The construction of key projects is accelerating, the manufacturing industry is constantly moving towards new directions, and new consumption scenarios are bursting with new vitality... In the first half of this year, Sichuan achieved a regional GDP of 2946.33 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%, which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the national average and maintains the trend of being higher than the national average since the first three quarters of 2023. Sichuan bravely shoulders the heavy responsibility of being an economic powerhouse, making it the top priority to fully devote itself to economic development and construction. It plays the role of the "locomotive" of economic development and strives to make more contributions to the overall situation of the country. Key project construction: running out of the acceleration tower crane, stretching the long arm, engineering vehicles shuttling... In Chengdu Future Science and Technology City, a satellite Internet and satellite application industrial park with a total investment of 2.9 billion yuan is under construction. This is one of the 208 key projects that Chengdu city will focus on promoting in the third quarter, which will play a supporting role in Chengdu's future "hundred billion level" satellite industry cluster, radiating and driving innovative development in satellite research and development, production, and operation in the southwest region. We will seize the golden period of the 'Golden September and Silver October' construction, increase resource investment, scientifically arrange construction, and ensure that the main structure of some buildings is capped before the end of the year Liu Ming, the project construction manager of China Construction Fifth Engineering Bureau, said. The key project is the "traction rope" that contributes more to the country. Since September, Sichuan Province, Chengdu City, and various cities (prefectures) have been holding intensive meetings to promote economic operation work, making it the top priority to make every effort to promote economic development and construction. Each region has not avoided its shortcomings and difficulties, arranged detailed and specific measures, and made every effort to sprint towards the annual target tasks, serving the overall stability of the country with the "progress" of Sichuan's development. In Ziyang City, the key project of Sichuan Province's 14th Five Year Plan, Chuantou Group Ziyang Gas Power Station, was fully put into operation on September 16th. In Guangyuan City, the Xingheng Qingyuan New Energy Lithium Battery (Phase II) project has just been completed and is currently installing and debugging equipment. It is expected to undergo trial production in October. On September 12th, with the simultaneous construction of five highways including Tianqiong Expressway, the total length of Sichuan Expressway exceeded 10000 kilometers, and the country's "New Sichuan Road" opened to the west became more accessible... From January to August this year, 700 provincial-level key projects in Sichuan completed an investment of 627.38 billion yuan, with an annual investment completion rate of 83.3%, far exceeding the time "progress bar". Ding Renzhong, the head of the Macro Economic Group of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government Decision making Advisory Committee, said, "These key projects have a large scale, excellent project structure, and strong driving effect. Accelerating their completion and operation will contribute more to the effective improvement of the quality and reasonable growth of the national economy." A few days ago, in Jinjiang District, Chengdu, Zhu Du, the deputy general manager of Sichuan Tairui Chuang Communication Technology Co., Ltd., was worried about the lack of high-end talents, and encountered bottlenecks in circuit control and optical path design during product upgrades. The Ministry of Economy and Information Technology invites industry professionals from both upstream and downstream sectors to enter the enterprise to alleviate difficulties and solve problems. This is a scene of Chengdu carrying out the work of "entering ten thousand enterprises, solving problems, optimizing the environment, and promoting development". After understanding the situation of the enterprise, experts from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China stated that the school has corresponding talents who can act as matchmakers. Duan Zhangjue, Deputy General Manager of the Fifth Institute of Telecommunications Science and Technology Co., Ltd., said that it can help enterprises promote products in the industry chain. With thoughtful services from government departments, support from experts, and recommendations from industry leaders, we have full confidence in technological innovation Zhu said. The manufacturing industry is the main direction for Sichuan to actively serve the country's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and accelerate the formation of new quality productive forces. At present, the output value of strategic emerging industries in Sichuan accounts for about 28% of the total output value of industries above designated size in the province. The industrial structure continues to optimize, becoming an important growth pole and new driving force for promoting high-quality development in the western region. In the first half of the year, the added value of high-tech industries above designated size in Sichuan increased by 6.9% year-on-year, and the development of new quality productivity accelerated. At Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., folding screens are continuously being produced in automated workshops. Traditional screens are made of polarizing film, but through technological innovation, we have adopted non polarizing film technology to reduce weight and thickness while extending the lifespan of foldable screens, further expanding our market space nationwide, "said Sun Fukun, General Manager of Mianyang BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. Sichuan Chongqing will jointly build a science and technology innovation center with national influence, leading industrial innovation with scientific and technological innovation Dai Yongbo, Director of the Development and Reform Commission of Sichuan Province, said that Sichuan is strengthening its four trillion yuan "leading" industries of electronic information, equipment manufacturing, automobiles, and specialty consumer goods. The shipment volume of new display panels ranks third in the country, and nearly 20% of flexible screens worldwide are "made in Sichuan". The power battery is the "heart" of new energy vehicles. Zhai Gang, Director of the Department of Economy and Information Technology of Sichuan Province, said that Sichuan has gathered more than 200 upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, forming a complete industrial chain from lithium mineral resource development, upstream material and battery component production to battery recycling and utilization, becoming one of the most competitive development highlands of the power battery industry in the country. In the first half of the year, Sichuan produced 64.6 gigawatt hours (GWh) of power batteries, accounting for about one-fifth of the country's total, a year-on-year increase of 56.4%. Consumption is revitalized, domestic demand is revitalized, and Sichuan is a populous province with huge consumption potential. In 2023, the total retail sales of consumer goods in Sichuan will rise from the 6th place in the country to the 5th place. Currently, Sichuan is focusing on boosting consumption and expanding domestic effective demand. Not long ago, Zhang Tao, a resident of Meishan City, saw the subsidy policy of exchanging old for new online. He happened to have an old air conditioner at home, so he bought a new one and received a subsidy of more than 500 yuan. On the basis of the 8 subsidy categories stipulated by the national policy of exchanging old appliances for new ones, Sichuan has increased the number of categories to 16, and the newly added projectors, water purifiers, dishwashers, etc. have a large market demand Chen Youqing, Deputy Director of the Department of Commerce of Sichuan Province, said that by the end of 2024, the province aims to achieve over 2 million units of home appliances through trade in, driving consumption of 8 billion yuan. In terms of large-scale consumption, Sichuan has a large and extensive stock of assets, with a total of over 15 million cars in the province. Among them, Chengdu has over 6.5 million cars, ranking first among cities in China. By exchanging old for new, especially encouraging traditional fuel vehicles to be replaced with new energy vehicles, Sichuan has effectively driven the consumption of various brands of automobiles across the country. Since the implementation of the trade in policy, the daily average number of customers visiting the store has increased by 20% to 30%, and the transaction rate has increased by 30% to 40%, "said Xiong Lei, a BYD car dealer in Renshou County, Sichuan. Sichuan is a province with abundant cultural and tourism resources, constantly introducing new forms and scenes of cultural and tourism industries to attract tourists from all over the country. During this year's Mid Autumn Festival holiday, Jianchang Ancient City in Xichang City opened its city walls for the first time at night, staging new "national style" trends such as moon worship ceremonies, flash mob parades, and immersive outdoor murder mystery shows, providing tourists with a new experience of blending ancient and modern times. It received 209500 visitors, an increase of 45.3% compared to the same period last year. From January to August, Sichuan achieved a total retail sales of consumer goods of 1753.66 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, which is 1 percentage point higher than the national growth rate. The fourth quarter is the sprint period to achieve the annual target tasks Yang Jirui, Dean of the Chengdu Chongqing Economic Zone Development Research Institute at Southwest University of Finance and Economics, said that Sichuan should make more precise efforts in the "three industries", focus on project construction and agricultural autumn harvest and planting, stabilize the growth of industrial economy, promote the prosperity of service industry, and make greater contributions to the overall national situation with the "progress" of Sichuan's development. (New Society)