Grasping projects is synonymous with fostering development, and fostering development necessitates a focus on projects. In 2023, Lishui focused on the Five Advancements and Striving for Excellence targets, adhering firmly to the “Lishui spirit of proactive dedication”, firmly establishing a clear orientation of “projects as king”, focusing on the main line of “dual fives, dual tens, dual hundreds, and dual thousands” actions. The total fixed asset investment in the city exceeded 100 billion yuan for the first time, with a growth rate of 15.6% in fixed asset investment, maintaining double-digit growth for 36 consecutive months, and ranking second in the province for two consecutive years in terms of growth rate.

Breaking down by category, Lishui city saw a 51.7% increase in industrial investment, a 31.4% increase in manufacturing investment, and a 54.3% increase in high-tech industry investment, all ranking first in the province. Construction and infrastructure investment grew by 12.7%, and transportation, water conservancy, and energy investment grew by 41%, both ranking second in the province.

Examining investments at the county (city, district) level, Liandu district, Lishui Economic Development Zone, Jinyun county, and Qingtian county have all exceeded one hundred billion yuan in investment. Songyang county ranked 10th in the province in terms of fixed asset investment growth rate, and Jinyun county ranked 12th province-wide. Yunhe county, Jinyun county, and Suichang county all received “racehorse” incentives from the provincial government for investment.

In addition, All 26 provincial centrally-funded projects in the city and 24 provincial “Trillion RMB Investment on a Thousand Projects’ initiative” new projects have started construction 100% ahead of schedule. The investment completion rate for 70 major projects under the “Trillion RMB Investment on a Thousand Projects’ initiative” is at 138.2%, and for 41 key construction projects, it stands at 128.5%. The investment completion rate for 139 projects under the project of “Hundred Village Demonstration, Thousand Village Revitalization” is at 137.7%, and for 413 key construction projects in cities, it stands at 132.6%, all exceeding the annual targets.

Looking back on 2023, the entire Quzhou-Songyang section of the Quli Railway commenced construction along its entire length, and the navigation of the Ou River from Chuanliao to Wenxi section was opened. Construction of all structures at Lishui Airport was completed, marking the start of the sprint phase transitioning from construction to trial operation. Several major manufacturing projects, including Ferrotec’s semiconductor and ultra-thin precision flexible film packaging substrate production lines, were initiated. Significant breakthroughs were achieved in the preliminary and construction phases of unconventional pumped storage projects, with six pump-storage power stations under construction or planned in the city, totaling 7.297 million kilowatts in installed capacity and an investment of 47.3 billion yuan, ranking first in both the number of projects and installed capacity province-wide.

Furthermore, Lishui also secured 13 major provincial industrial projects throughout the year, with a total investment of 15.27 billion yuan. Among them, 11 projects have been implemented, including the construction project for the annual production of 3.6 million pieces of 12-inch polished wafers by Lishui Zhongxin Wafers, which was selected as a pre-selected special major industrial project, achieving a historic breakthrough.