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Shanxi honors outstanding entrepreneurs

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Updated: 2015-05-27

Shanxi province vows to revitalize the time-honored entrepreneurship named after its old name Jin in a national campaign that aims to bolster business innovation.

Jin merchants, also known as Shanxi merchants, means merchants from Shanxi province, were the most powerful and prominent merchants guilds during the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties.

Shanxi honors outstanding entrepreneurs

The awards ceremony of "Seeking Jin Merchant Charisma" held in Taiyuan, Shanxi province on May 23. [Photo/sxrb.com]

Thanks to the joint organization of Shanxi's commerce associations and local media, the "Seek Jin Merchant Charisma" event was unveiled in 2014. It proposed to build a new image for Jin or Shanxi merchants during the province's economic restructuring.

Sponsored by a time-honored brand in Shanxi, Guangyuyuan, a team started to seek business models of Shanxi on July 20, 2014. From then they have traveled to more than 40 cities in nearly 20 provinces, and visited and interviewed businessmen from Shanxi in different industries and professions, including environmental protection, medicines, new energy and high-tech.

The awards ceremony of "Seek Jin Merchant Charisma" was held on May 23, when over 200 Shanxi entrepreneurs were present. Awards to honor Shanxi merchants’ outstanding achievements, industrial innovation, social responsibility were granted at the ceremony.

Wang Yixin, vice-governor of Shanxi attended the ceremony. He prized the Shanxi merchants' great contribution and urged them to build a new image of Shanxi merchants.

Two forums with themes on innovation and real estate were held at the same time as the awards ceremony.

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