Recently, Lin Zhongcan, Vice Chairman of the Xi'an Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of Shaanxi Aerospace Pump Valve Technology Group Co., Ltd., put forward important suggestions at a municipal meeting regarding the operational status of Xi'an's private enterprises and ways to boost investment confidence, drawing widespread attention from all sectors of society. As an outstanding representative of private entrepreneurs, Chairman Lin Zhongcan, based on research data and corporate practices, contributed insights and efforts to promote the high-quality development of the city's private economy.

1. Steady Improvement: Xi'an's Private Economy Demonstrates Resilience

According to a survey of 243 private enterprises conducted by the Xi'an Federation of Industry and Commerce, the city's private economy currently exhibits three positive trends:

• Continued Revenue Recovery: The proportion of enterprises with sales growth exceeding 15% increased from 7.06% in the third quarter to 12.76% in the fourth quarter;

• Reduced Inventory Pressure: The inventory rate of main products decreased by 2.06 percentage points, indicating a gradual release of market vitality;

• Enhanced Profitability: The proportion of enterprises with increased net profit margins rose to 66.67%, reflecting steady improvements in operational efficiency.

2. Addressing Challenges: Precisely Resolving Development Difficulties for Enterprises

Chairman Lin Zhongcan pointed out that private enterprises still face three core issues:

• Investment Confidence Needs a Boost: Domestic investment growth has slowed, and enterprises are clearly adopting a wait-and-see attitude;

• High Comprehensive Cost Pressure: Continuous increases in raw material, labor, and financing costs are constraining business expansion;

• Insufficient Confidence in Expectations: Over 30% of enterprises hold cautious views on market demand and revenue growth.

3. Path to Breakthrough: Three Suggestions to Activate Private Enterprise Momentum

Drawing on research and corporate practical experience, Chairman Lin Zhongcan proposed the following suggestions:

Boost Confidence: Policy Empowerment to Stimulate Entrepreneurial Spirit

• Strengthen policy promotion efforts to facilitate deep integration between national major strategies and private enterprises;

• Promote entrepreneurial spirit and foster a social atmosphere that encourages "daring to invest, willing to invest, and able to invest";

• Deepen the "six reforms" to build a comprehensive support policy system, ensuring that policy benefits reach every enterprise.

Resolve Difficulties: Reduce Costs and Increase Efficiency, Optimize the Business Environment

• Implement consumption subsidy policies to accelerate the recovery of the consumer market;

• Strengthen guarantees for factors such as land and funding, and enhance approval transparency;

• Encourage private capital participation in major project construction to unleash investment vitality.

Enhance Capabilities: Innovation-Driven Development, Cultivate Core Competitiveness

• Support "chain leader" enterprises in leading the establishment of industrial chain alliances to promote collaborative innovation among large, medium, and small enterprises;

• Increase efforts in digital economy transformation to assist enterprises in technological upgrades and product research and development;

• Cultivate "specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative" enterprises, implement relief policies, and safeguard the growth of small and micro enterprises.