Since the beginning of this year, Huai'an's economy has shown a trend marked by a strong start, stable progress under pressure, and steady improvement.

First, industrial production has increased steadily. From January to August, the total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 9.5% year-on-year, while the added value of these enterprises rose by 8.3% year-on-year, with industrial electricity consumption increasing by 7.9% year-on-year. Among the key sectors, the cumulative output of five key sectors—metal products, general equipment manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing, and comprehensive utilization of waste resources—grew by 15.3%, 25.3%, 20.0%, 16.4%, and 8.1% respectively. These sectors collectively contributed an increase of RMB 15.11 billion, boosting the city's cumulative output growth rate by 5.5 percentage points.

Second, project promotion has been continuously advanced. From January to August, the city's 399 major municipal-level industrial projects completed RMB 128.361 billion in investment, achieving 81.1% of the annual target, 14.4 percentage points ahead of schedule. In the manufacturing sector, 331 projects secured a total investment of RMB 119.698 billion (80.9% of the annual target); in the producer service sector, 20 projects secured a total investment of RMB 4.954 billion (83.6% of the annual target); in the agricultural industrialization sector, 8 projects secured a total investment of RMB 2.378 billion (76.7% of the annual target); in the sci-tech innovation sector, 40 projects under RMB 100 milion secured a total investment of RMB 1.331 billion (99.3% of the annual target).