CHONGQING: Sichuan province and Chongqing in South-West China are set to collaborate on 320 key projects this year, as part of efforts to enhance the region’s economic growth.
According to the recently released list of key projects for the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle in 2025, over 70% of these projects will concentrate on modern infrastructure and an industrial system, the Chongqing Development and Reform Commission said.
These projects span seven key sectors such as the cooperative construction of a modern infrastructure network, the collaborative development of a modern industrial system and the joint establishment of a nationally influential science and technology innovation centre.
In 2021, a master plan was issued to turn the Chengdu-Chongqing region into an economic centre with national impact, a key hub for scientific and technological innovation, a new area for reform and opening-up and a place with high living standards.
Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan.
The plan was designed to make national growth more balanced and to help the southwestern region tap into talent, improve its business environment and develop new business models.
Over the past five years, the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Circle has achieved remarkable results, Chen Yajun, deputy secretary-general of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a recent conference.
These accomplishments include significant advancements in constructing vital economic hubs with national influence.
Not to mention, the emergence of a new trend in establishing nationally influential science and technology innovation centres, breakthroughs in creating new frontiers for reform and opening-up, and progress in enhancing the quality of life and liveable environments. — China Daily/ANN
