In the first half of the year, fixed asset investment in Huai'an increased by 1.2% year-on-year, or 4.2% after excluding real estate development investment, of which industrial investment increased by 6.3% and infrastructure investment increased by 5.5%. A total of 177 new projects valued at more than RMB 100 million have commenced, including 162 industrial projects; 161 have been completed, including 146 industrial projects.

Construction of all 378 major projects at the provincial or municipal level has started, with an investment of RMB 89.22 billion, representing 55.6% of the annual plan, 5.6 percentage points ahead of schedule. Meanwhile, Huai'an's 27 major municipal-level industrial projects completed RMB 19.37 billion in investment, achieving 56.2% of the annual target, 6.2 percentage points ahead of schedule.