On November 11, more than a thousand business elites gathered at the lakeside of Donghu Lake to attend the 2nd ChuShang Entrepreneurs Conference and provide suggestions and strategies for promoting construction of the Yangtze River economic belt and economic restructuring and development of Hubei. Commerce chamber representatives from 20 countries and regions, HOdo Group President Zhou Haijiang, Yida Group Board Chairman Sun Yinhuan and other seven vice presidents (vice-chairmen) of All-China Federation of Industry & Commerce, as well as a large number of entrepreneurs and industry leaders from the world’s top 500, China Top 500, China Top 500 private enterprises and internet elite representatives attended the conference.

At the forum of private enterprises and Hubei acting hand in hand to promote construction of the Yangtze River economic belt, Zhou Haijiang gave opinions and suggestions on how to play the advantages of Hubei, making Hubei a "backbone" in construction of the Yangtze River economic belt and some other related issues. He believed that Hubei shall make use of its own advantages, seize the strategic opportunity, cultivate enterprises with independent innovation ability, independent brand and independent capital, support development of key enterprises, promote economic take-off with the help of key enterprises and achieve win-win development.