On July 25, it was learned from the Huaihua Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology that in the first half of the year, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 9.9% year-on-year, ranking third in the province. Officials from the bureau explained that the achievement mainly benefits from the city’s unwavering focus on four key areas: enterprises, industries, industrial chains, and industrial ecosystems, thus sustaining a positive momentum in the development of its industrial economy.
Enterprise cultivation has adhered to the dual approach of “doubling output on existing sites and attracting new investments,” resulting in strong development momentum. A batch of new projects invested by enterprises is progressing rapidly, such as Chenzhou Mining’s 1.4-billion-yuan technologic renovation project for antimony smelting; upon completion, it will add 10 billion yuan in output value. Xiangwei Company has invested 1.44 billion yuan in newly launched projects of 40,000 tons of PVB resin powder and 80,000 tons of PVB functional films, which is expected to generate 2.18 billion yuan in sales revenue at full capacity. Meanwhile, a 600-million-yuan project in the luggage zipper industry will, when fully operational, produce 1,000 sets of zipper manufacturing equipment and reach a total output value of 2 billion yuan, turning Huitong County into the world’s largest full-chain zipper production base.
In terms of attracting new investments, the city has hosted national event for bio-based industry, with 18 major projects signed on-site totaling 3.399 billion yuan in investment. From January to June, 36 projects related to the luggage and leather goods industrial chain, 15 projects in the bio-based industrial chain, and four in the new display industrial chain were signed, and a total of 121 projects across seven manufacturing industrial chains were introduced, including nine projects from three categories of top 500 enterprises.
Industrial development is strengthened by dual supports in project execution and technology innovation. In accordance with the “Year of Project Construction” campaign, the city launched an initiative in the industry and information technology field focused on “big planning for big projects”. Capitalizing on the opportunities of participating in major national projects and programs as well as the large-scale renewal of equipment and the trade-in of consumer goods, and of implementing a raft of incremental policies both at the national and provincial levels, the city has banked 334 industrial projects, among which 17 projects receive equipment upgrade subsidies totaling 2.6537 million yuan and four projects secured ultra-long special treasury bonds amounting to 22.66 million yuan. Provincial and municipal key projects have completed investments of 5.849 billion yuan and 28.546 billion yuan respectively, achieving 73.6% and 64.52% of their annual plans. Infrastructure project construction has been accelerated with 540 new 5G base stations and 72 shared base stations built, and “dual gigabit” network has achieved full urban and rural coverage.
Aligning closely with the requirements of “high-end, intelligent, and green” development, the city has continuously accelerated industrial transformation and upgrading. Fifty-two new provincial-level specialized, refined, featured, and innovative enterprises were added, and 11 companies were recommended to apply for national-level “little giant” status, the highest number ever recorded. The “Intelligence Empowers a Thousand Enterprises” initiative was intensified, establishing 21 intelligent manufacturing enterprises, 51 workshops, and 321 workstations, with 3,041 enterprises migrating their conventional operations to the cloud and 410 onto platforms. Additionally, one enterprise was newly certified for integration of informatization and industrialization standards and six for digital transformation standards. Emphasizing green development, nine companies were recommended for provincial green factory certification, while Huaihua High-tech Development Zone and Xinhuang Industrial Development Zone have applied for national and provincial green park respectively.
Supply chain leaders have conducted 188 field visits and convened 113 specialized and coordination meetings to enhance the quality and efficiency of industrial chain development. The total industrial output value of seven manufacturing industrial chains rose by 26.8% year-on-year, exceeding the city’s overall growth rate by 11 percentage points.
Each industrial chain focuses on supporting one to two leading chain owner enterprises. From January to June, the output value of 60 key chain enterprises increased by 28.65% year-on-year. Among them, Chenzhou Mining achieved an output value of 17 billion yuan, up 54%; the output value of Juntai New Materials reached 1.68 billion yuan, up 20%; and that of Hengguang Technology reached 580 million yuan, up 20.8%.
The industrial ecosystem has been optimized through “dual supply” of policy support and service provision. A dedicated action to implement policies was carried out thoroughly, with 990 enterprise liaison officers matching to 1,180 key enterprises to fully enforce various enterprise benefiting policies. Using the “Enterprise Benefit Access” platform, 712 policies related to tax reductions, financial loans, and job stabilization and expansion were published. Tailored local supporting policies were timely formulated in alignment with the conditions of leading enterprises to inject strong momentum into industrial development.
Routine special campaigns and standardized law enforcement relating to enterprises have collected 655 key issues from the feedback of enterprises, benefiting 14,000 enterprises. The policy of “One Chain, One Bank” has been effectively implemented and secured 5.12 billion yuan of industrial loans.
(Translated by Yang Hong)