Since the beginning of this year, Huai'an City has unswervingly highlighted investment promotion and capital selection, accurately and effectively allocated investment promotion resources, established and improved analysis and judgment, project access and tracking evaluation mechanisms, and promoted the attraction of leading large projects and specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative projects to new heights. In the first quarter of this year, the city signed 292 new projects with a contract value of more than RMB 100 million, and the agreed investment amount was RMB 141.24 billion. Among them, there are 16 projects with a value of more than RMB 3 billion. Among the newly attracted projects, industrial projects account for 84.5%, with 3 central enterprises, 19 listed companies, 36 specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative "little giant" companies, and 75 high-tech companies as investors. As of the end of May this year, among the 25 major provincial implementation projects, 24 have been started, with an investment of RMB 16.664 billion; among the 15 key industrial projects supported by provincial-level private investment, 13 have been started, with an investment of RMB 3.313 billion; among the 403 major industrial projects at the municipal level, 347 have been started, with an investment of RMB 78.896 billion.

Huai'an City has established a full-chain special team service mechanism for major industrial projects, and regularly implements the "simplest application, the fastest approval, and the best service" and "immediate issuance of certificates upon land transfer, immediate commencement of construction upon land acquisition, immediate acceptance upon construction completion, and immediate handover upon project completion" service models. As of the end of March this year, the city processed 2,443 parallel approvals of engineering construction projects, with a parallel approval rate of 60.06%. A total of 37 projects utilized the "immediate commencement upon land acquisition" approach, including 35 major projects worth more than RMB 100 million. The city continues to implement the element guarantee mechanism for major and super-large projects in the city, and effectively improves the efficiency of resource allocation. Since the beginning of this year, 3,052 mu of land for major provincial and municipal projects has been guaranteed, with a guarantee rate of 94%. The total amount of pollution discharge indicators has been guaranteed for 184 major municipal industrial projects, and 155 major industrial projects have reached financing agreements of RMB 50.208 billion.