Editor’s note:Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with the Supreme Leader as the core has put forward a series of new development concepts, which have become new navigation marks to guide the development of state-owned enterprises in China. In recent years, our government has paid more and more attention to promoting entrepreneurship and revitalizing the real economy. How should we view the real economy? What kind of entrepreneurial spirit should be promoted? In this interview, we invite Song Zhiping, Party Secretary and Chairman of China Building Materials Group Co., Ltd. to explain it for everyone.
Interviewer: Song Zhiping (Party Secretary and Chairman of China Building Materials Group Co., Ltd.)
Interview host: Zhao Mengxiao.
Wonderful point of view:
■ The main feature of entrepreneurs is innovation, which creates value for society, which is in line with the characteristics of entrepreneurs.
■ Why is it called an entrepreneur? Singers sing all their lives, writers write articles all their lives, and entrepreneurs have to be enterprises all their lives, so this persistence is very important.
■ China is a big manufacturing country with a population of 1.3 billion. Such a big country cannot support itself by buying other people’s products. Therefore, we must vigorously develop the real economy and do a good job in enterprises and industries. This is our top priority.
Interview record:
Qiushi. com: In recent years, promoting entrepreneurship and revitalizing the real economy have increasingly become the focus of social attention. What do you think of this phenomenon?
Song Zhiping:The word "entrepreneur" is actually an exotic product. At first, westerners thought that the person who could add value by getting goods from place A to place B was an entrepreneur. Later, whether Schumpeter or Drucker, they thought that entrepreneurs were characterized by innovative spirit, and innovation was the soul of entrepreneurs. After China’s reform and opening up, it began to vigorously promote and advocate entrepreneurship. Especially since the 18th National Congress, the General Secretary of the Supreme Leader has repeatedly proposed to respect and care for entrepreneurs, placing infinite hopes on entrepreneurs.
Entrepreneurs in China actually include entrepreneurs from private enterprises as well as entrepreneurs from state-owned enterprises. In the past, we always thought that the leaders of state-owned enterprises were cadres, not necessarily entrepreneurs. In fact, the main feature of entrepreneurs is innovation, which creates value for society, which is in line with the characteristics of entrepreneurs. Therefore, there are a large number of entrepreneurs in state-owned enterprises in China, who have created a lot of wealth for the country in obscurity. There are also many outstanding entrepreneurs in China’s private enterprises, such as Ma Yun and Wang Jianlin. China’s economy can have such a level of development today, and entrepreneurs have played the role of source power. Therefore, the central government is now vigorously promoting the role of entrepreneurs and promoting the spirit of entrepreneurs, which is the root of the problem.
求是网:企业家精神的内涵非常丰富,你觉得我们应该弘扬什么样的企业家精神?
Song Zhiping:关于企业家精神的内容很多,但最重要的有三点。第一点就是刚才讲的创新精神,这是企业家的灵魂,是企业家精神的核心。什么是创新精神,按照习总书记的说法就是敢为人先、爱拼才会赢的拼搏精神。
第二点就是坚守精神,做企业不可能短时间三下五除二就能做好,可能需要比较长时期的坚守。像我这么多年做企业,感觉熟悉一个业务、一个技术或一个产品,可能需要10年时间,如果想把这个产品做得特别熟练,可能需要20年时间,如果想把它做到极致甚至做到全球第一,没有30年时间你可能做不到。为什么叫企业家?歌唱家就是一生唱歌,作家一生写文章,那企业家就得终身做企业,所以这种坚守精神至关重要。
Third, another very important entrepreneurial spirit is the feelings of home and country, which is similar to what the ancients said: "If you are poor, you will be immune to it, and if you are rich, you will help the world." Entrepreneurs are often successful, and may have certain wealth or the ability to create wealth. They should take more social responsibilities and do more public welfare undertakings. This is a feeling of home and country. Those big entrepreneurs and outstanding entrepreneurs, most of whom have feelings of home and country, are definitely not individualists. Therefore, innovation, persistence and feelings for home and country are the three core points of entrepreneurship.
Qiushi. com: What do you think of the importance of the real economy?
Song Zhiping:China Building Materials is actually the most real economic enterprise. China Building Materials has an annual income of 300 billion yuan, paid taxes of 15.4 billion yuan, and created 250,000 jobs. These 250,000 people have a salary expenditure of 20.2 billion yuan a year, and at the same time, it has tens of billions of profits. Such a real economy enterprise has created great value for the country, which is why the country pays attention to the real economy.
Many other countries in the world also attach great importance to the development of the real economy, such as the United States. After the financial crisis, the United States deeply realized that it would return to industry, so both Obama and current President Trump made large-scale investments in the real economy. After experiencing the sovereign debt crisis, Europe also proposed to return to or revitalize the manufacturing industry.
In recent years, China’s economy has really gone from reality to reality. Everyone likes to make quick money and hot money, but if there is no real economy, the virtual economy is actually rootless. Therefore, when we develop the virtual economy, we should do a good job in the real economy. Therefore, the state is now introducing many policies and measures to vigorously support the real economy and industrial development, including the fact that we are now advocating enterprises to "go global". In fact, entities go global first, so the real economy is still our root and foundation, and we must develop the real economy well.
Of course, it is not that Internet and financial services are unimportant, but they are also very important, but Internet and finance also serve the real economy. China is a big manufacturing country with a population of 1.3 billion. Such a big country cannot support itself by buying other people’s products. Therefore, it is imperative for us to vigorously develop the real economy and do a good job in enterprises and industries.