Source: Qinhuangdao Daily Reporter: Xue Fei
On the evening of September 19, Ran Wanxiang, member of Standing Committee of Provincial Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, met with the distinguished delegates home and abroad who had attended the 2nd Yanzhao Light, including Sun Yu, academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Honorary Director of the Science and Technology Committee of the 54th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group, Tian Yongjun, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering College of Yanshan University, Steve Kokocroft, academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, professor of UBC University of Canada, Ph.D., and registered engineer.
On behalf of Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, Ran Wanxiang expressed sincere welcome and heartfelt thanks to the distinguished delegates home and abroad. He said that nowadays the major strategic opportunities, such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei coordinated development, planning and construction of Xiong'an New District, and 2020 Winter Olympics hosted by Beijing and Zhangjiakou, have brought unprecedented opportunities for Hebei development. At the same time, Hebei's development is also facing the arduous task of adjusting and optimizing the structure, de-capacity, and high-quality development. It is indispensable to innovation-driven for industrial transformation and upgrading and kinetic energy conversion and this is closely related to the gathering of talents in all aspects.
Meng Xiangwei, secretary of the municipal party committee, presided over the meeting and expressed warm welcome to the guests on behalf of the municipal party committee, municipal government and Qinhuangdao People. He said that hosting "Yanzhao Light" in Qinhuangdao reflects the importance and concern of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to Qinhuangdao. As a world-famous tourist city, Qinhuangdao is currently implementing the “four-city strategy” under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and is striding forward towards the goal of building a first-class international tourism city. To achieve high quality development, Qinhuangdao is eagerly seeking after the talents . He expressed his hope that the guests would take this event as a good opportunity to come here, have an inspection and focus on Qinhuangdao, so as to seek deeper cooperation opportunities in more fields, establish long-term cooperative relations and work together to create a better future.