home through honors and awards, and contribute to rural development,” said Wu Shuai.

  Reporter: Liao Ruiling