Spring initiates a new journey, and it is time to forge ahead. On February 25th, Lishui City held its first spring meeting, sounding the clarion call for forging ahead with the “15th Five-Year Plan” and fully embarking on a new journey of modern ecological economic development. After the convening of the meeting, it aroused warm responses from all sectors of the city. Everyone said that they will focus on the overall goal of “progressive transcendence”, promote and practice the value pursuit of Lishui people in the new era of “unity and struggle, perseverance, hard work for strength, and striving for excellence”, work hard with dedication, take responsibility and strive for the lead, and jointly write a new chapter of Lishui's practice in Chinese-style modernization.

The opening year of the “15th Five-Year Plan” is a crucial period for Lishui’s leapfrog and high-quality development. The value pursuit of Lishui people in the new era proposed at Lishui City’s first spring meeting is like a spring thunder awakening the spiritual power of the whole city.

Xie Binglin, Director of the Social and Cultural Teaching and Research Office of Lishui Municipal Party School, believes that this value pursuit is the contemporary inheritance and vivid interpretation of the revolutionary spirit in southwest Zhejiang. Its spiritual core is precisely the lofty aspiration of Lishui people in their bones to “turn the impossible into the possible”. Lishui people in the new era should internalize this value pursuit into their hearts and externalize it into actions, work hard with dedication, and take responsibility and strive for the lead. They should dare to draw their swords in the face of difficulties, take the initiative to seize opportunities, integrate their personal ideals into the family and country feelings and the grand narrative of Lishui’s development, and contribute their due strength to writing a new chapter of Lishui’s Chinese-style modernization.

“Unity and struggle” gather joint forces and lay a solid foundation for industrial development. “The city’s first spring meeting sounded the clarion call for forging ahead with the ‘15th Five-Year Plan’ and fully opening a new journey of modern ecological economic development, further strengthening the work tone of hard work, dedication and striving for the lead.” Zhang Zongwei, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, said that the next step will focus on the goal of modern ecological economic development and focus on three key tasks: iteratively implement the “2310” advanced manufacturing cluster cultivation project, strive to build 2 100-billion-level advanced manufacturing clusters and 3 50-billion-level advanced manufacturing clusters, and actively cultivate 10 10-billion-level municipal characteristic industrial chains; promote the “double recruitment and double introduction” strategic pilot project in an integrated way at the municipal level, and strive to attract more than 180 projects with an investment of over 100 million yuan throughout the year, including no less than 30 projects with an investment of over 1 billion yuan; implement the industrial platform capacity upgrading action, carry out a new round of concentrated tackling of “replacing cages with birds and nirvana of phoenixes”, promote the concentrated and contiguous development of industrial land, and strive to expand more than 5,000 mu of new industrial land and transfer more than 5,000 mu of new industrial land throughout the year.

Since 2021, Lishui has focused on the theme of “double recruitment and double introduction” to hold meetings at the beginning of the new year for six consecutive years, and has included it in the “key tasks” of the “three-year breakthrough action” for two consecutive years, continuously releasing a strong signal that “to grasp development, we must grasp recruitment and introduction”.

“Perseverance” focuses on the main business and stimulates new momentum for attracting large and strong enterprises. “The first spring meeting sounded the clarion call for forging ahead with the ‘15th Five-Year Plan’ and issued a general mobilization for developing and expanding the modern ecological economy.” Chen Jie, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Municipal Industrial Investment Group, said that they will fully align with the goal of “progressive transcendence”, firmly grasp the “double recruitment and double introduction” strategic pilot project as the key, resolutely shoulder the main responsibility of industrial cultivation, and go all out to take action; adhere to focusing on industry in all aspects and working around industry, charge ahead in “attracting large and strong enterprises”, make efforts in “industrial investment”, make breakthroughs in “platform capacity improvement”, fully participate in the construction of major platforms such as the “Three-River Estuary” Coordinated Development Zone, and contribute industrial investment strength to the comprehensive success of Lishui’s leapfrog and high-quality development with solid industrial projects.

“Diligence and Striving for Prosperity” drives transformation and polishes the “golden business card” of green development. The city’s first spring meeting proposed that to develop and expand the modern ecological economy, we must grasp the basic requirements of “five modernizations”, which made Zhang Shuqian, Executive Vice President of Zhejiang Zhongguang Electric Appliances Group Co., Ltd., deeply moved. He said that the deployment proposed at the city’s first spring meeting, such as “adhering to green transformation and leading comprehensive green transformation with ‘double carbon’”, has made Zhongguang Electric Appliances, which is deeply engaged in the field of green heat preparation equipment, have a clearer direction, stronger confidence and more motivation. Next, the enterprise will implement the requirements of green transformation throughout the entire development process, and contribute green strength to Lishui’s “progressive transcendence” with solid work.

“Striving for excellence” serves people’s livelihood and holds up the people’s stable “sense of happiness”. “As community workers, we deeply realize that ‘unity and struggle, perseverance, hard work for strength, and striving for excellence’ is not only the value pursuit of Lishui people in the new era, but also the action guide for our grass-roots work.” Wang Yan, Secretary of the Party Committee of Dashuimen Community, Wanxiang Street, Liandu District, said that she will continue to base herself on her position, take responsibility and take action, do a good job in grass-roots governance and people’s livelihood services with more enthusiasm, practice her original mission with practical actions, resolve disputes with patience, guard peace with perseverance, serve residents with solid work, and contribute grass-roots strength to the new vitality of the old urban area and Lishui’s leapfrog and high-quality development.