According to a message from the "Xiong'an Release" WeChat public account, on November 11, Zhang Guohua, member of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Director of the Management Committee of the Xiong'an New Area, visited PDD Holdings Inc to inspect the company's presence and surrounding support facilities and held an on-site meeting.

Zhang Guohua visited PDD Information Technology Services (Xiong'an) Co., Ltd., where he inspected the company's office environment and surrounding support facilities on the ground and learned in detail about the company's development needs. He pointed out that PDD Holdings Inc, as a well-known domestic internet company, established a dedicated Xiong'an company at exactly the right time, which not only provides an opportunity for the company to integrate into the broader strategy of coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and expand its own development space, but also injects vitality into Xiong'an's efforts to gather market resources and advance internationalization. He expressed hope that PDD Holdings Inc will further strengthen its development confidence, leverage its advantages in digital economy resources, deeply participate in Xiong'an's reform and innovation practices, and achieve high-quality corporate development while serving the implementation of major national strategies.

Zhang Guohua noted that PDD Holdings Inc has taken the initiative and acted proactively, with substantial investment and rapid implementation, and through a series of concrete arrangements has become the private enterprise with the largest employee scale in Xiong'an, playing a demonstrative role in promoting private economic participation in Xiong'an's construction and development. He said the prospects for cooperation between the two sides are very broad and will surely be highly promising. He called for focusing on the functional layout of a regional headquarters, expanding the core business segments already established, giving play to the role of the digital economy platform as a chain leader, driving chains through key points and forming clusters through chains, and building a benchmark for innovative development of the digital economy in North China. He also called for focusing on the integrated development of education, science and technology talent, and industry, making use of the resource advantages of relocated central state-owned enterprises and universities as well as the platform advantages of the Xiong'an Zhongguancun Science Park and the artificial intelligence training base to attract and cultivate high-end professional talent and build a collaborative innovation network. He urged focus on invigorating industry, strengthening the county, and enriching the people by carrying out targeted skills training and career advancement programs to promote local employment and income growth. He also stressed focusing on opening up and innovation leadership by increasing the layout of new business forms such as cross-border e-commerce, overseas warehouses, and cross-border digital trade to help Xiong'an enhance its international influence.

At the on-site meeting, Zhu Zheng, Executive President of PDD Holdings Inc and President of Xinpinmu, expressed gratitude to the Party Working Committee and Management Committee of the Xiong'an New Area for their long-term care and support for PDD Holdings Inc, and briefly introduced the company's operations.

Further reading — On July 12, the new office building of PDD's Xiong'an company was officially put into use. According to a report on September 24, PDD Information Technology Services (Xiong'an) Co., Ltd. has settled in the PowerChina Smart City in the Rongdong area of the Xiong'an New Area, with its employee scale exceeding 5,000.