Recently, according to the Anhui Provincial Development and Reform Commission, from January to April this year, there were 3,410 projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction in Anhui from outside the province, with actual funds in place of 438.65 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28%.

In the first four months, the actual funds in place in Anhui continued to show substantial growth. Calculated on the basis of the same period in 2019, the average annual growth over two years was 12.8%. Anhui had 1,526 newly built projects with investment above 100 million yuan from outside the province, 426 more than the same period last year, with the number of projects increasing by 38.7% year on year. There were 146 newly built projects with investment above 1 billion yuan from outside the province, 43 more than the same period last year, with the number of projects increasing by 41.7% year on year.

The manufacturing sector grew rapidly. From January to April, the funds in place for projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction in Anhui from outside the province were distributed across the three industries at 3%, 72.8% and 24.2%. There were 2,580 secondary industry projects, with actual funds in place of 319.45 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 38.2%, and their share rose by 5.4 percentage points year on year. Among them, there were 2,490 manufacturing projects, with actual funds in place of 300.18 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 40.2%.

The four major strategic regions developed strongly. From January to April, the Wanjiang Demonstration Zone had 2,160 projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction from outside the province, with actual funds in place of 296.78 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.4%, accounting for 67.7% of Anhui's total. The six cities in northern Anhui had 1,045 projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction from outside the province, with actual funds in place of 127.31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23.7%, accounting for 29% of Anhui's total. The two cities and two counties in western Anhui had 475 projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction from outside the province, with actual funds in place of 60.75 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 48.7%, accounting for 13.8% of Anhui's total. The Southern Anhui International Cultural Tourism Demonstration Zone had 1,497 projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction from outside the province, with actual funds in place of 173.95 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 32.3%, accounting for 39.7% of Anhui's total.

With the deepening of Yangtze River Delta integration, the share of investment in Anhui from Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang has increased. From January to April, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang had 1,990 projects with investment above 100 million yuan under construction in Anhui, with actual funds in place of 239.48 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.6%; this accounted for 54.6% of Anhui's total, up 3.8 percentage points year on year.