Dong Mingzhu is deputy to the National People's Congress and chairman and president of Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliances Co. Ltd.

She said that manufacturing is the foundation of the national economy and national productivity. Innovation and research and development of core technologies are the key to the core competitiveness of the manufacturing industry, she said. She believes that from a manufacturing perspective, innovative enterprises, especially those that independently develop technology, should protect their intellectual property rights. "As an enterprise, I think we must have the spirit of turning the edge inward, be brave enough to challenge ourselves, break through ourselves, and be a country as a whole. A healthy 'cell'"