Xie pointed out that the biggest challenge currently facing Hainan is a lack of talent, so the province needs to boost its education and training quality in order to catch up.
Xiong said Nanjing, with 8 million people, had almost no pet hospitals before 2006, but now it has more than 100. He estimated the pet care market in China will keep increasing by 30 to 35 percent yearly.
Xu Benxin, associate professor with Kunming University of Science and Technology, said shared packaging was an innovative option for environmental protection and resource saving.
Xie Shuangcheng, vice-mayor of Hangzhou, said the city aims to develop the most featured and high-end outsourcing business, with e-commerce, information and telecommunication sectors as priorities.
Xie Yaxuan, chief economist with China Merchants Securities, said a slew of measures to implement reforms, such as tax cuts and efforts to cut overcapacity, helped buoy profit gains despite weak demand.
Xiong was honored with the Special Jury Prize and was invited to the stage to give a performance during Saturday's closing ceremony of the competition held by the China Association of Social Economic and Cultural Exchange.
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Xie Feng, Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in the Hong Kong SAR, said that the Belt and Road Initiative has injected fresh impetus into global growth, and effectively boosted complementarity between national strategies, advanced industrial cooperation, and removed bottlenecks impeding development such as the lack of infrastructure.
Xiang Ligang, a smartphone expert and CEO of telecom industry website cctime.com, said China Unicom already had very close partnerships with Tencent Holdings Ltd, Baidu Inc and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
Xu Mu, deputy general manager of Da Heng Qin Development Co Ltd, said a total of 299 companies, including 293 from Macao, have been established in Hengqin's "innovation valley", which mainly attracts young entrepreneurs from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao to start businesses, he said.
Xiang Ligang, director-general of the Information Consumption Alliance, a telecom industry association, said the partnership with Microsoft showcases the US company's recognition of the new Honor company.