At 11:00 am on May 11th, Jiaxing City held a grand national level Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone licensing ceremony. Vice Governor Gong Zheng presented a plaque to He Bingrong, a member of the Standing Committee of the Jiaxing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone. Vice Secretary General Xia Haiwei read out a reply from the General Office of the State Council regarding the upgrading of Jiaxing Economic and Technological Development Zone to a national level economic and technological development zone. Vice Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce Hu Weikang delivered a congratulatory speech.
He Chunlin, Secretary General of the Ninth National People’s Congress and former Director of the State Council Special Zone Office, Hu Ping, former Minister of Commerce and former Director of the State Council Special Zone Office, Shen Juoren, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Zhao Yundong, former Deputy Director of the State Council Special Zone Office, Chen Shunheng, and other former leaders of national ministries and commissions, as well as leaders of the General Office of the State Council, the General Office of the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the China Development Zone Association; Leaders or relevant department heads of provincial departments such as the General Office of the Provincial Government, the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Provincial Economic and Information Commission, the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Construction, the Provincial State Taxation Bureau, the Provincial Bureau of Statistics, Hangzhou Customs, and the Hangzhou Central Branch of the People’s Bank of China; More than 180 leaders from the Jiaxing Municipal Party Committee, Municipal People’s Congress, Municipal Government, and Municipal Political Consultative Conference attended the licensing ceremony.