By Xiao Wu, iChongqing news

Chongqing - On May 9, Hechuan District governmental delegation held the press briefing to introduce its investment promotion campaign to bring in over 100 strong enterprises of high technology and good development potential.  

The press briefing to introduce its investment promotion campaign.

Thanks to the investment promotion, Hechuan District has achieved a good start for high-quality economic development in 2019. In the first quarter of this year, 40 projects have been signed at a value of 24.6 billion yuan. 2 domestic and foreign listed enterprises have been introduced to settle in Hechuan District. During the same period, Hechuan District's GDP reached 18.089 billion yuan, an increase of 11.0% year on year, 5 percentage points higher than the average level of the whole city, and the growth rate ranks the third in Chongqing. Fixed asset investment increased by 14%, 7.4 percentage points higher than the average level of the city, ranking the 2^nd in the western part of Chongqing. In particular, the industrial sector has become the strongest driving force for the economy, with the added industrial value of 5.379 billion yuan, an increase of 11.5%, ranking the 8^th in the city.

Hechuan District is striving to develop three leading industries - the equipment manufacturing industry based on automobile and motorcycle, the medical and health industry based on medicine and medical devices, and the information technology industry based on information security. Hechuan District is a popular tourist destination in Chongqing. Diaoyu Fortress located in Hechuan District is well known for the resistance to Mongol armies in 1259AC, which rewrote world history to a great extent. Hechuan District also boasts the conditions to develop the trade and logistics industry. Three railways and three high-speed trains pass through the district. Weituo Logistics Park is the first stop of the China-Europe Railway Express(Chongqing) to Chongqing. Hechuan District holds multimodal transportation of railway, highway, and waterway.

Equipment manufacturing in Hechuan District

Targeting on high-quality development and outstanding projects of leading industries, Hechuan District carries out professional and accurate investment promotion. Taking advantage of its location, resources, and platforms, Hechuan District elaborately promotes over 280 projects involving equipment manufacturing, information security, medicine and health, cultural and tourism complex, commercial and trade logistic, modern agriculture and major infrastructure.

Diaoyu Fortress in Hechuan District

Information security in Hechuan District

Hechuan District takes efforts to optimize the investment environment to attract more enterprises to settle here through the following 3 steps. First is building a transparent and efficient administrative environment. Second is building a market for fair competition. The third is building a fair and just legal environment.