Recently, it was learned from the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission that from January to August this year, municipal-level key projects completed a cumulative investment of 318.3 billion yuan, with an investment progress of 72.3%. Among them, nine districts and counties—Jiulongpo District, Chongqing High-tech Zone, Tongliang District, Liangping District, Dianjiang County, Kaizhou District, Liangjiang New Area, Fengjie County, and Dazu District—all exceeded 80% investment progress. Sixty-three projects, including the Zhongxian high-end lithium iron phosphate project with an annual output of 100,000 tons, were completed and put into use, giving full play to the investment benefits of the projects.

"Major engineering projects are being accelerated, actively expanding effective investment and driving the overall recovery and improvement of the city's economic performance!" said a relevant official from the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission. Chongqing has made projects explicitly named in the National 14th Five-Year Plan Outline and the 2023 Work Priorities for Implementation of the 102 Major National Projects the top priority for scheduling. Among them, the T3B Terminal and fourth runway of Jiangbei International Airport completed an investment of 2.95 billion yuan from January to August; the Chongqing-Wanzhou High-speed Railway has completed a cumulative investment of 9.89 billion yuan since construction began in September last year, and main construction is being vigorously advanced; the Western Chongqing Water Resources Allocation Project completed an investment of 1.75 billion yuan from January to August. For the Chongqing section of the Sichuan-Chongqing 1,000 kV UHV AC project, newly started this year, the annual planned investment progress has reached 73%, and main construction is being carried out in an orderly manner.

Since the beginning of this year, Chongqing has seized new tracks in new technologies and new industries, taken municipal key project construction as the guide, iteratively upgraded the manufacturing industry structure, and gone all out to build a nationally important advanced manufacturing center. From January to August, key manufacturing projects completed a cumulative investment of 50.32 billion yuan, up 7.5% year on year, with an investment progress of 76.3%, strongly promoting the accelerated formation of the city's "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system.

Key projects in the new energy vehicle industry completed an investment of 9.92 billion yuan from January to August, with an investment progress of 99.6%. New-generation information technology industry projects completed an investment of 3.1 billion yuan from January to August, with an investment progress of 87.4%. Six projects, including the CR Micro power semiconductor packaging and testing project in Chongqing High-tech Zone and the Dianjiang Jingxin frequency control ultra-small frequency control component project, have exceeded their annual investment plans. New materials industry projects completed an investment of 6.52 billion yuan from January to August, up 48.5% year on year. Thirteen projects, including the Changshou Zhongrun New Materials Industrial Park and the Rongchang Huayang refractory, heat-insulating and energy-saving materials production project, have smoothly started construction as planned, with a total investment of about 24 billion yuan.

"This year, focusing on alleviating urgent difficulties and pressing concerns of the people in areas such as medical care, education, and employment, our city has made efforts to advance a number of key projects in the livelihood sector and accelerate efforts to shore up weaknesses in livelihood security!" said a relevant official from the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission. From January to August, these projects completed a total investment of 18 billion yuan, up 58.9% year on year, with an investment progress of 71.8%. Among them, projects such as Phase I of the Science City Campus of Chongqing University Cancer Hospital and the Chongqing Hospital of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology have exceeded their annual planned investment. Chongqing College of International Business and Economics Hechuan New Campus and Yubei Konggang Experimental Middle School were smoothly completed in August, further optimizing the allocation of regional educational resources.