On the morning of May 20th, the 1st Jiangsu Development Summit was grandly open in Nanjing. Li Qiang, party secretary of Jiangsu and chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Conference of NPC, delivered the keynote speech at the opening ceremony.

The 1st Jiangsu Development Summit invited over 1,200 famous people from all walks of life across the world who were originated in Jiangsu or used to study and work in Jiangsu. The participants gathered in Jiangsu to renew friendship and discuss the future of the province.

At the opening ceremony, Shen Xiangyang, academician of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and Microsoft’s global executive vice president, Xu Zhihong, academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and former president of Peking University, and Zhou Haihong, vice chairman of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce and chairman of the Board of Directors of Hongdou Group, delivered speeches on behalf of the participants both at home and abroad.

It is learned that over 140 outstanding Changzhou people attended the Jiangsu Development Summit.