Xi Jinping's Congratulatory Letter to the 2022 National Conference on Development of Specialized and Sophisticated SMEs

习近平致2022全国专精特新中小企业发展大会的贺信

On the holding of the 2022 National Conference on Development of Specialized and Sophisticated SMEs, I would like to extend my warm congratulations!

值此2022全国专精特新中小企业发展大会召开之际，我向大会表示热烈祝贺！

Small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are important to each household and have been a vital force to advance innovation, facilitate employment and improve people's livelihood. I hope that the specialized and sophisticated SMEs that produce novel and unique products could focus on and refine their main business so as to play an even more important role in stabilizing the industrial and supply chains and promoting economic and social development. Party committees and governments at all levels should resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and create a favorable environment for the development of SMEs. More efforts should be made to support their growth and boost their confidence. Solid steps should be taken to advance enterprises' innovation, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights and nurture more specialized and sophisticated SMEs that could produce novel and unique products.

中小企业联系千家万户，是推动创新、促进就业、改善民生的重要力量。希望专精特新中小企业聚焦主业，精耕细作，在提升产业链供应链稳定性、推动经济社会发展中发挥更加重要的作用。各级党委和政府要坚决贯彻落实党中央决策部署，为中小企业发展营造良好环境，加大对中小企业支持力度，坚定企业发展信心，着力在推动企业创新上下功夫，加强产权保护，激发涌现更多专精特新中小企业。

Xi Jinping

习近平

September 8, 2022

2022年9月8日