(Building a Well-off with One Heart) Zhang Guiping: Private entrepreneurs are duty-bound to help win the battle against poverty
China News Service, Beijing, February 22, Question: Zhang Guiping: Private entrepreneurs are duty-bound to help win the battle against poverty
Chinanews.com reporter Liu Dawei and Yang Chengchen
"Implementing 'targeted poverty alleviation' and resolutely winning the tough battle against poverty are the prerequisites and important guarantees for building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Entrepreneur representative, I feel that I do my part and take responsibility." Zhang Guiping, chairman of Suning Universal Group, said in a recent interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com.
On December 17, 2021, the selection and commendation conference of various democratic parties, federations of industry and commerce, and people without party affiliation for their contributions to building a well-off society in an all-round way was held in Beijing. Outstanding achievements in social services were commended.
During this period, Zhang Guiping was awarded the Advanced Individual Award.
Over the years, Zhang Guiping has spared no effort to pay attention to and participate in poverty alleviation and development, and strive to do what he can for the cause of poverty alleviation.
"Through conducting research in poverty-stricken areas and participating in poverty alleviation and development practices in poverty-stricken areas in recent years, I have deeply realized the difficulties in the lives of people in poverty-stricken areas. We must implement precise and targeted measures to help them." Zhang Guiping said.
As a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, he submitted proposals to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for three consecutive years in 2018, 2019 and 2020, focusing on "targeted poverty alleviation" and "preventing the return to poverty", and in the 2020 proposal, he proposed "the sustainable development of targeted poverty alleviation". Sex" suggestion.
"The reason why we focus on 'targeted poverty alleviation' and 'preventing the return to poverty' is that we hope to build a broad consensus and form an effective synergy, so that more entrepreneurs can actively participate in the main battlefield of poverty alleviation, take the initiative to take responsibility for the country, share its worries for the country, and make Set an example, let more poor people get rid of poverty and live a good life." Zhang Guiping said.
In addition to his suggestions, Zhang Guiping also made contributions to poverty alleviation in poor areas.
Nayong County in Guizhou Province is a designated poverty alleviation county of the Revolutionary Committee of the Communist Party of China.
As the chairman of the Central Entrepreneurs Association of the Republic of China, Zhang Guiping went to Nayong for many times to carry out poverty alleviation activities: by donating to the Zhongshan Boai Foundation, he supported the reconstruction and expansion project of Kunzhai Minority Middle School in Nayong County; subsidized the left-behind children of local poor families Participated in the "Zhongshan Boai Summer Camp", supported leading enterprises and rural cooperatives in Nayong County, and implemented a number of education and medical poverty alleviation projects, and aided the construction of infrastructure for poverty alleviation demonstration villages.
In order to help "Guizhou goods come out of the mountains", Zhang Guiping led the masses of revolutionary entrepreneurs to actively purchase agricultural products in poverty-stricken areas through the "Boai Poverty Alleviation Cloud Mall" WeChat service account, Suning Tesco and Guizhou "Najiawang" and other e-commerce platforms, effectively expanding the It has established sales channels for poverty alleviation products, and actually helped people in poverty-stricken areas to increase their income.
In addition, he also extensively organized and mobilized the members of the National Revolutionary Party and entrepreneurs to help local economic development, and successively participated in the "Guangxi Exchange and Cooperation Conference of Chinese Revolutionary Entrepreneurs", "Republic of China Enterprises Helping Guizhou Industry Investment Development Conference", "Republican Revolutionary Entrepreneurs Helping Hunchun Marine Economy" A series of activities such as "Cooperative Development Investment Promotion Conference" and "Republic of China Central Committee to Help Inner Mongolia Industrial Development Conference" effectively promoted a number of major investment projects and investment intentions, and effectively enhanced the long-term development momentum of poverty-stricken areas.
"Winning is hard, but holding on to it is hard." By the end of 2020, China will eliminate absolute poverty and overall regional poverty, and complete the goal of poverty alleviation as scheduled.
After achieving comprehensive poverty alleviation, how to consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation and connect with rural revitalization has become a new topic.
Especially under the influence of the normalization of the current prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the problem has become more prominent.
Zhang Guiping believes that years of poverty alleviation and development practice have shown that private enterprises have their unique advantages in capital, technology, talents, and markets. In the new situation and new stage, private enterprises must shoulder the heavy burden and rise to the challenge.
Further excavate the advantageous resources of enterprises, state support policies and the best combination of natural resource endowment and land, ecology, labor and other element resources in poverty alleviation areas, and realize the innovation, transformation and upgrading of enterprises and the resource potential, human potential and potential of poverty alleviation areas. The organic combination of characteristic industries, so as to promote the high-quality development of the enterprise itself, more effectively help the poverty alleviation areas to continuously consolidate the achievements of poverty alleviation, and continue to promote the rural revitalization.
He said that the sound and rapid development of private enterprises is inseparable from the party's policies and the strong support of the people, so they should be rich and give back to the society.
"The attention and investment in public welfare and charity is also a tradition and a culture in Suning Global, and it is the responsibility of a successful enterprise (home)."
According to statistics, since its establishment more than 30 years ago, Suning Global has given back to the society and donated funds and materials totaling more than 600 million yuan, covering various aspects such as poverty alleviation, helping the weak, teaching and learning, disaster relief, and fighting the epidemic.
"Doing charity is a normal state. If the society needs us to support and help, we should bury our heads in doing it. We hope to do our best to give more people some warmth." Zhang Guiping said.
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