The meeting convened by the Standing Committee of Municipal Party Committee early this month required Zhongshan to accelerate the establishment of modern economic system and to build high quality development demonstration base.

Good news for “high quality development” keeps pouring in since the beginning of the month. On March 1, Mingyang Group’s 7MW multibrid giant offshore turbine made its debut on CCTV program "The Pillars of a Great Power (Season 2)". Days later on March 6, another CCTV program "Set Sail for the New Era" introduced Zhongshan-based technology company Union Optech. Patented new drug developed by Zhongshan company was used in test operation for the first time in the world and was found successfully killing tumour cells in the patient's body. China’s first fruit juice carrier built by Zhongshan-based Guangxin Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry company was put into service on March 12.

From traditional shoes and clothes making to strategic emerging industries such as advanced equipment manufacturing and biological medicine, Zhongshan has been pursuing “high quality development” since the reform and opening-up.

In 2017, Zhongshan added 6 public companies, 5 of which were listed on A-share market. The city has a total of 31 listed companies. Zhongshan also added 19 NEEQ-listed companies last year, making the total number reach 71.

So far Zhongshan has 38 national industrial bases and 18 provincial specialty towns. The city has 3 national quality safety demonstration areas respectively for aquatic products supplied to Hong Kong and Macao, exported bakery foods and exported lighting products. With the construction of the trustworthiness system, Zhongshan fosters 6 “China Export Quality Safety Demonstration Enterprises” and 17 AA credit enterprises. The city also has 59 China famous brands, 213 Guangdong famous products and 9 national or provincial testing institutions and laboratories. 

Total 39 Zhongshan companies have been included on “The 2017 Guangdong Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprises”, including 2 among the “Top 50” and 8 among the “Top 100”.