In Q1 2025, fixed asset investment above the designated size in Huai'an City increased by 5.4% year-on-year. Specifically, industrial investment rose by 19.6% and investment in high-tech industries by 45.8%. Regarding funding sources, private investment grew by 5.6%, accounting for 85.2% of total investment, presenting the vigorous momentum of economic development.

In Q1, the city completed fixed asset investment totaling RMB 48.839 billion, including project investment of RMB 45.032 billion, marking a 12.4% increase. Among project investments, industrial investment reached RMB 36.952 billion, an increase of 19.6% and 14.2 percentage points faster than the growth rate of fixed asset investments above the designated size. Manufacturing investment totaled RMB 35.258 billion, accounting for 72.3% of fixed asset investments above the designated size and rising by 20.4% and 15 percentage points faster than the overall fixed asset investment growth rate. Equipment manufacturing investment rose by 20.2%, outpacing industrial investment by 0.6 percentage points.

Also, Huai'an City recorded 996 projects valued at more than RMB 100 million, representing 85.7% of the total storage projects. There were 163 projects valued at over RMB 1 billion, driving the city's fixed asset investment growth by 13.2 percentage points. The total planned investment for newly added projects valued at over RMB 1 billion has increased by 21.7%. There were 41 projects with a total planned investment exceeding RMB 5 billion, an increase of 3 year-on-year. Among the 10-billion-RMB industrial projects under construction, 12 have been completed and put into production in the first phase, with three enterprises adding more than RMB 5 billion in output value. The contribution rate of newly built enterprises to the growth of industrial added value above the designated size reached 17.7%.