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□ Nanjing Daily/Zijinshan News reporter Zhang Tiantian

Look at the city through the list and the development through the numbers.

Over the past few days, the list of Fortune 500 in China in 2024, Top 100 Cities in China in 2024, Top 100 Online Retailing in China in 2024, Top 100 Hurun China New Materials Enterprises in 2024, and Top 50 Pioneers of ESG Listed Companies in China in the Yangtze River Delta (2024) have been released one after another.

Through the list, we can find that in the first half of this year, while achieving a reasonable growth in quantity, Nanjing’s economic development ushered in an effective improvement in quality and took new steps in high-quality development.

Up: "physique" is stronger.

On July 25th, the "2024 Fortune China Top 500 List" was released. Many familiar "Nanjing faces" can be found on the list of Nanjing Bank Co., Ltd., Huitongda Network Co., Ltd., Nanjing Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Suning.cn Group Co., Ltd. and Nanjing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

On August 6th, China Chain Store & Franchise Association cooperated with Deloitte to release "Top100 Online Retailing in China in 2024", and Huitong and Suning.cn joined king of the children Children’s Products Co., Ltd., JD.COM Wuxing Electric Appliance Group Co., Ltd., Jinhong Fashion Group Co., Ltd. and many other new productivity enterprises to make the list. Among them, Suning.cn and Huitong ranked fourth and fifth respectively after JD.COM, Alibaba and Vipshop.

The number of listed companies and their positions on the list directly reflect the position of Nanjing’s economic development in China’s economic map. From the cornerstone of manufacturing industry to the rising star of Internet technology, from the innovation of financial services to the exploration of green energy … Counting the list, we can see that the development of Nanjing enterprises in many fields has entered a new stage of increasing their physique from long stature, and the role of many fields has changed from "followers" to "leaders", forming and demonstrating a strong driving force and support for high-quality development.

"By placing an order to buy a mobile phone through the online shopping platform, we can deliver it to your door within 10 kilometers." Boss Cheng of Nanjing Liuhe District said, "In 2023, store sales increased by more than 50%." Through the digital empowerment of small shops in towns and villages, Huitongda has made a "big business": in 2023, Huitongda achieved an operating income of 82.433 billion yuan and a net profit of 697 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25%.

According to the relevant person in charge of king of the children, while the "AI parenting consultant model" KidsGPT was launched online, the company also independently developed a full-link digital system for instant retail in the same city, and successively launched products such as one-hour delivery, city delivery and half-day delivery. The timely fulfillment rate of orders reached 99%, greatly improving the convenience of users’ shopping.

Xiangxin: "Footsteps" are lighter

In March of this year, Nanjing issued the "Key Points of Industry Strong City Action 2024", proposing to speed up the revitalization and upgrading of the four pillar industries and build two "national teams" with high standards.

Nowadays, as one of the four pillar industries, steel has accelerated the formation of new quality productivity through deep transformation and upgrading. As one of the two state-level advanced manufacturing clusters in our city, in 2023, the new power (smart grid) cluster will achieve revenue exceeding 360 billion yuan.

Nangang and Guodian Nanrui, which were on the list of the eighth batch of single manufacturing champion enterprises of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in March this year, met again at the peak after a lapse of five months, respectively, by virtue of "9 nickel steel for cryogenic vessels", "ultra-high-strength wear-resistant steel plate" and "smart grid main distribution network dispatching and monitoring automation system". At the ESG China Yangtze River Delta Corporate Social Responsibility Conference held on August 7th, Nanjing enterprises such as Nangang and Guodian Nanrui were selected into the list of "China ESG Listed Companies in the Yangtze River Delta Pioneer 50(2024)", and the industrial development was "green rise".

Strolling along the bank of the Yangtze River, birds and flowers are singing in the factory area of Nangang, an old steel enterprise. Tourists enjoy the rippling blue waves by the Kowloon Lake and reminisce about the glorious years in the steel museum.

The "green" of appearance is the representation, and the "green" of kernel is the key. The "baking soda" desulfurization process was pioneered in the treatment of coke oven flue gas. Four fully enclosed, environmentally friendly and intelligent material sheds with a total area of 100,000 square meters were built, 24 "coal silos" and 39 "coke silos" were built, and all the belt corridors were closed and reformed … Nangang became the first "long-process steel" enterprise in Jiangsu Province with a grade A environmental performance, and really grew from "Iron Man" to "Green".

The upgrade of new materials is also helping the automobile industry to "run" quickly. On the "2024 Hurun China Top 100 New Materials Enterprises List" released in August, Nanjing enterprises such as Baowu Magnesium and Hanrui Cobalt were listed. Lose 2.5 kg-7 kg! This is the "weight reduction achievement" of a magnesium alloy lightweight electric drive assembly jointly released by Baowu Magnesium and Suzhou Huichuan United Power System Co., Ltd. According to "Research on Key Technologies for Lightweight of New Energy Vehicles", a 10% reduction in the weight of new energy vehicles will increase their endurance by 6%-8%.

To the future: the goal is more firm.

The reporter noted that while many enterprises are on the list, the cities that gave birth to these enterprises are also on the list.

On July 30th, 2024, the list of the top 100 cities in China was released, which was the tenth consecutive year that Wharton Economic Research Institute organized the compilation of the annual list of the top 100 cities in China. Cities at or above the prefecture level, which rank the top 115th in the annual GDP above the list, are considered as the shortlisted cities. They are sorted according to their comprehensive scores of hard economic indicators (GDP, savings and finance) and soft economic indicators (environment, science and education, culture and health), and the top 100 cities are selected as the top 100 cities of the year. Nanjing ranks sixth on the list.

Behind this ranking is that Nanjing has been accumulating strength for high-quality development.

Last year, the number of high-tech enterprises in Nanjing exceeded 10,000, and the evaluation of national innovative cities ranked fourth in the country. It was awarded "Top Ten Provincial Capital and Sub-provincial Cities" and "Top Ten Provincial Capital and Sub-provincial Cities with the Best Word of Mouth" for the business environment of 10,000 private enterprises in 2023. This year, Nanjing took the initiative to jump out of the "comfort zone" and "frame of reference" of domestic standards and fully aligned itself with the "world-class" benchmark: in January, "Several Measures for Promoting the Development and Growth of Private Economy (Draft for Comment)" was released, including 6 parts and 26 measures; In February, the first batch of innovative application scenarios for optimizing the business environment in 2024 were released, and 15 small incision "scenarios" involved many fields; In April, the Leading Group for Optimizing the Business Environment in Nanjing issued and implemented the Key Points for Optimizing the Business Environment in Nanjing in 2024, which is the sixth consecutive document for optimizing the business environment in Nanjing, with 26 measures put forward.

Planning for the next step: Not long ago, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee held a meeting and proposed that we should go all out to grab the third quarter, do a solid job in implementing policies such as "two-fold" and "double innovation", strengthen economic operation scheduling, strengthen project construction and attract investment, focus on expanding domestic demand to promote consumption, stabilize foreign trade and foreign investment, boost the confidence and vitality of business entities, accelerate the cultivation of new quality productivity, and unswervingly achieve the annual economic and social development goals.

[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held talks at the Oriental Space Launch Site in Amur, Russia on the 13th. This is the first time that the two countries have held leaders’ talks since April 2019. Putin said that the cooperation with North Korea in the space field is the reason why he and Kim Jong-un came to the Eastern Launch Site. "North Korean leaders are very interested in rocket equipment and are also trying to develop space technology", while Russia "will help North Korea conduct space exploration and rocket construction". After the extensive talks between Russian and North Korean leaders and senior officials, Russian Presidential Press Secretary peskov told the media that the "all-round" relationship between Russia and North Korea "includes the exchange of views on military technical cooperation and security". Russian media believe that the meeting between Putin and Kim Jong-un is a signal to the United States and its allies, "let the United States, Japan and South Korea understand that they should not try to launch military provocations."

Kim Jong-un is "very interested" in rocket equipment

According to a report by RIA Novosti on the 13th, Putin held a welcoming ceremony for Kim Jong-un at the Oriental Space Launch Site and had a brief conversation. The two heads of state inspected the construction process of the launch pad of the angara rocket and the launcher of the Soyuz -2 rocket at the Oriental Space Launch Site. According to the report, Putin replied in response to a reporter’s question about whether Russia will help North Korea build artificial satellites. "This is why we came to the Eastern Launch Site. North Korean leaders are very interested in rocket equipment, and North Korea is also trying to develop space technology.". In addition, when Putin answered the question "whether he will discuss military technology cooperation with the North Korean leader", he said that he would "discuss all issues in sequence, and there is plenty of time" with the North Korean leader. The live video shows that during the visit, Kim Jong-un asked questions from time to time to the Russian interpreters. According to RIA Novosti, Kim Jong-un is "particularly interested in the operating principle, fuel characteristics and falling objects of launch vehicles".

Putin and Kim Jong-un then held formal talks. According to the Itar-Tass news agency reported on the 13th, the meeting place is located in the engineering workshop of the Soyuz -2 carrier rocket at the Eastern Space Launch Site. During the talks, Putin said that the meeting with Kim Jong-un coincided with the special time of the 75th anniversary of the founding of North Korea, and the Soviet Union was the first country to recognize North Korea. I hope to discuss economic cooperation, the situation on the peninsula and humanitarian issues at this meeting. Kim Jong-un said that developing relations with Russia is the priority direction of North Korea, and the DPRK will work with Russia to fight imperialism. North Korea supports all Russian decisions and hopes to continue to develop bilateral relations. Russian satellite news agency said that the Russian delegation attending the talks included three deputy prime ministers, Foreign Minister Lavrov, Defense Minister shoigu, Transport Minister Savilev and Minister of Natural Resources kozlov.

Itar-Tass reported that after extensive talks between the two sides, Putin and Kim Jong-un held one-on-one talks and had lunch together, which lasted for more than five hours. Peskov said that after the talks, the leaders of Russia and the DPRK will not sign any documents such as the joint declaration. After the talks, Putin said that the Russian Federation abides by its international obligations, but it is possible to cooperate within the framework of rules. In addition, he and Kim Jong-un also discussed the development of agricultural relations. Putin revealed that Kim Jong-un will next visit Komsomolsk-on-Amur to visit factories that produce civilian and military equipment.

Putin and Kim Jong-un attended a formal banquet after their talks. The banquet dishes included duck fig nectarine salad, Kamchatka crab jiaozi, grass carp fish soup, sturgeon with mushrooms and potatoes, beef ribs with roasted vegetables and so on.

It is worth noting that the South Korean Joint Staff Headquarters said on the 13th that North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles from Shun ‘an area in Pyongyang from 11: 43 am to 11: 53 am that day. The missiles flew about 650 kilometers respectively and then fell into the eastern waters of the Korean Peninsula. The Japanese side also notified the relevant launch actions and said that it had lodged a strong protest with the DPRK. Hong Min, a senior researcher at the Korea Institute of Unification, believes that it is the first time for North Korea to launch missiles during the top leader’s visit, which shows the confidence of the leader in maintaining the military readiness during his visit.

Why did the talks take place at the space launch site?

"The location of the meeting place between Putin and Kim Jong-un is of great significance." On 13th, CNN quoted easley, a professor of international studies at Ewha Women’s University in South Korea, as saying that the new generation of Russian spacecraft will be launched from the Oriental Space Launch Site. Choosing this meeting place shows that Russia may provide satellite launching technology to North Korea in exchange for providing arms to Russia. South Korea’s "Central Daily News" said that South Korean public opinion is generally worried that there will be some kind of weapons transaction between the DPRK and Russia with complementary interests. North Korea may provide Russia with conventional weapons such as howitzers and mortar shells that the Russian army is waiting for, and ask Russia to transfer core technologies such as intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear-powered submarines and reconnaissance satellites that North Korea urgently needs. The American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) said that if Russia and North Korea really reach an arms agreement, it will be easy to implement, and the relevant transportation delivery can be quickly delivered to each other’s territory through the railway line between North Korea’s Luojin and Russian Far East Hassan.

"North Korea has given up its efforts to improve relations with the United States in the past 30 years and should start a new era of relations with Russia?" South Korea’s "Jingxiang News" said on the 13th that with the Russian-DPRK leaders’ talks held at the Russian Oriental Space Launch Site, some analysts believe that this seems to mean that North Korea has given up the normalization of relations with the United States that it has been promoting for the past 30 years and entered a new era with close substantive relations with Russia. Nan Chengxu, a former South Korean intelligence official, said that Russia is facing a situation of insufficient weapons stocks, and North Korea is facing joint military pressure from the United States, Japan and South Korea. Therefore, military cooperation is "win-win" for the DPRK and Russia and fully conforms to the interests of both sides. The Russian "Life" news network reported on the 13th that Jin Yongyong, a scholar of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the meeting between Putin and Kim Jong-un was a signal to the United States and its allies not to let the situation in East Asia deteriorate. "Russia and the DPRK are in the same trench in the struggle against the unipolar world. Let the United States, Japan and South Korea understand that they should not try to launch military provocations."

"Russia is ready for a long war"

On the occasion of the talks between the leaders of Russia and the DPRK, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still deadlocked. RIA Novosti reported on the 13th that Lazwozayev, mayor of Sevastopol, the Black Sea port, posted on social media that on the morning of the 13th local time, an air strike launched by Ukraine in Crimea caused a fire at Sevastopol Shipyard, and at least 24 people were injured. The Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukraine launched 10 cruise missiles at Sevastopol, 7 of which were intercepted and two Russian ships were damaged. In addition, three Ukrainian unmanned boats were also destroyed. The Wall Street Journal quoted satellite images as saying that the attacked Russian warships may be a Kilo-class submarine and a Luopu-class landing ship.

According to a report by the Ukrainian Independent News Agency on the 13th, the Russian army carried out a large-scale drone attack on the southern residential area of Odessa in the early morning. In four and a half hours, the Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 32 drones. Russian military attacks caused many injuries and damaged ports and civil infrastructure. Putin said in his speech on the 12th that Ukraine has no sincerity in peace talks. Ukraine will only talk about peace when manpower, equipment and ammunition are exhausted, and use any truce opportunity to "replenish resources and restore combat capability". Putin said that Russia is ready for a long war.

"The 567-day Russian-Ukrainian conflict has now become a proxy war between the ROK and the DPRK?" South Korea’s "Seoul News" said that if Russia and the DPRK reach an agreement on arms trade, then South Korea is also likely to implement large-scale military assistance to Ukraine. If Korea and North Korea are indirectly involved in the war by helping their allies again, the situation on the peninsula may fall into darkness.

[Special correspondent of Global Times in Russia and South Korea Xiao Xinxin Linsen Special correspondent of Global Times Liu Zhi Yu Xiang]