WUHAN, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 2, 2024--
On June 29th, the event of "Go for Innovation, Rise for Growth - 2024 Entrepreneurs' Journey to Jiangxia" organized by the Hubei Branch of Xinhua News Agency, Xinhuanet, China Enterprise Reform and Development Society, and Zhejiang Enterprise Confederation has drawn to a successful close. Over 500 entrepreneurs from Fortune 500 and China's top 500, and industry leaders, as well as renowned experts and scholars gathered on the banks of the Yangtze River and Tangxun Lake.
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Officials of the People's Government of Jiangxia District, Wuhan City and Xinhua News Agency delivered speeches at the main event. Fan Gang and Guan Qingyou, economists, gave public lectures respectively. Keynote speeches were delivered successively by Li Yaoqiang, Party Secretary and Chairman of China National Salt Industry Corporation, Cheng Jie, Party Secretary and President of Dong-E-E-Jiao Co., Ltd，and other influential entrepreneurs.
Mr. He Zhiyi, chief expert of Global Industry Research Institute of Tsinghua University, released the White Paper on Global Industry Research at the meeting, which showed the latest research results of the world's industrial structure and intensity coefficients in a comprehensive manner. In order to help cultivate and develop new quality productive forces, Xinhuanet, together with China Enterprise Reform and Development Society, launched the 2024 Development Case Collection of New Quality Productive Forces.
In the dialog session themed "Digital Leads the Future, Innovation Drives the Development," representatives from associations, industry experts and scholars, and enterprise representatives conducted in-depth exchanges and discussions, sharing views and suggestions from different angles and levels.
During the event, the relevant person in charge of Jiangxia District made industrial promotion and held a signing ceremony for investment and cooperation projects.
2024 Entrepreneurs' Journey to Jiangxia includes industrial development conference, local key project inspection, industry promotion, investment and cooperation project signing, release of global industry research achievements, and cultural exchange activities. During the event, the guests also carried out in-depth exchanges and discussions on the current industrial hotspots, such as new automobile consumption, digital transformation of manufacturing industry, pension finance, and the development of green and low-carbon industries.
“Go for Innovation, Rise for Growth - 2024 Entrepreneurs' Journey to Jiangxia” Activity Held in Jiangxia, Wuhan
“Go for Innovation, Rise for Growth - 2024 Entrepreneurs' Journey to Jiangxia” Activity Held in Jiangxia, Wuhan
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NEW YORK (AP) — Dental hygiene student Miki Sudo of Florida has won her 10th title at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest.
Sudo consumed 51 hot dogs in 10 minutes on Thursday in New York City — and set a new world record for women.
The 38-year-old defending champion last year won after forcing down 39 1/2 hot dogs. She defeated 14 competitors from around the world, including 28-year-old rival Mayoi Ebihara of Japan. Ebihara came in second after eating 37 hot dogs in 10 minutes. She was also the runner-up in 2023.
With the event's biggest star —- Joey “Jaws” Chestnut — out of the contest this year, Sudo’s result set up a possible scenario in which the women’s champ out-eats the men’s winner. Geoffrey Esper, who came second last year, also has a personal best of 51, but only ate 49 last year.
Chestnut, who won 16 out of the previous 17 contests, isn't attending the competition over a sponsorship tiff. Instead, he'll compete against soldiers at a U.S. Army base in El Paso later in the day. That leaves the traditional Brooklyn event wide open for a new winner in the men's division, with eaters from around the world competing on America's Independence Day to see how many hot dogs they can eat in 10 minutes.
Thousands of fans flock each year to the event held outside the original Nathan’s location in Brooklyn's Coney Island, a beachfront destination with amusement parks and a carnivalesque summer culture. ESPN is broadcasting the contest live. The men’s will begin at approximately 12:20 p.m.
Competitors are coming from over a dozen states and five continents, with prospects from Brazil, Japan, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Australia and the Czech Republic vying for the coveted title and $10,000 prize money.
“There's going to be a new champion,” Australian James Webb, who holds a world record for eating 70 doughnuts in eight minutes, said at a preview event in New York on Wednesday.
Last year Chestnut, of Indiana, chewed his way to the title by downing 62 dogs and buns in 10 minutes. The record, which he set in 2021, is 76.
“I'm going to be pushing myself,” Sudo said Wednesday. Her rival Mayoi Ebihara, from Japan, said through a translator that she would eat until she passes out, with a goal of downing 50 hot dogs.
Chestnut was initially disinvited from the event over a sponsorship deal with Impossible Foods, a company that specializes in plant-based meat substitutes.
Major League Eating, which organizes the Nathan’s Famous contest, has since said it walked back the ban, but Chestnut decided to spend the holiday with the troops anyway.
Chestnut said he wouldn’t return to the Coney Island contest without an apology.
The event at the Fort Bliss army base in El Paso, scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. ET, will use traditional franks, with Chestnut attempting to out-eat four soldiers in five minutes.
Even though he won't be eating their vegan products, Impossible Foods is promoting Chestnut's YouTube livestream of the exhibition by flying airplanes with banners over Los Angeles and Miami. The company will also donate to an organization supporting military families based on the number of hot dogs eaten at the event, a spokesperson said.
Miki Sudo, right, reacts after winning the women's division in the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Thursday, July 4, 2024, at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Sudo ate a record 51 hot dogs. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
People wait for the start of Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, Thursday, July 4, 2024 at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
A woman wears a Nathan's hot dog hat at Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest Thursday, July 4, 2024 at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
People wait for the Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest to start, Thursday, July 4, 2024 at Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
FILE - Geoffrey Esper, left, and Joey Chestnut, right, compete during the men's competition of Nathan's Famous July Fourth hot dog eating contest, July 4, 2019, in New York's Coney Island. The annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest will see a slate of competitive eaters wolf down as many franks as they can in New York City on Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Sarah Stier, File)
FILE - Competitive eater Miki Sudo eats a hot dog during the 2023 Nathan's Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York, July 4, 2023. The annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest will see a slate of competitive eaters wolf down as many franks as they can in New York City on Thursday, July 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)
FILE - Five-time reigning champion Joey Chestnut competes in the Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating World Championship, July 4, 2012, in the Coney Island section of the Brooklyn borough of New York. The annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest will see a slate of competitive eaters wolf down as many franks as they can in New York City on Thursday, July 4, 2024 — but this year, the event’s biggest star, Chestnut, will be chowing down 1,900 miles (3,000 km) away. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
