Since the beginning of this year, Huai'an has steadfastly adhered to a primary strategy of new industrialization, maintaining stable operations, advancing projects, fostering enterprises, and building industry clusters. These efforts are all aimed at promoting high-quality leapfrogging development in the industrial economy.

The first is to adhere to scientific planning and refine the development blueprint. In addressing the characteristics and weaknesses of Huai'an's current stage of industrial development, significant efforts have been made to tackle critical issues related to project execution, scale cultivation, scientific and technological guidance, and cluster cultivation. Implementation opinions have been successively issued concerning major projects, ten-billion-yuan-level enterprise cultivation, high-quality manufacturing development, and the advancement of manufacturing clusters.

The second is to focus on project breakthroughs to build a solid industrial cornerstone. Huai'an has implemented and refined the "three-must-consider, three-must-ask" system for analyzing, researching, and evaluating major projects and investment opportunities (namely assessing the project's investment source, product technology, and market potential and inquiring about the average tax per mu, value-added rate, and energy consumption intensity of the project). This comprehensive approach aims to control the quality and efficiency of project attraction right from the outset. In H1 of the year, the city achieved an industrial investment of RMB 61.98 billion, reflecting a 22.8% increase year over year.

The third is to strengthen innovation-driven development and enhance the tiered training system. Huai'an has taken an innovative approach to achieve high-quality development in the manufacturing industry by implementing the "Six Projects" initiative. This initiative focuses on the growth of large-scale enterprises, the development of listed enterprises, high-tech enterprises, and innovation platform carriers, green manufacturing, and "intelligent transformation, digital transformation, and network connection". Besides, it has established a special guiding fund totaling RMB 300 million, aimed at strengthening its industrial base. The city is committed to propelling innovation-driven development, digital empowerment, green transformation, and quality and efficiency improvement.

The fourth is to highlight characteristic advantages and build robust industrial clusters. Huai'an is dedicated to developing its "7+3" advantageous industry and leading industry clusters, preparing industrial investment promotion guidelines, and creating detailed industry maps. It continuously optimizes the industrial development ecosystem and strives to establish a "one-hour industrial support service network". This year, Huai'an has been designated as a key region for the development of 3 major industrial clusters in Jiangsu Province: next-generation electronic information, green food, and new energy.