The China Top 500 Private Enterprises Summit 2023 was held in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, on Sept 12, under the theme of "strengthening confidence and promoting high-quality development". 

When addressing the conference, Gao Yunlong, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), said that private enterprises should deeply understand  the resolute determination of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to deepen reform and support the development of the private economy, and fully recognize the enormous advantages and potential of the Chinese market. 

He called on private enterprises to strengthen confidence in development, keep pace with the times and focus on innovative growth to help advance the country's high-level opening-up and global economic prosperity. 

Also at the summit, which was jointly hosted by ACFIC and Shandong Provincial People's Government, a list of the top 500 Chinese private enterprises for 2023 and a research report on those enterprises were released.