Just after the beginning of winter, the temperature in Jiayuguan City, the "Gobi Steel City" located in the western part of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, has dropped sharply. However, upon entering the operating area of Gansu Dongxing Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiugang Group, production was booming. On a 1.25 kilometer production line, 168 electrolytic cells are arranged in a straight line to continuously produce aluminum liquid, and workers are busy transporting the aluminum liquid. In the workshop of Gansu Dongxing Jiayu New Materials Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dongxing Aluminum Industry not far away, workers are busy processing aluminum liquid into high-end aluminum materials for use in new energy power batteries, 3C digital products, food and drug packaging, high-end decorative panels and other products. Dongxing Aluminum has an annual production capacity of 1.7 million tons of electrolytic aluminum and is the largest electrolytic aluminum production and processing base in Gansu. But for a long time, the raw materials and market of enterprises have been 'two ends out'. A few years ago, the vast majority of aluminum liquid needed to be cast into aluminum ingots and sold to the East and South China regions. Downstream manufacturers had to remelt and then produce various aluminum alloy products, resulting in high transportation and raw material consumption costs Introduction by Zhang Jinshuo, Deputy General Manager of Dongxing Aluminum Industry Company. The troubles faced by Dongxing Aluminum Industry Company are a common problem faced by many manufacturing enterprises in Northwest China. During the "Fifth Five Year Plan" period, 16 out of 156 key construction projects in China settled in Gansu, laying the industrial foundation for Northwest non-ferrous metallurgy, petrochemicals, and equipment manufacturing. After the reform and opening up, the shortcomings of these industries, which mainly focus on primary products, have short chains, and low added value, have gradually been exposed. Many enterprises have distinct characteristics, abundant resources, and profound accumulation, but it is difficult to transform them into real development advantages and economic benefits. They once faced the problem of "rich poverty", and focusing on extending, supplementing, and strengthening chains has become the key to getting rid of the troubles. Dongxing Aluminum Company will merge and restructure an aluminum processing enterprise. At the end of 2022, the company will be renamed Gansu Dongxing Jiayu New Materials Co., Ltd. After that, multiple casting and rolling units and cold rolling units will be put into operation, and the construction of cold precision rolling projects will be accelerated. At present, the company's annual processing capacity for aluminum materials reaches 600000 tons, with products covering 6 major varieties and more than 20 series. By 2023, the output value will reach nearly 10 billion yuan. While the products are exported to East and South China, they are also exported to countries such as South Korea, India, and Brazil, "said Liu Youdong, General Manager of Gansu Dongxing Jiayu New Materials Co., Ltd. The introduction of Dongxing Jiayu New Materials Company has activated the traditional aluminum industry in Jiayuguan City, playing a demonstrative and driving role in the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries and the promotion of new industrialization Zhang Jinsuo introduced that the local chain has been continuously extended and supplemented, attracting 7 downstream manufacturers. Over 90% of Dongxing Aluminum's aluminum liquid has been converted on-site. In 2023, the total output value of the steel and aluminum industry chains in Jiayuguan City exceeded 100 billion yuan for the first time, reaching 101.5 billion yuan, an increase of 27 billion yuan in three years, with an average annual growth rate of 10.8%. Accurately introducing an upstream and downstream enterprise can activate the entire industrial chain and awaken the dormant potential. In the past two years, based on its existing industrial layout, Gansu has selected 14 key industrial chains, including new materials, non-ferrous metallurgy, traditional Chinese medicine, new energy, and equipment manufacturing. Through carefully organizing activities such as the Lanzhou International Fair, entrepreneur "Long Up", and industrial transfer and development docking, it has vigorously optimized the business environment, focused on strengthening the leading industry, supplementing the chain, and gathering groups. In Jiuquan City, Gansu Province, backed by a wind power base of tens of millions of kilowatts, the local area has focused on both industrial agglomeration and industrial "ecology", forming six major industrial chains of wind power, photovoltaics, solar thermal, energy storage, hydrogen energy, and smart grid. Among them, the host, blades, and tower systems of the wind power industry have achieved localized production, building the largest onshore wind power equipment manufacturing base in the country. In 2023, the output value of new energy equipment manufacturing industry in Jiuquan City will reach 20.5 billion yuan, with a growth rate of over 50% in the past three years. In Jinchang City, known as the "Nickel Capital of China", relying on Jinchuan Group, the largest nickel cobalt production base in China, efforts are being made to build two billion level industrial clusters, namely non-ferrous metal new materials, new energy, and new energy batteries. In Wuwei City, the introduction of leading enterprise Yili Dairy Company directly drives the local dairy farming, forage planting, fresh milk storage and processing, packaging and printing, logistics and distribution, and other industries worth more than 6 billion yuan, achieving an overall leap in the agricultural and animal husbandry industry. The gathering of chains and clusters, forming a momentum, and the input of a batch of fresh blood further support the construction of a new pattern of industrial development in Gansu. In the first three quarters of this year, Gansu implemented 4648 new and ongoing investment projects, with a total of 652.71 billion yuan in funds, a year-on-year increase of 40.7%. (New Society)