Wu Xiaoqiu: Reform is not about being different from yesterday, but about creating greater space for market entities

In February 2025, the Economic Observer launched the "Frontline Tour of Searching for New Quality Productivity Enterprises", with the first stop directly targeting Jiangxi. On this land known as the "cradle of China's optical industry", the research team visited the leading enterprise in the optical field - Lianchuang Electronics. After a thorough understanding of Lianchuang Electronics, Wu Xiaoqiu, former vice president of Renmin University of China, stated that the so-called "having a government" does not mean that the government controls resources and personally engages in economic activities. Instead, it means that by improving the rule of law and the business environment, market entities can safely and confidently exert their creativity, and pursue change, not reform, which is different from yesterday.