In 2025, a set of data marked a new milestone for the development of Yunnan's private economy: the value-added of the province's private sector accounted for 53.5% of the regional Gross Domestic Product (GDP), an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the previous year. The sector grew by 4.4%, 0.3 percentage points higher than the overall GDP growth rate, contributing 55.5% to the GDP increase. This signifies that the private economy has firmly become the mainstay of Yunnan's economy, serving as a powerful engine for high-quality development.
From the continuous optimization of policy support to deeper and more substantive government-business communication, from accelerated market access to the steady improvement of legal safeguards, and from burgeoning innovation vitality to the advancement of open cooperation, the sound of robust growth in the private economy is clearly audible across Yunnan, with a strong and upward momentum.
Top-level design has created a nurturing environment for development. The provincial committee and government have thoroughly implemented the central government's decisions on promoting the growth of the private economy, launching a set of forceful yet supportive policy measures. In 2025, Yunnan introduced and implemented three lists for government-business interactions: positive, negative, and advocacy. These lists clearly define the rules for engagement. The positive list outlines pathways for officials to serve enterprises, the negative list sets boundaries to prevent improper conduct, and the advocacy list aims to stimulate innovation and entrepreneurial活力. This framework ensures that government-business interactions are both confident and principled.
Simultaneously, Yunnan implemented an upgraded version of its three-year action plan to create a first-class business environment and enhance the quality and efficiency of market entities. Building on its resource endowment and geographical advantages, the province is holistically advancing business environment optimization, investment promotion, and the cultivation of market entities. For three consecutive years, Yunnan has deployed a "Warm Action" initiative to improve the business climate, continuously polishing the brands of "Yunnan Efficiency," "Yunnan Service," and "Yunnan Integrity."
Bolstered by supportive policies, market entities in the province have flourished. By the end of 2025, the number of private sector market entities reached 6.7095 million, with a net increase of 80,100, accounting for 97.5% of all market entities. The proportion of the private economy's value-added to GDP increased from 46.5% in 2020 to 53.5% in 2025.
Government and enterprises are working in unison to activate the engine of development. The commitment that "enterprise concerns are heard, problems are managed, and difficulties are assisted" is not just a promise but action. Yunnan has established sound mechanisms, including leadership cadres liaising with private enterprises, government-business roundtable meetings, and bureau chiefs conducting consultation sessions for complaints, to deepen and solidify government-business communication.
Regularly held government-business roundtable meetings to promote private enterprise development have become a key platform for dialogue. Mechanisms for bureau chiefs to "hold clinics," "make rounds," and "conduct door-to-door visits" have been optimized. Innovative activities like "Government-Business Meetups: Weekly Sessions" are conducted, and thorough visits to key enterprises are carried out. Enterprise requests are processed strictly according to standards of assignment, undertaking, supervision, and closure. Through continuous follow-up and supervision, responsibility is reinforced, effectively transforming enterprise request lists into task lists and service lists.
To date, the province has cumulatively helped enterprises resolve over 4,000 issues and requests. The working method of "addressing one request to solve a category or a batch of problems" allows enterprises to genuinely feel the service-oriented approach of "government revolving around enterprises."
A series of high-profile events, including government-business forums, open investment promotion conferences, gatherings of overseas Chinese entrepreneurs in Yunnan, Yunnan Business Summits, the South Asia Expo, and the Tengchong Scientists Forum's "Invest in Yunnan" conference, have drawn global attention to the province. In 2025, Yunnan newly attracted and landed 904 projects each with investment exceeding 100 million yuan. This has enabled private enterprises to effectively combine their capital, technology, management, and market channels with Yunnan's locational advantages, resource strengths, and green credentials, thereby opening new avenues, cultivating new动能, and creating new advantages.
Breaking down barriers and clearing obstacles are key to unleashing the vitality of the private economy. Yunnan issued the nation's first "Market Access Efficiency Assessment Indicator System" to enhance transparency and efficiency in market entry. The time required for business startup has been compressed to within one working day. Remote evaluation for construction projects has achieved 100% circulation across provincial workstations, and cross-provincial remote bidding is steadily advancing, providing a more efficient, fair, and lower-cost bidding environment for enterprises.
In Yunnan, the total contract value for small and medium-sized enterprises accounts for nearly half of the total government procurement contracts signed. Difficulty and high cost of financing are common challenges for private enterprises. Yunnan has continuously upgraded its integrated credit service platform, which has cumulatively facilitated credit issuance exceeding 500 billion yuan, benefiting market entities over 480,000 times. A coordination mechanism for micro and small enterprise financing has been established, involving visits to assess market entities and推送 financing needs, continuously helping private micro and small enterprises resolve financing issues.
The approval process for startup guaranteed loans has been reduced from 8 steps to 5 steps, and the required materials have been cut from 9 categories involving 18 documents to 5 categories involving 5 documents. The average processing time has been shortened from 21 working days to 5 working days. Behind these numbers is the tangible convenience felt by countless market entities.
Furthermore, 50 key initiatives under the province's "Efficiently Handling Matters" program have been implemented effectively, handling over 9.7 million cases, leading to a continuous improvement in government service efficiency.
The rule of law is the best business environment. Yunnan has actively studied and promoted the Private Economy Promotion Law, incorporating it into the list of internal party regulations and laws that leading cadres must know, as well as into cadre training programs. Through activities like "Civil Code Promotion Month" and "Entrepreneurs Learning the Law," the "Law into Six Areas" campaign is widely advanced. Policies including 16 measures to strictly standardize administrative inspections involving enterprises and management measures for enterprise liaison points in administrative law enforcement supervision have been introduced. Systems such as the "Enterprise Quiet Period" and "Scan Code for Enterprise Entry" are vigorously implemented.
Concurrently, Yunnan is deepening "Digital + Law Enforcement," promoting the application of systems like the "Yun Zhi Su" traceability platform and the elevator social co-governance service platform, continuously improving capabilities for穿透式监管 and off-site supervision. Tolerant and prudent credit supervision is practiced, with over 480,000 reminder messages sent to market entities.
One hundred observers from industry associations and chambers of commerce have been selected to monitor the business environment. Guidance is provided to industry associations and chambers to improve their functions in dispute mediation and rights protection, establishing a mechanism for "business disputes resolved by business chambers." Since 2025, Yunnan has certified 258 mediation organizations, handling 1,143 mediation cases. This diversified dispute resolution mechanism safeguards enterprise development.
Openness and innovation are expanding the space for development. From January to September 2025, the total export value of private enterprises accounted for 62.2% of the province's total exports, a year-on-year increase of 17.3%. The pace of "going global" for the top 100 private enterprises accelerated, with new outward investment increasing by 66.01% and overseas revenue growing by 115.41%.
Behind this data lies the active engagement of Yunnan's private enterprises in seizing opportunities under the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and proactively integrating into the Belt and Road Initiative. The 2025 Yunnan Top 100 Private Enterprises Analysis Report indicates that the overseas布局 of Yunnan's private enterprises is primarily concentrated in Asia and Africa. In the next three years, 10 more enterprises plan to expand into Southeast Asian markets, aligning closely with Yunnan's positioning as a radiation center facing South and Southeast Asia.
Efficient government services escort enterprises in their overseas ventures. After the launch of the public open service platform of China (Yunnan) International Trade "Single Window," the declaration time for enterprises was reduced from 30 minutes to 5 minutes. The improvement in customs clearance efficiency directly translates into enhanced market competitiveness for enterprises.
The private economy is not only a stabilizer for growth but also a vital force for technological innovation. Data shows that private high-tech enterprises in Yunnan account for 97.9% of the province's total high-tech firms, and their operating revenue constitutes 74.3% of the total revenue of high-tech enterprises in the province. Two out of six key Yunnan laboratories are established within private enterprises, and 22 out of 27 "Little Lighthouse" demonstration enterprises are privately owned.
The top 100 private enterprises in Yunnan in 5 achieved fruitful innovation outcomes, possessing 3,515 domestic valid patents, 190 international valid patents, and 481 software copyrights. The Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Provincial Development and Reform Commission collaboratively formulated specialized work plans, focusing on enterprises whose leaders are members of the federation, to promote the establishment and improvement of modern enterprise systems with Chinese characteristics within private enterprises, stimulating vitality through reform and innovation.
Initiatives for building integrity-driven and law-based private enterprises are carried out. Regular events like the Yunnan Business Forum, Finance and Taxation Lectures, and Legal Health Checks are held to guide private enterprises in effectively learning and applying laws, regulations, and policies, ensuring lawful and standardized development.
Additionally, Yunnan has dispatched personnel such as technology vice presidents, enterprise technology specialists, and financial specialists to work within private enterprises, providing targeted guidance and support for their innovation and entrepreneurship endeavors.
The 53.5% share is not an endpoint but a new starting point. In 2026, to facilitate easier access for enterprises to approach, understand, and invest in Yunnan, the province has systematically梳理 its comparative advantages in location, resources, industry, and openness, releasing three lists of investment opportunities in Yunnan to assist enterprises in enhancing the quality and efficiency of their investments in the province.
Today, the engine of Yunnan's private economy is operating at full speed, embarking on a new journey towards high-quality development.
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