Veterans start businesses and move forward boldly —— Experience of the entrepreneurship Salon of retired college students and soldiers organized by the military and local governments in Kunming, Yunnan Province Zhang Jun, Ke Xue, reporter of China National Defense daily The entrepreneurship salon for retired college students and soldiers attracts many college students. Photo by Zhang Jun "The flowers are not old in the four seasons, and the Spring Moon on the river is Kunming". On January 17, the reporter came to Kunming, Yunnan Province. In the streets and alleys under the warm winter sun, the taste of the year is getting stronger and stronger. There are people who are about to return home in a hurry, people who buy new year goods with a smile, and people who stay in Chuncheng to continue to work hard. In the maker's space of a science and technology service enterprise in Yunnan, a military civilian joint venture salon for retired college students and soldiers was held in a warm atmosphere. Young faces are filled with entrepreneurial passion. The entrepreneurship tutor explained the policy of College Students' retired soldiers to the on-site retired college students' soldiers, and everyone discussed "how to identify entrepreneurial opportunities". "We should encourage them to be brave in innovation and entrepreneurship, and grow into a new force to promote economic and social development." According to the entrepreneurship tutor, "entrepreneurship Salon" is one of the important activities recently organized by the "military innovation alliance". "This is an innovative attempt to jointly promote the employment and Entrepreneurship of retired soldiers through the linkage of military, government and enterprises." Referring to the "military innovation alliance", Yang xiuguang, deputy director of Kunming Bureau of Veterans Affairs, introduced that the Bureau of Veterans Affairs Guided relevant enterprises to initiate the establishment of the "military innovation alliance" by means of government leadership, enterprise sponsorship and social participation, established an employment and entrepreneurship platform for precision service veterans, and used big data to analyze the changes of supply and demand in the talent market and the employment and entrepreneurship direction of veterans, Create a business plan tailored for veterans. The "military innovation alliance" was established in 2019. After three years of operation, it has been joined by more than 200 institutions, associations and enterprises in various industries and fields in the province, and has established a military innovation mentor library composed of more than 200 industry elites, with Entrepreneurship parks and incubation bases. A series of activities, such as the veterans entrepreneurship competition, the military innovation lecture hall and the entrepreneurship salon, promoted the upgrading of the city's veterans' employment services from economic subsidies to capacity improvement, and helped stabilize the employment of veterans and promote entrepreneurship. He is not tall, tall, straight, and speaks loudly. This is the first impression that retired soldier Li Qiang gave reporters. In the entrepreneurship Salon of retired college students and soldiers, Li Qiang gave a vivid lesson to his comrades in arms with his entrepreneurship story. In 2016, after Li Qiang retired, he founded an outdoor development company. Many comrades in arms helped him do publicity and running business together. With enthusiasm and dedication, we can gradually find that enthusiasm alone is far from enough. Problems such as improper operation, inadequate market research and the lack of characteristics of "characteristic military training" seriously affect the operation of enterprises and make these former "top soldiers" in disorder. How to go on? When Li Qiang was confused, he joined the "military innovation alliance". A series of effective guidance and training made his company improve and upgrade, and the business undertaking volume increased sharply. At the entrepreneurship salon, the reporter talked with transferred cadre Shen Lisheng. In 2011, Shen Lisheng founded his own company after changing his career. After several years of operation, the company's development has entered a bottleneck. "In 2019, I participated in the first veterans entrepreneurship competition held by the military innovation alliance. Some experts suggested that I join the entrepreneurship Park and base for key incubation. I'm glad I made the choice." Shen Lisheng lamented that after settling in the entrepreneurship Park, he broke the bottleneck with the company's employees, applied for more than 10 patents and increased profits. "The park and base have opened up a new development position for me." At the entrepreneurship salon, Shen Lisheng delivered lessons and treasures to young students. The entrepreneurship Park provides entrepreneurs with comprehensive, professional and accurate in-depth incubation services, which is a booster for the rapid growth of enterprises. Robots, drones, AR, VR, liquid metal pens... Many veterans' entrepreneurship projects displayed at the entrepreneurship salon attracted the attention of reporters and dazzled many retired college students and soldiers. "Having such a platform dedicated to the employment and Entrepreneurship of ex servicemen has enhanced my confidence in future development." Pu Zhenghua, a retired college student soldier at Yunnan University, told reporters that he planned to start his own business after graduation. "Building a 'military innovation alliance' has solved the problems existing in the employment and Entrepreneurship of ex servicemen, such as lack of skills, lack of platform, lagging service, poor connection with market demand and so on." Yang xiuguang told reporters that at the national mass entrepreneurship and innovation week last year, the employment and Entrepreneurship Model of retired soldiers of "military government enterprises" in Kunming appeared all over the country. "We will continue to explore the service mode of military innovation, constantly improve various methods and measures of education and training, so that veterans can get employment in time, stabilize employment, actively start businesses and move forward boldly." When it comes to the future, Yang xiuguang is full of confidence. (outlook new era)