Walking through one key project construction site after another in the provincial capital, similar "scenes" keep unfolding:
Tower cranes stand in clusters, machinery roars, engineering vehicles shuttle back and forth, and construction workers are busy at work... From industrial projects to supporting infrastructure in industrial parks, and on to infrastructure construction, a bustling scene of intense activity is everywhere.
"It changes every single day" is the phrase heard most often on site.
Right now is the "golden period" for project construction and also a critical period that determines the year's economic development goals. The whole city has firmly established the concept of "projects first," vigorously pushing for new projects to break ground, ongoing projects to advance construction, and signed projects to land, building up momentum for high-quality economic development.
Data shows that from January to May, the city's fixed asset investment grew 10.7% year on year. Of this, investment in construction projects rose 16.0% year on year. Investment projects with a planned total investment of 100 million yuan or more (excluding real estate development) completed investment up 26.6% year on year, accounting for 64.6% of total investment.
　　Achieving a "fast" pace —
"Last year this was still an undeveloped plot of land; now all five individual buildings in Phase I of our project have been completed, and we expect to start trial production in August, going all out to build a medical device industrial base centered on interventional high-value medical consumables." Standing in front of the newly built production workshops, Zhang Yanqin, project manager of the Hebei Kangyu Medical Interventional High-Value Medical Consumables Industrial Park, was full of emotion.
It is understood that, as a provincial and municipal key project, the Kangyu Medical Interventional High-Value Medical Consumables Industrial Park has embraced the principle of "speed" from the very start: from the initial intention discussion to project signing took less than 24 hours, and from landing to groundbreaking was completed entirely within one month.
Pressing the "fast-forward button" and running at "accelerated speed." This reporter noted that "fast" has become the **keyword** of project construction across the city.
In Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang, the main structure of the comprehensive warehouse and power workshop of the Changshan Kaikude Lung Phospholipid and Protein Processing Project has been topped out and accepted, and the comprehensive workshop is undergoing foundation raft pouring, with trial production expected in February next year;
In the Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Shijiazhuang Baowan Smart Logistics Industrial Park project has progressed smoothly since full-scale construction began at the end of last year. Currently, warehouses 1# and 2# are undergoing pile foundation construction for added spans, and foundation trenching has started for 3# and 4#, with completion and operation expected by the end of the year;
In Gaocheng District, five main roads of the Modern Food Industrial Park have been completed and opened to traffic, the sewage treatment plant is ready for trial operation, and 12 projects each worth 100 million yuan or more, including Xiaoshuai Biotechnology, have been attracted, with total investment of 4.5 billion yuan;
According to the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Shijiazhuang has arranged 321 key construction projects this year, with total investment of 394.43 billion yuan and planned annual investment of 65.41 billion yuan.
　　Highlighting a "quality" focus —
At the foot of Xishan, the northern part of Luquan District has gained new momentum for revitalization.
The Lubei Satellite Communication Intelligent Base project is being pushed forward at full speed, and nine related enterprises including Fangyu Radar and Tianjia Technology have already moved in. In the near future, this will become an intelligent communication equipment base integrating satellite communications, radar communications, and new energy materials, jointly advancing industrial innovation in the communications field.
Today's projects are tomorrow's industries.
In recent years, Shijiazhuang has made strategic emerging industries such as next-generation electronic information, biomedicine, new materials, new energy, and advanced equipment manufacturing top priorities, continuously introducing new projects and creating new engines, empowering high-quality economic development through high-quality project construction.
　　A look at the city's list of key projects makes this clear:
The Shijiazhuang International Biomedical Park Science and Technology Innovation Valley project, now under vigorous construction, will create a concentrated carrier for biomedical innovation resources and incubate and cultivate more growth-stage biopharmaceutical enterprises; the Luquan Shangyuan Industrial Port project, advancing at full speed, is dedicated to building a benchmark smart manufacturing industrial park in Shijiazhuang; the Hebei Guolong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Pharmaceutical Integration and Innovation Development No. 1 Industrial Park project, expected to be put into production by the end of the year, will become a gathering place for the company's high-end formulation production once completed, helping traditional production leap toward smart manufacturing...
"The key projects we have planned this year cover strategic emerging industries, modernization of industrial chains, modern service industries, and many other fields, and they are large in scale and high in quality. They will surely lay a solid foundation for the city's high-quality economic development," said a responsible official from the Municipal Development and Reform Commission.
　　Emphasizing an "excellent" approach —
The constantly refreshed "progress bar" of project construction would not be possible without an increasingly optimized business environment.
How can the construction progress of projects, especially large-scale projects, be guaranteed?
In the engineering department of the 5-billion-yuan Shitai Technology Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Materials Integration Project, a "reverse schedule" provides the answer: more than 30 important time nodes each list the corresponding responsible units. Besides the project owner, these include relevant functional departments of Wuji County, enabling problems encountered during construction to be coordinated and resolved at any time.
How can projects be settled one day sooner?
Unlike the traditional process in which enterprises acquire land and build factories in industrial parks, Luquan District has built many standard factory buildings on behalf of enterprises that are ready for "move-in with a bag."
"The government has built and self-held eight industrial parks with a floor area of 1.36 million square meters. Enterprises have built 11 industrial parks with a floor area of 4.006 million square meters, which can meet the needs of different enterprises and provide strong guarantees for enterprises to settle as quickly as possible," said a responsible official from the Luquan Economic Development Zone.
　There are many similar innovations:
Fully implementing intelligent AI approval to achieve "apply and get it done" for enterprise establishment and "instant issuance" of business licenses; launching a "three meetings in one" review model for government investment projects, changing assessment and review from "series" to "parallel"; optimizing financial services to inject financial "living water" into the rapid development of leading industries...
A good environment, excellent projects, and fast progress. Right now, a vivid situation is taking shape across the city in which major projects stand tall and small projects are everywhere. Projects advancing at accelerated speed are like seeds, taking root downward and growing upward, injecting new momentum, stimulating new vitality, and bringing new hope for high-quality development.