Longjing City continues to advance project construction. At major project construction sites, large machinery swings its iron arms and workers press ahead with their tasks, as the whole city strikes up a "song of endeavor" and races forward at "accelerated speed."
　　Entering the Longjing City Light Industry Park, one can see that the main structure has been basically completed, and interior decoration, road construction, and landscaping have also entered the final stage, with operation expected to begin in August. The project started construction in July 2022, with a total investment of 180 million yuan and a total floor area of 45,000 square meters. It mainly consists of six individual buildings, including a multifunctional R&D center, an innovation and entrepreneurship center, two processing workshops, a central warehouse, and a raw materials warehouse. After the park is put into use, Yanbian Maohong Shoes Co., Ltd. will move in. According to Liu Pengfei, Operations General Manager of Yanbian Maohong Shoes Co., Ltd.: "Our company mainly engages in semi-finished product processing for first-tier domestic sports brands. In the future, we will transition from semi-finished products to integrated finished-product molding processing, with an annual output of about 6 to 7 million pairs of sports brand shoes and an output value that may reach 20 to 30 million."
　　The Longjing City Wood Products Deep Processing Industrial Park project has a planned total investment of 347 million yuan, covers an area of more than 73,000 square meters, and has a floor area of more than 81,000 square meters. The park mainly includes eight individual buildings and 20 of the world's *** wooden knife, fork, and spoon production lines. Cooperation has already been established with domestic catering companies such as KFC, McDonald's, and Haidilao, and products will also be exported to Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States, and the Middle East. After the project is put into production and reaches design capacity, it is expected to produce 3 billion wooden knives, forks, and spoons annually, with an annual output value of up to 150 million yuan. According to Qin Yalin, General Manager of Longjing City Mingxinglin Wood Industry Co., Ltd.: "The main structure of Warehouse No. 1 has been completed, Workshop No. 1 is 50% complete, Warehouse No. 2 is undergoing foundation construction, and Workshop No. 2 is undergoing pile foundation construction. The entire park is expected to be completed and delivered for use by the end of September this year."
　　The Jilin Province Guoli Pharmaceutical Factory construction project has a total investment of 320 million yuan, covers an area of about 60,000 square meters, and is being built in two phases. Phase I includes an expert research building, a pharmaceutical processing workshop, a health product processing workshop, storage warehouses, 10 modern bear bile collection workshops, and 1 employee dormitory building. The main products are bear bile powder, bear bile powder toothpaste, bear bile eye drops, and broken-spore lingzhi powder, among others. After Phase I is put into production, the annual output value is expected to reach 175 million yuan. According to Ma Guoliang, Project Manager of the Jilin Province Guoli Pharmaceutical Factory construction project: "In the future, there will also be an expert research building at the front, and all the areas behind will be bear houses, processing worker dormitories, and also a black bear viewing area. Four bear houses have already been completed, and the pharmaceutical processing workshop will also be completed soon."
　　After the project is completed, the company will be able to produce and process 20 tons of bear bile and 2 tons of bear bile powder annually, raise 1,200 black bears, and create employment for 550 people.
　　Longjing City consistently treats project construction as the lifeline of high-quality development, makes every effort to promote the resumption and start of key projects, and fosters a strong atmosphere of eagerly pursuing projects and concentrating efforts on development. In the first half of this year, cumulative private investment in Longjing City reached 250 million yuan, with growth exceeding 10%. Among 45 key projects, 29 have cumulatively resumed or started construction, for a resumption/start rate of 64.4%. Among them, 15 are newly started projects, with a start rate of 48.4%; 14 are continued projects, with a resumption rate of 100%.