Since the beginning of this year, Huai'an has accelerated the development of a modern industrial system driven by advanced manufacturing. The city's industrial economy has continued the strong momentum seen last year, with key indicators starting high and remaining stable. In the first half of the year, the added value of industrial enterprises above the designated size increased by 8.9% year-on-year. Industrial invoicing and electricity consumption rose by 8.8% year-on-year and 7.5% year-on-year, respectively.

Key enterprises serve as pillars of growth. Both existing and emerging key enterprises have played a vital role in driving development. RMB-10-billion companies such as Trina Solar, Qingding Precision Electronics (Huai'an) Co., Ltd., Suyan Jingshen, and King's Luck maintained strong growth momentum. Meanwhile, key new growth drivers like Huai'an Canadian Solar New Energy Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Qixing Intelligent Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. have been steadily incorporated into statistical reporting. In the first half of the year, these new growth points collectively contributed over RMB 17 billion in additional output value, boosting the city's overall industrial growth rate by more than 8.5 percentage points.

The development momentum of strategic emerging industries remains strong. In the first half of the year, the integrated clusters of Huai'an's "353" strategic emerging industries achieved a year-on-year output value increase of 9.09%, accounting for 64.64% of the total output value of industrial enterprises above the designated size. Key sectors such as next-generation information technology, new energy, automobiles and auto parts, metal and inorganic non-metal materials, and environmental protection all recorded robust double-digit growth.

Huai'an will stay focused on meeting its annual development goals by strengthening operational monitoring and intensifying efforts to cultivate new growth drivers. The city will closely track market trends and enterprise production and operations, conduct in-depth assessments of businesses' real challenges and needs, and enhance coordination across departments, factor guarantee, and resource integration. Targeted services—such as supply-demand matching, financial support, talent recruitment, and higher-level funding—will be carried out to help enterprises expand markets, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. These efforts aim to ensure the steady operation of the industrial economy.