An oath-taking rally for Chenzhou Economic Development Zone to build a national economic development zone was held recently, and a ceremony was also held to mark the start of major projects in the first quarter of 2023 at Chenzhou Economic Development Zone (Chenzhou EDZ) that day.
Chenzhou EDZ will strive to be a national industrial park within three years, and focus on building an international land port and a new industrial city. It will play a leading role in the construction of a tourism destination, a national innovation demonstration zone, a bellwether of opening up and development, and an important growth pole in Hunan Province.
Project construction is important to build a national economic development zone. The construction of 14 key projects was started, with a total investment of 14.3 billion yuan. And 12 key projects were completed, with a total investment of 2.7 billion yuan.
These projects cover many fields like new materials, bio-medicine, gold and jewelry. With large amount of investment, high comprehensive benefits and strong driving capacity, they will inject strong impetus into the effort to build a national economic development zone.
Chenzhou EDZ has always given priority to projects, and promoted high-quality development with large projects. In 2022, 46 projects worth 30.37 billion yuan were introduced, and it’s expected to achieve a total income of 85 billion yuan from technology, industry and trade. It has been rated as the “advanced park” of the province to build a center of opening up and reform in inland areas.
34 years ago, Chenzhou EDZ became the first batch of provincial parks. Now, it will make utmost efforts to build a national park. So, how Chenzhou EDZ will do?
In 2023, it will strive to be a 100-billion-yuan industrial park. It will march into Hunan’s top 20 “Five Good” parks in 2024, and work to be a national economic zone in 2025.
Within three years, it will strive to cultivate more than 30 national and provincial “little giant” enterprises, expand more than 10 leading enterprises with an annual output value of more than 1.5 billion yuan or 3 billion yuan, create listed enterprises with good prospects and excellent market, build China’s energy storage high-tech industrialization base, a Chenzhou model for Healthy China Strategy, and create a national advanced manufacturing cluster.