Projects are the solid support for consolidating economic development. Xingtai City vigorously implements the project construction breakthrough year and the key project quality and efficiency improvement action, driving engineering project construction to accelerate, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the central urban area.

　　Walking into Shijue Pet Food Co., Ltd. in Nanhe District, the reporter saw that the company's production project with an annual output of 30,000 tons of cat litter and 2,500 tons of freeze-dried pet snacks is under intensive construction. The finished product warehouse, Workshop No. 1 and Workshop No. 3 have been completed, and Workshop No. 2 is undergoing pipeline construction. It is understood that this project is a key project of Xingtai City, with a total investment of 230 million yuan.

　　[Liu Long, Project Department Manager of Xingtai Shijue Pet Food Co., Ltd.] We have added a construction team, working around the clock day and night, and fully automated production equipment has already been ordered. It is expected to be fully completed and put into production in April 2024. After production begins, the annual output value will be 374 million yuan, and it will become the largest producer of freeze-dried dog and cat snacks in the country.

　　Nanhe District regards project construction as a strong engine and solid support for stabilizing the economy, adheres to revolving everything around projects and focusing everything on project implementation, and through measures such as strengthening contracted liaison and optimizing services, helps projects be built efficiently and land as early as possible. At present, the district has 31 projects under construction, including 1 provincial key project and 19 municipal key projects.

　　[Hu Shuyin, Deputy Director of the Nanhe District Development and Reform Bureau] We are deeply implementing the mechanism of advancing major projects through special task forces, regularly publicizing project progress, and striving to ensure that within 2024, the number of landed out-of-province investment projects of more than 50 million yuan exceeds 60, with 15 put into production.

　　When projects thrive, the economy thrives. The Municipal Economic Development Zone firmly establishes the concept that development must involve projects and that grasping projects means seizing opportunities, and promotes the upgrading of the development zone through strong breakthroughs in key projects. The intelligent equipment manufacturing base project of Hebei Xinlong Technology Co., Ltd. is a provincial key project newly introduced by the Municipal Economic Development Zone last year. At present, the first phase of the project has been completed, and workers are stepping up efforts to fulfill orders.

　　[Qiao Hui, Chief Engineer of Hebei Xinlong Technology Co., Ltd.] Our project started construction in January last year and was put into production in June. During the half year since production began, we have signed cooperation agreements with two entities, and the total output value has reached 21 million yuan.

　　The intelligent equipment manufacturing base project of Hebei Xinlong Technology Co., Ltd. has a total investment of about 600 million yuan and is divided into two phases. The commissioning and operation of the project will further enhance regional economic vitality and promote the development of upstream and downstream industries.

　　[Qiao Hui, Chief Engineer of Hebei Xinlong Technology Co., Ltd.] This year we plan to introduce four more production equipment units, continue to expand production capacity, strive for output value to exceed 50 million yuan by the end of the year, and build our carbon black equipment industry into a domestically first-class level.

　　Doing a good job in extending, supplementing and strengthening the chain of leading industries, the Municipal Economic Development Zone improves the professionalism and precision of chain-based investment attraction and uses key projects to drive industrial development. In 2023, 42 projects with a total investment of 16.3 billion yuan started construction, and the construction progress of provincial and municipal key projects ranked among the top in the city many times.

　　Based on the industrial foundation, the six main urban districts of Xingtai City are solidly advancing the introduction and construction of a batch of projects in new energy, new materials, the digital economy and advanced equipment manufacturing, continuously strengthening the advantages of characteristic industries, and injecting strong momentum into making the central urban area larger, stronger and more vibrant.