Carefully prepare for the meeting with investors in the Spring of the Rooster

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of January 19, under the chairmanship of comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Provincial People's Committee held a regular meeting in January 2017 to listen to and give opinions on a number of important contents.

Attending the meeting were Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee, members of the Provincial People's Committee, and leaders of departments and branches.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong chaired the meeting. Photo: Thu Huyen

At the meeting, delegates listened to and gave their opinions on the implementation of the socio-economic, defense and security plan for January 2017 reported by the Director of the Department of Planning and Investment.

In January, all levels and sectors summarized the work of 2016, deployed tasks for 2017, and deployed the work of celebrating the New Year. Regarding agriculture, January focused on planting winter-spring crops. Currently, the whole province has planted seedlings on 1,342 hectares, sown 3,606 hectares, planted corn on 1,617 hectares, peanuts on 172 hectares, and vegetables of all kinds on 2,766 hectares. The industrial production index increased by 9.27% ​​over the same period. Some products with good growth include canned fish, fresh milk, fish sauce, etc. Budget revenue in January is estimated at 900 billion VND, up 2.5% over the same period, and budget expenditure is estimated at 1,294.6 billion VND.

Next, the provincial Investment Promotion and Support Center reported on preparations for the meeting with investors in the Spring of the Rooster. The annual meeting with investors is a traditional event to honor investors who have made great contributions to the province, while connecting investment and promoting the image of Nghe An to investors inside and outside the province.

Director of the Department of Planning and Investment Nguyen Van Do contributed some ideas to organize the meeting well at the beginning of the Year of the Rooster. Photo: Thu Huyen

This is the 9th year that the Provincial People's Committee and the Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development have co-organized a conference to meet investors at the beginning of Spring. The expected time is from 1:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on February 18, 2017 (ie January 22, Dinh Dau year 2017), at Muong Thanh Phuong Dong Hotel. The expected guests are 300 - 400 delegates representing leaders of the National Assembly, the Government, some central departments, enterprises and corporations with great potential at home and abroad who have invested and explored investment opportunities in Nghe An, leaders of localities with cooperative relations; leaders of departments and branches in the province.

Overview of the working session. Photo: Thu Huyen

After listening to the opinions of the delegates and concluding these contents, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong emphasized that, in order to ensure the successful implementation of the 2017 plan right from the beginning of the year, all sectors and levels should focus on directing the timely implementation of the Provincial People's Council Resolutions, especially the socio-economic development plan and the 2017 state budget estimate from the province down to the grassroots level. Strongly improve the investment and business environment, take advantage of favorable conditions to promote industrial and service production; Well perform the budget revenue and expenditure tasks; Ensure national defense, security and social order and safety, especially during the 2017 Lunar New Year. In addition, pay attention to cultural and social development, care for people's lives...

Regarding the investment promotion conference of the Year of the Rooster, the assigned departments, branches and divisions need to prepare carefully, striving for Nghe An to achieve the best investment attraction results in 2017.

In addition, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee noted the need to improve the quality of advisory work and the capacity of the team of experts. "It is necessary to focus on the quality of the experts' advisory submissions and have a monitoring mechanism. While people lack land for production, there have been cases where up to 28 hectares of production land have been submitted for signing to do projects with unnecessary items. I suggest that the advisory team needs to improve their qualifications and responsibilities, and must work for the common good..." - said the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Provincial leaders inspected laminated board products produced at the MDF wood and fiberboard processing factory in Nghia Dan district. Photo: Archive

Also this morning, delegates listened to and gave their opinions on the results of the implementation of the conclusion announcement of the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Committee at the December 2016 meeting and thematic working sessions in December 2016 and January 2017; Draft mechanism for budget revenue and expenditure management (reported by the Department of Finance); Draft project of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee on ensuring security and order in the process of international economic integration in Nghe An in the period of 2017-2027; Draft project to strengthen security and order protection to ensure safety for people and economic activities at sea and islands in the province in the period of 2017-2020 and the following years./.

Thu Huyen