Openness brings vitality, and investment attraction gathers momentum. Since the beginning of this year, adhering to the concept of “projects as the top priority”, the municipal commercial departments have always regarded investment attraction as the top priority and favorite path for driving economic development. They have fully leveraged the guiding role of industrial investment attraction in investment attraction, focused on accelerating the construction of a strong industrial city, and centered around “8+6” industrial clusters and 12 key industrial chains, fully promoting precise industrial investment attraction to achieve new results.

Investment attraction has improved in both quality and quantity. As of now, our city has introduced 57 projects with funds from outside the province, with actual funds from outside the province reaching 16.91 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3%. Foreign trade has also shown steady growth. From January to April, the total import and export volume was 6.26 billion yuan, ranking 7th in the province. Foreign investment has continued to rise. As of the end of April, the value of newly signed contracts in foreign countries reached 33.77 million dollars and actual turnover reached 262 million dollars, ranking third in the province.

Focusing on the “8+6” industrial clusters and 12 key industrial chains, our city has accurately planned industrial investment attraction and sorted out the current state, development directions, key links, and national distribution of each industrial chain, the development state, core enterprises, and weak areas of industries in our city, as well as major enterprises to attract investment and industrial projects undergoing critical points. The industrial development path has been further sorted out and a detailed panoramic map of industrial chains and a distribution map of target enterprises have been drawn. They have carried out more precise investment attraction to extend, supplement, and strengthen the industrial chains according to these maps.

Our city has made full use of national, provincial, and municipal large-scale events for extensive promotion and publicity. Our city has successively participated in the 2024 Henan, Hong Kong-Macau Entrepreneurs Spring Gathering, 2024 World Henan Entrepreneurs Convention, and the 13th Expo Central China to fully attract industrial investment. On April 10th, our city held the Sanmenxia New Material Industry Promotion Convention and Nonferrous Metal New Material Product Launch in Zhengzhou. A total of 19 economic cooperation projects were signed, with a planned total investment of 11.63 billion yuan, which encompass industries ranging from new materials, new energy vehicles, green food, energy conservation and environmental protection to cultural tourism. During the 29th Sanmenxia Yellow River Cultural Tourism Festival, the Sanmenxia High-end Manufacturing Industry Promotion Convention and Economic Cooperation Project Signing Ceremony was held. A total of 49 projects were signed with a total investment of 61.347 billion yuan, including 23 high-end manufacturing industry projects and 17 new material industry projects, accounting for 46.9% and 34.7% respectively.

While attracting investment through festivals and direct visits, our city has also proactively utilized new media. As of now, 189 major investment projects have been published through platforms such as the “Investment Project Information Database” of the Ministry of Commerce, “Invest in China” of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the official website and WeChat public account of the Municipal Bureau of Commerce and Sanmenxia Cloud Investment Attraction Platform.

Projects should not only be introduced, but also be provided with good service. Our city follows the working mechanism of “guidance of the industrial planning, guarantee of resources and elements, and closed-loop management of the whole process” to promote the implementation of industrial projects through full life-cycle management. Under the premise of legal compliance, a “green channel” for industrial project implementation has been established. Innovative measures such as the commitment system and tolerance for incomplete documentation have been adopted to further optimize the business environment and enhance service efficiency. We have improved the “Five Ones” working mechanism, namely “one major project, one leading official, one leading department, one work team and one promise to be responsible till the end”. We have conducted regular special studies and coordinated problems. Mechanisms such as major project advancement meetings, joint meetings, and coordination meetings have been implemented. The service mindset should be established and meticulous service for project implementation should be provided within the commerce system in our city.