The opening ceremony was held by Professor Qiufeng and Mr. MAO Yushi gave an opening speech. Mr. MAO Yushi said that “The reason why many entrepreneurs have immigrated abroad is that they sensed the worsening of the market economic environment. From an economic perspective, it is related to the understanding of the ‘labour value’ theory; by resource allocation, wealth is created and accumulated. In this process, entrepreneurs play an important role in this wealth creation.”

Later on, Professor SHENG Hong moderated the first session. He thought the development of private enterprises means survival came first and development later. For example, BO Xilai persecuted several entrepreneurs when he was promoting “singing red songs and crashing down gangs”. The case of Cheng Kejie sounded an alarm that caused fear over survival of entrepreneurs, let alone the development of the enterprises. In this session, Mr. CHEN Youxi, famous criminal lawyer, gave a keynote speech on “Legal Issues for the Survival of Private Enterprises”. In the speech, he quoted several cases to illustrate the importance of entrepreneurs and the status of them. He thought it was critical to complete the market economic institution in order to protect the entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneur representative Mr. SUN Dawu introduced the recent case where his orchards were robbed by the local residents in Xushui. he thought it was very difficult to develop when the land property rights were ambiguous and unprotected. He also emphasised his vision for improve the current situations.

 Professor WANG Jianxun commented on this keynote speech. He thought the private property rights should be protected and clarified among the residents. Professor MAO Shoulong commented that there was a hierarchical system within the agrarian society. When protection of private property rights is introduced as people move to urban areas, a suitable institution should be development and upheld.

The second session is the press release of the research report on “Index of Survival and Development Environment of Chinese Private Enterprises”. The main author of this report, Mr. ZHANG Lin introduced the design and main content of the report.