Pingyao leaders attend training class in Zhejiang University

A five-day training class opened on Oct 10 in Zhejiang University for leaders of Pingyao county, including Wei Mingxi, Party secretary of Pingyao county.

After a short opening ceremony, Luo Suihong and Xu Yan’an, professors from Zhejiang University, gave lectures on Zhejiang Economic Development and Cultural Analysis and Theory and Practice on New Type Cities.

Professor Luo focused on why Zhejiang is rich and analyzed Zhejiang’s development model systematically. He also made a case study on representative figures such as Ma Yun, a famous Chinese Internet entrepreneur. He pointed out that institutional innovation, management innovation and technological innovation is necessary for economical transformation and development. He also expressed that the government must find its functional orientation, strongly support private economic development, solve problems with market economy principles and create a good development environment for enterprises.

Professor Xu concentrated on the “China Dream.” He said that urbanization should not proceed at the cost of the environment. Pingyao can learn from South Korea in industry development, Taiwan in agricultural development, Singapore in city management, Germany in town construction and Europe in ecological construction. He also pointed out that specific experiences will serve as a core competitive advantage for future tourism. Pingyao, as a tourism city, can build a "smart slow city" based on its ancient city area. The towns under its jurisdiction can integrate sources to create their own brand of tourism products to welcome the new tourism era.

Edited by Lin Hong and Michael Thai