Yunnan facilitates industrial transforms and upgrades

The leading group for implementation of the strategy to revitalize the province through brand and quality held a meeting in Kunming on August 20.

The meeting thoroughly implemented the spirit of the 8th Plenary (Enlarged) Session of the 9th Party Committee of Yunnan province; conducted an analysis of new tasks and new requirements for quality and brand related works under new circumstances, and made arrangements for effective execution of quality and brand related works.

Vice-Governor Liu Huiyan addressed the meeting and said that we have to develop a profound understanding of the significance of quality and brand related works under new circumstances. The Party committee, along with the government of the province, has made major decisions and deployments on the acceleration and facilitation of industrial transformation and upgrading. Quality and brand building are the basis and intrinsic requirements for industrial transformation and upgrading, so great efforts must be made to do a good job in quality and brand related works, and thus facilitate industrial transformation and upgrading.

Liu Huiyan suggested related departments of different levels in the province combine their strengths, and start from four aspects to make new achievements in quality and brand related works across the province.

Firstly, efforts should be made in improving product quality, project quality, service quality and environmental quality to comprehensively raise overall quality standards.

Secondly, quality and safety responsibilities should be strengthened, and different enterprises should thoroughly fulfill their social responsibilities and actively do a good job in quality management work to improve development standards; competent departments of different industries should vigorously perform their responsibilities, strengthen coordination and cooperation, and establish an extensive and widely covered quality supervision network; quality and safety supervision and management authorities should perform their duties pursuant to laws and regulations, build a quality control system and improve their emergency response mechanism.

Thirdly, great attention should be paid to the acceleration of brand related works, the rise of trademarks in conventional industries, vigorous development of trademarks in emerging industries of strategic importance, in-depth exploration and development of landmark trademarks, acceleration of implementation of international trademark strategy as well as comprehensive improvement of economical benefits of brands.

Last but not least, the development of special quality and brand related skilled people in Yunnan Province should be strengthened. The meeting also reviewed Measures for Appraisal of Quality Related Works in Yunnan province.

The office of the leading group for implementation of the strategy to revitalize the province through brand and quality made a themed report on the progress of works concerning revitalization of the province through quality in Yunnan province at the meeting, the group leader reported the progress of different working groups, while the Administration for Industry and Commerce of Yunnan province made a report on the implementation of brand strategy in the province.

Edited by Brian Salter, Huang Pei