On the 29th, the "New Era County Economy High Quality Development Forum" with the theme of "Seizing Opportunities and Striving for Excellence" was held in Rudong County, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province. Representatives from 9 counties (cities, districts) across the country jointly launched the "New Era County Economy High Quality Development Alliance" initiative. Ma Jiantang, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Deputy Director of the Economic Commission, said in his keynote speech that to continue promoting high-quality development of county-level economy with the top 100 counties as the leaders, it is necessary to firmly promote higher-level opening up and deeper level reforms; Solidly promote the people-oriented new urbanization and drive the integrated development of urban and rural areas; Fully unleash the vitality of various production factors, vigorously promote the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas and modernization of agriculture and rural areas. Jing Ruyue, a member of the Party Group and Secretary General of Xinhua News Agency, delivered a speech saying that over the years, Xinhua News Agency has focused on the vibrant regional economic phenomenon and conducted research and reports on the vivid practices of promoting high-quality development of county-level economy in various parts of the country. Not long ago, the work "Seven Tigers Competing in Nantong" by Xinhua News Agency won the first prize of "Typical Report" at the China News Award, which is the result of the two-way rush between news reporting and high-quality development of the county economy. Xinhua News Agency will continue to leverage the advantages of the national news agency to provide strong public opinion support for the high-quality development of the county economy, and to create a shared platform for promoting communication and dialogue between counties. Wu Xinming, Secretary of the Nantong Municipal Party Committee, stated that in recent years, Nantong has completely changed the development pattern of being strong in the south and weak in the north, forming a vivid situation and vigorous atmosphere of "seven tigers competing against Nantong and ten strong competing against the river and sea", and exploring a high-quality development path for county-level economy with Nantong characteristics. Nantong will take this forum as an opportunity to rely on the High Quality Development Alliance of County Economy in the New Era, and promote the high-quality development of county economy to a higher level. This forum is jointly hosted by Xinhua News Agency Jiangsu Branch, Xinhua News Information Center, Xinhua Daily Telegraph, Outlook Weekly, Nantong Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and Nantong Municipal People's Government. It will end on the 30th and will hold the main forum and multiple sub forum activities. (Lai Xin She)