The construction progress of the city’s modern industrial system from January to September this year was reported at the third-quarter observation meeting and the promotion conference for the industrial chain construction in 2025 held in Chenzhou City on October 23.

Since the beginning of this year, the city has been closely focusing on building a modern industrial system, promoting the development of industries with a trend of steady progress and dual improvement of quality and efficiency, injecting strong impetus into the high-quality development of the city's economy.

The agricultural foundation has continued to be consolidated. From January to September, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery in the city reached 39.391 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.8%.

Industries such as grain, vegetables, animal husbandry, and fishery maintained stable growth, demonstrating strong industrial resilience.

The role of industries as a “ballast stone” has been more prominent. The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size in the city increased by 9.2% year-on-year, with a growth rate 1.4 percentage points higher than the provincial average, ranking fourth in the province.

Eight counties, county-level cities and districts, including Beihu District, Suxian District, and Guiyang County, have seen a growth rate of over 10%, demonstrating the strong vitality of the regional industrial economy.

The service industry has witnessed steady development. From January to August, the operating revenue of the service industry above designated size in the city reached 13.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%, 1.1 percentage points higher than that from January to July.

The operating income of the top ten service industry enterprises included in GDP accounting reached 7.74 billion yuan, showing a sustained positive trend.

The total output value of 11 key industrial chains (excluding tourism consumption) in the city reached 358.68 billion yuan, of which 7 industrial chains had a growth rate of over 10%.

The output value of the non-ferrous metal new materials industry reached 118.33 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 29.4%. The output value of the lithium battery and new energy industry reached 61.276 billion yuan, an increase of 15.8%.

The total tourism expenditure reached 66.95 billion yuan, an increase of 9.7%, becoming an important engine driving economic growth.

New breakthroughs have been made in the construction of industrial clusters. In the industrial field, the rare and precious metal new material industry cluster in Chenzhou City has been approved as a provincial-level industrial cluster, and Jiahe County's drilling machine tool and Zixing City's silicon-based new materials have become provincial-level cultivation objects.

In terms of agriculture, a number of provincial-level industrial cluster projects such as Chenzhou pig, Anren traditional Chinese medicinal herbs, Yongxing citrus, and Linwu poultry have been submitted for approval, with the increasing influence of regional characteristic agricultural brands.

Significant achievements have been made in attracting investment. 271 major investment projects with a total investment of over 200 million yuan were newly introduced in the city, completing 112.92% of the annual tasks and a total investment of 144.237 billion yuan.

Among them, there are 228 key industrial chain projects with an investment of 124.033 billion yuan, accounting for 85.99%.

As of the end of September, the project fulfillment rate was 93.36%, the commencement rate was 87.08%, and the funds in place were 38.594 billion yuan.

The key projects are progressing smoothly. 137 key manufacturing projects with an investment of over 100 million yuan in the city have completed an investment of 22.947 billion yuan, accounting for 102.97% of the annual plan.

As one of the top ten industrial projects in the province, the new energy power and energy storage industry base project plans to invest 2.456 billion yuan in its three sub projects this year.

From January to September, an investment of 2.547 billion yuan has been completed, with a progress rate of 103.7%.

In the field of agriculture, the city had 74 new city-level leading enterprises. And the 5G digital project for rice processing of Shengping Rice Industry Group in Anren County won the second prize at the 2025 National Rural Entrepreneurship Project Competition.

In terms of industry, the city added 2 national-level chain owner enterprises, 6 national-level “little giant” enterprises, 42 provincial specialized and innovative SMEs and 8 provincial-level intelligent factories.

It has cultivated 33 intelligent manufacturing enterprises, 56 workshops and 343 workstations, exceeding the annual target.

There are diverse highlights in the integration of culture and tourism. Yuhou Street in Suxian District has been rated as a national-level tourism and leisure block. The Wumi Xiangjie Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshop has been selected as a typical case of intangible cultural heritage workshops nationwide.

Guiyang County has been selected as a national pilot for empowering rural revitalization with cultural industries, and Hexie Village has been awarded the title of China's Beautiful Leisure Village.

Rucheng County, Guidong County, Zixing City and other places have won numerous awards in wellness tourism and cultural tourism projects, accelerating the formation of an all-for-one tourism pattern.

As of the end of September, the city has carried out a total of 27 “supply and demand docking” activities, 20 “financial connection” activities, 26 “school-enterprise cooperation” activities, and 29 “internal and external docking” activities, effectively promoting the coordinated development of the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain.

The construction of industrial parks has improved in both quantity and quality. The city’s industrial parks have seen significantly improved development efficiency through deepening reforms.

In the first eight months, the industrial added value of industrial parks increased by 12.9%, which was 3.9 percentage points higher than the provincial average and ranked first in the province.

The growth rate of industrial investment is 10.0%, 3.0 percentage points higher than the provincial average. The total amount of foreign direct investment was 146 million US dollars, ranking first in the province.

22 enterprises have made breakthroughs in invention patents, with 30 authorized invention patents granted. 23 provincial-level innovative SMEs and 22 innovation platforms were cultivated.

The Chenjiang Laboratory is in physical operation, with Professor Huang Shoudao from Hunan University appointed as the director to promote the establishment of a laboratory expert committee and a sci-tech innovation alliance.

The “Technology Service Supermarket” has facilitated 195 transactions, and its relevant experience has been selected as a typical case of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s efforts in deepening science and technology system reform.

The policy support system has continued to improve. The Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, various counties, districts, and industrial parks have successively introduced a series of policies and measures to support manufacturing, technological innovation, and optimization of the business environment.

They have arranged industry guidance funds and provided intellectual property credit loan support, creating a favorable environment for enterprise development.

Service guarantee has got improved in terms of both quality and efficiency. 2,397 enterprise service specialists and project service specialists in the city offer services to 2,949 enterprises and 945 projects. It has identified and resolved 1,747 enterprise demands, with a problem-solving rate of 94.1%.

Through a series of measures for cost reduction and efficiency improvement, a total of 1.85 billion yuan has been saved for enterprises.

Chinese source: voc.com.cn