What is the spirit of Shanxi merchants?

The spirit of Shanxi merchants mainly includes enterprising spirit, professionalism and group spirit.

Shanxi merchants refer to those who originated in the early Ming Dynasty and developed in the Qing Dynasty. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the business of private banks concentrated in Taigu, Qixian and Pingyao was booming, which was the most glorious period of Shanxi merchants. The 500-year glory of Shanxi merchants benefited from the openness of their internal institutional arrangements. Introducing talents and capital to enable Shanxi businessmen to gain a steady stream of development momentum is a concrete manifestation of Shanxi businessmen's open management.

The core content of Shanxi merchants' spirit is that if you are poor, you will think about change, and if you are difficult, you will start a business. Pursue the benefits of the four seas and forge ahead. Revitalize the nation, be loyal and patriotic. Organize gangs to help each other. Reputation first, honesty and integrity. Respect teachers and attach importance to teaching, and put people first. Diligence and prudence, frugality and self-discipline Be charitable and enthusiastic about public welfare. This spirit also runs through the business consciousness, organizational management and spiritual cultivation of Shanxi merchants, which can be described as the soul of Shanxi merchants.

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The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out: Promote the formation of a new pattern of all-round opening up. Openness brings progress, while closure is bound to lag behind. From June 2065438 to June 2007, when Xi Jinping visited Shanxi, he stressed that Shanxi should make good use of this opportunity and implement the new development concept, because the CPC Central Committee entrusted Shanxi with the important task of building a comprehensive reform pilot zone for national resource-based economic transformation.

Efforts will be made to solve structural, institutional and qualitative contradictions and problems that restrict development, promote economic transformation and development, and truly embark on a new road of development with excellent industry, high quality, good efficiency and sustainability. In order to carry out the spirit of Xi Jinping's important instructions, Shanxi Provincial Party Committee put forward the goal and measures to build a new highland for inland opening.

Historically, Shaanxi is an important part of the "Belt and Road" business circle. Shanxi merchants have dominated the business world for 500 years, forming an open and honest culture and spirit of Shanxi merchants. Excavating the modern value of Shanxi merchants' spirit is of great significance for the broad masses of cadres and people in Shanxi to continuously enhance their awareness of opening up, improve their opening-up quality and ability, and better promote economic transformation and development in opening up.

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