Guo Kongsong made an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges currently facing the development of overseas business, stressed that all overseas-related units must firm up their confidence in development and sprint towards all the annual marketing targets with a determination to fight and win, and put forward opinions on coordinated progress in three aspects:
First, the Overseas Engineering Division must earnestly perform its functions as both the "Overseas Market Development Department" and the "Lead Department for Overseas Risk Management,” convene the monthly overseas marketing meeting on a regular basis, routinely organize benchmarking exchanges among overseas-related companies within and outside the MCC system, break down information barriers, establish and improve a regular communication mechanism for information sharing and joint problem-solving, and accelerate the formation of an overall pattern in which overseas marketing moves as "one chessboard" and coordinated overseas expansion proceeds as "one concerted effort.”
Second, adhere to a problem-oriented approach, systematically analyze the gaps against the annual marketing targets, identify unit by unit the bottlenecks and difficulties of the projects currently being tracked, establish a register and supervise each item on a listed basis, provide targeted paths for coordination and resolution, and make every effort to clear the "last mile" of project implementation, so as to ensure that all projects that can be signed by the end of the year are signed and all those that can be secured are secured.
Third, proceed from the actual conditions of each country, systematically review the flagship products and the layout of advantageous industries in each region, dynamically optimize the business structure, keep close track of changes in market conditions and the direction of Chinese outward investment, promptly promote business transformation and upgrading, and continuously enhance differentiated competitiveness and the quality and effectiveness of overseas market development.
Fourth, focus on the campaign for major projects. The Overseas Engineering Division has set up dedicated task forces for seven major projects and will convene regular task force meetings to concentrate forces on the campaign, ensure that bidding work proceeds in an orderly and efficient manner, and drive incremental expansion of overseas markets through project implementation.
Fifth, the overseas-related secondary units must step up their efforts, seize the sprint window of more than 50 days, work with full vigor and press ahead with the campaign, and strive to fulfil the annual overseas marketing targets in full.