On the morning of March 10, the Ya'an Municipal Government and Social Capital Cooperation (PPP) Project Investment Promotion Conference was held at Hongzhu Hotel in Ya'an. Representatives from nearly 100 Fortune 500 companies, large central state-owned enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and well-known private enterprises, including Sinohydro Bureau 5 Co., Ltd., Wuhan Municipal Road & Bridge Co., Ltd., MCC Group, Shenzhen Techand Ecology & Environment Co., Ltd., Wonders Information Co., Ltd., Pacific Construction Group, Hongda Construction Group Co., Ltd., and Sichuan Energy Investment Group Co., Ltd., totaling over 200 participants attended. At the promotion conference, three enterprises including Wuhan Municipal Road & Bridge Co., Ltd. signed contracts on-site, with a total investment of 730 million yuan. Huang Jiandong, Member of the Standing Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of Ya'an Municipal Party Committee, said in his speech that the promotion conference aims to transform investment and financing methods, introduce social capital to participate in Ya'an's public infrastructure construction, achieve mutual progress and win-win cooperation between the government and social capital, and promote the rapid and healthy development of Ya'an's economy and society.
Officials from relevant Ya'an municipal departments also highlighted 50 key projects for government and social capital cooperation (PPP) between the Ya'an municipal government and its counties and districts, with a total investment exceeding 26 billion yuan. The reporter noted that these 50 projects involve key industries and livelihood areas such as transportation, water conservancy, tourism, environmental protection, regional development, affordable housing projects, and municipal utilities. Among them, 34 have been included in the Sichuan Province PPP project database.
At the promotion conference, three enterprises including Wuhan Municipal Road & Bridge Co., Ltd. signed on-site contracts for government and social capital cooperation (PPP) projects, with a total investment of 730 million yuan, mainly involving municipal and transportation infrastructure construction. Specifically: Wuhan Municipal Road & Bridge Co., Ltd. invested 500 million yuan to construct the highway project from Hanyuan County's new county seat to Jiuxiang Town; Shenzhen Techand Ecology & Environment Co., Ltd. invested 150 million yuan for the slope ecological restoration project along Huanshu Road in Hanyuan County; Wonders Information Co., Ltd. invested 80 million yuan for the urban parking lot and intelligent monitoring system project.
The promotion conference was presided over by Wang Jialiang, Deputy Mayor of Ya'an Municipal Government. Huang Jiandong, Member of the Standing Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor, delivered a speech. Xu Yixin, Member of the Standing Committee and Deputy Mayor, introduced Ya'an's basic city conditions, investment environment, investment advantages, and major government and social capital cooperation (PPP) projects. Zhang Qiao, Deputy Secretary-General of the Municipal Government and Director of the Feidi Park (Economic Development Zone) Management Committee, presented PPP projects for the Feidi Park (Economic Development Zone). Yu Gangping, County Mayor of Hanyuan County People's Government, and Cao Gang, Director of Ya'an Planning, Construction and Housing Security Bureau, shared their experiences on PPP project implementation. He Pengcheng, Executive Director, General Manager, and Deputy Party Secretary of Sinohydro Bureau 5 Co., Ltd., and Zhang Guoqiang, Director of Hangfa Group and Chairman of Wuhan Municipal Road & Bridge Co., Ltd., spoke as enterprise representatives.