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Who are China's top entrepreneurs? The "2021 Top Ten Economic Figures of the Year Selection" was officially launched

author:Observer.com

Sponsored by the China Economic Media Association and co-hosted by Sina Finance, CBN and Wu Xiaobo Channel, the "China Dream Cup ᆞ China Economic News Figures - 2021 Top Ten Economic Figures of the Year Selection" was held on October 29, 2021. The theme of this year's selection is "Tribute to the Driving Force of the Times", with the five dimensions of "innovation, subversion, forward-looking, growth and cutting-edge", looking for leading entrepreneurs who lead the beauty of business, industrial innovation and the tide of the times in this era of transformation.

Who are China's top entrepreneurs? The "2021 Top Ten Economic Figures of the Year Selection" was officially launched

2021 is the first year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and it also coincides with the centenary of the founding of the Party. Over the past hundred years, generations of outstanding entrepreneurs have emerged in China, who have become creators of social wealth and practitioners of innovative activities by virtue of their extraordinary courage and vision, innovative consciousness and perseverance, and have made important contributions to the prosperity and strength of the country. Finding economic role models in the new era, establishing outstanding entrepreneurial models, vigorously promoting entrepreneurship, and paying tribute to the strongest driving force in the new era are the foothold and starting point for holding the "2021 Top Ten Economic Figures of the Year Selection" activity, which is of far-reaching significance, glorious mission and heavy responsibility.

At the press conference, Deng Qingxu, CEO of Sina Finance, said in his speech that the new era and new development call for corresponding entrepreneurial spirit. "In the context of the overall situation of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the unprecedented changes in the world in a hundred years, we have found that such as ESG, carbon neutrality, new energy, environmental protection, low carbon, corporate governance, common prosperity, etc. have become the hot words of economic development this year." More and more entrepreneurs are joining the team of business for good, they fulfill their social responsibilities with a high sense of responsibility and mission, and also inject new connotations into the 'entrepreneurial spirit' in the new era. ”

Deng Qingxu said that we should also turn our attention to those "specialized and new" world champion enterprises in the field of segmentation, and also hope to tap those silent giants who have been deeply cultivated for a long time and are unknown, "These are the areas we need to pay attention to and cover this year." ”

He also said that this year in the selection of a new upgrade, the China Economic Media Association became the organizer of the selection, the integration of the only award of the national outstanding economic news figures selection, strong and strong, to create a more authoritative and credible selection of economic news figures; the jury lineup on the basis of last year's high level of further growth, the people's daily former deputy editor-in-chief Xie Guoming as the chairman of the jury, will be a higher standard, more multi-dimensional perspective prudent review; in the cooperative media lineup is also a new upgrade, more than 200+ The authoritative media participated in the whole process to witness and record the birth of China's economic role models.

As a representative of the organizers, Zhao Jian, president of the China Economic Media Association, said in his speech that the 2021 China Economic News Figure Selection, looking for the upward force of China's economy, will focus on aerospace, electronics, automobiles, agriculture, safety and many other innovative fields, and select and commend outstanding individuals with innovative spirit, dedication to new economic industries, enthusiasm for poverty alleviation and public welfare, and new promotion of society. "In particular, we must find those who are low-key and pragmatic, young and promising, dare to be the first, dare to break through the forerunners of China's economy, the pillars and hidden champions."

He introduced that the selection object is mainly recommended by the national economic media, and also accepts the recommendation of social institutions and experts, and can submit information through the online public nomination channel released by Sina Finance and register to participate in the selection. As the only online voting platform, sina finance APP selects candidates for preliminary voting. Finally, 10 "2021 China Economic News Figures" were selected based on the comprehensive selection criteria, online voting rankings, and final evaluations, and the final list was announced at the "2021 China Economic Media Conference" and the "China Dream Cup China Economic Journalist Award Ceremony".

Yang Yudong, editor-in-chief of CBN, delivered a message in which he said that in a series of important changes in the external environment, special attention is paid to the enthusiasm of entrepreneurs in investment, research and development, and innovation. "Confidence is more important than gold, and we want to see a role model and a role model."

For the expectations of the top ten economic figures this year, especially entrepreneurs, he said that he mainly focused on four aspects: First, entrepreneurs still have an open mind and are willing to continue to drive enterprise expansion with an open and global mindset. The second is to maintain the entrepreneurial spirit of daring to innovate and meet the challenges and opportunities brought by emerging technologies. Third, in the field of real economy, it can make positive contributions to the reinforcement of China's industrial chain and supply chain. The fourth is to be able to respond to the policy call for common prosperity and realize corresponding corporate social responsibility under the premise of marketization and legalization.

Xie Guoming, chairman of the jury and former deputy editor-in-chief of the People's Daily, said that the selection of economic role models in the new era, the establishment of outstanding models, through media dissemination, give play to the typical exemplary role of typical figures, inspire and help more workers to enhance the confidence and determination of reform and development construction, find their own correct development path, and devote themselves to the great cause of promoting the country's high-quality development.

He said that in 2021, the epidemic is still spreading around the world, the international supply chain has been hit hard, the international situation is complex, and the contradictions between many countries have intensified, which requires us to accelerate the formation of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the main body and the international and domestic dual cycles promoting each other while facing globalization. In this process, many Chinese workers have achieved breakthrough results by virtue of the spirit of independent innovation, and have important developments in many fields such as medical, aerospace, electronics, automobiles, agriculture, and network security, which is also the direction that will be focused on in this year's selection.

"We will uphold the principle of fairness, justice and openness, comprehensive consideration, prudent judgment, China Economic Media Association and Sina Finance in the past in the annual economic figure selection have their own advantages, this strong combination, unified in accordance with the China Economic Media Association sponsored by the national appraisal of the standard of commendation retention project standards and procedures, launched the selection of the top ten economic figures in 2021, I believe it will make the selection of China economic news figures more standardized, more influential, and thus more effectively promote the high-quality development of the economy, I am full of confidence in this." Xie Guoming said.

Wu Xiaobo, co-chairman of the jury and financial writer, delivered a speech in which he talked about his understanding of "excellence". "The so-called 'excellent' probably has two meanings: the first is that compared with its peers, every industry in China has experienced various shocks in technology, consumer transformation and international trade relations in the past few years. Therefore, in such a drastically changing market environment and policy environment, which entrepreneurs have performed the best in the industry this year, which needs to be considered and selected. Another more important consideration is whether it is possible for this excellence to stand the test of cycle and time. ”

Yu Lan, a representative of the jury, deputy editor-in-chief of China News Service and president of China News Network, said in his speech that maximizing financial returns is no longer the ultimate pursuit, and common prosperity has quietly become a value coordinate. "This year's selection of economic figures has a very special significance, because this list will be a list of heroes to witness the Chinese economy in the face of difficulties." She hopes that there will be four types of people on the future list who can become protagonists, "the first is the perseverance in pressure, the second is the breakout in the predicament, the third is the insight in the change, and the fourth is the leader in exploration." ”

Chen Jianfu, president of securities daily, said in his speech that in addition to paying enough attention to some industries that are new, growing and subversive, some new changes and applications of the traditional economy are also the basic disk and fixed star of China's economy, and I hope that the selection will also pay enough attention to these enterprises.

Song Lixin, president of the jury representative of "Talents" magazine, said, "The characteristics of ESG, from the comprehensive consideration of environmental governance, social efficiency and company performance, have enriched entrepreneurs' understanding of social responsibility, especially after so many news events, more entrepreneurs have understood that only by understanding the overall situation, understanding the general situation and doing good things can we make the foundation evergreen." ”

She said, "This year's selection criteria will also have some highlights, characteristics, changes, but ESG such a three-dimensional understanding of social responsibility, if it can be integrated into the blood of enterprise development as soon as possible, it can get rid of the survival anxiety brought about by technology and trade that we now feel." ”

Qin Shuo, a well-known financial media person, said that the image of the mainstream companies that are respected today has actually undergone some changes, and when understanding the corporate structure of the entire Chinese economy, it is indeed necessary to pay attention to central enterprises and state-owned enterprises. In addition, the size of the company cannot be used as the main indicator of economic figures, but should stand in the direction of the times, progress, and miracle creation.

Yan Yong, deputy director of the Information Center of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, said that the general secretary put forward a 20-word requirement for state-owned entrepreneurs: "loyalty to the party, courage to innovate, good governance of enterprises, promising enterprises, honesty and integrity", which provides a fundamental basis for carrying forward the entrepreneurial spirit.

He said that after the SASAC Party Committee entered a new stage of development, it also strengthened the deployment of high-quality development and promoted the acceleration of cultivating first-class enterprises with world competitiveness, especially under the new development pattern, Chinese enterprises continue to explore the path of high-quality development, "it should be said that in terms of scientific and technological innovation, self-reliance and self-improvement, in terms of business model innovation, we have made positive explorations, especially this year is also the year of the three-year reform of state-owned enterprises, we have also seen a large number of state-owned enterprises in digital transformation, in ESG governance, in ' In the process of high-quality development, the double carbon action has created many vivid cases, which are remarkable and have benchmarking significance on the world stage. ”

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