On October 26, the 2024 Huai'an Golden Autumn Economic and Trade Conference kicked off. More than 300 representatives, including experts and scholars from various industries, upstream and downstream enterprises of the industrial chain, and fund companies, gathered here to conduct in-depth discussions and exchanges on the integration of the "three chains"—industrial, supply, and innovation chains—centering around the theme of "Sincerity Across Huai'an for a Shared Future".

On that day, a total of 98 projects were signed, with a total investment of RMB 114.9 billion. Among these were agreements for 8 fund "partner" projects and 11 new business forms and platforms. Additionally, the "Huai Enterprises' Little Secretary" service platform was launched.

In recent years, Huai'an has focused on the goal of "strengthening the city through industry" and accelerated the construction of a modern industrial system with advanced manufacturing as its backbone by taking project tackling as the main task, pooling efforts, gathering resources, and integrating policies. In the past three years, more than 100 million yuan of industrial projects have been newly settled, twice the total amount of the "13th Five-Year Plan". Currently, advanced manufacturing clusters contribute to 78.1% of Huai'an's industrial output value—an increase of 23.1 percentage points from the end of the "13th Five-Year Plan".

Three years ago, Zhongtian Iron and Steel Group (Huai'an) New Material Co., Ltd. joined hands with Huai'an authorities with an investment of RMB 20.2 billion in planning and constructing a steel cord industrial park. These efforts aim to transform Huai'an into the "steel cord capital of the world," embarking on a path towards attracting more ten-billion-level projects signed and launched in Huai'an. Since then, Huai'an has continued to make breakthroughs in key and major projects, guided by the principle that project affairs are prioritized and environmental quality is highly valued. From January to September this year alone, indicators such as industrial investment, industrial invoice sales, the added value of industries above designated size, and consumption of industrial electricity have all led provincial rankings with increases of 24.3%, 13.4%, 10.1%, and 27.6% respectively.