The wind is strong and the tide is surging, momentum like a rainbow. Looking across north and south of Changyi, construction sites are in full swing, tower cranes stand in forests with bustling activity, freight vehicles shuttle back and forth, investment attraction "moves like flying chess pieces," and transformation and upgrading are "spurred on at full gallop." On August 22-23, Changyi City held an on-site observation meeting on high-quality development, to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Shandong, to focus on the "1-7-5-1" guiding thinking, goals and task measures of the Weifang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, to unswervingly adhere to the "1243" work approach, to seize the momentum and strive for the economy, to concentrate on development without distraction, to compare, learn, catch up and strive for first-class performance, to fight hard through the third quarter and win the whole year, and to make more Changyi contributions to building a better Weifang with a striving posture.
　　The observation delegation entered parks, went into workshops, and inspected projects, asking about progress, observing changes, and sorting out ideas—finding benchmarks in achievements and direction in gaps. Everyone listened to the sound of jointing and felt the pulse of development. From cities to villages, from industrial parks to leading enterprises, from project construction sites to production frontlines... one large project after another and good project after another "fly to perch" in Changyi, accumulating the most "hardcore" support and confidence for high-quality development.
　　Grasping Projects, Planning for the Future: Project Construction "Spring Tide Surges"
　　Entering the construction site of the Changyi Marine Ecology and Engineering Research Station project of the Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, located in Weizi Subdistrict, Changyi City, steel frames stand in forests, tower cranes hang high, and workers are carrying out construction operations in a tense and orderly manner at their respective posts... "The first phase of the project started construction in April 2024 and is currently advancing steadily. The main works are expected to be completed in October 2024, and the project will be put into use by the end of the year," introduced Chu Naidong, deputy general manager of the project.
　　Development is the absolute principle, and projects are the hard support. Today's number of projects is tomorrow's economic volume; today's project potential is tomorrow's development momentum.
　　Changyi City has always regarded project construction as the "bull's nose" of high-quality development and firmly grasped it in hand. It formulated and issued the Implementation Plan for the "Project Construction Breakthrough Year" Activity. The principal responsible comrades of the Party and government take the lead, command on the front line, and advance from the front. They make in-depth use of six effective mechanisms—leadership contracting, special task force advancement, joint meetings, frontline breakthroughs, regular scheduling, and supervision and notification—to make every effort to promote the implementation and effectiveness of key projects at the provincial, municipal, and county levels. It took the lead in implementing online intelligent management of major and key projects, regularly carried out on-site supervision and coordination to solve major problems in project construction, and solidly promoted the transformation of major projects into effective investment, new production capacity, and economic benefits.
　　To promote high-quality development of the industrial economy and make the "backbone" of industry truly stand tall and strong, the "seedling" of projects must be planted and cultivated well. The city issued the Opinions on Improving the Full-Life-Cycle Management and Service Mechanism for Projects and Accelerating the Construction of Key Projects, providing follow-up services in an all-round and full-process manner from the dimensions of project planning, contracted advancement, service guarantee, problem solving, investment inclusion in statistics, completion and commissioning, and progress supervision. It promoted the comprehensive rise of 7 backbone parks and made good use of the 14,000 mu of existing stock land space in the two provincial-level chemical parks, Xiaying and Longchi, to accelerate project implementation. It is understood that the 172 major and key engineering projects with a total investment of 101.6 billion yuan determined by the city this year are accelerating, among which 31 provincial and Weifang municipal key projects have completed more than 70% of the annual planned investment.
　　"With the 'progress' of project construction, consolidate the 'foundation' of stability, progress, and quality improvement. Since the beginning of this year, Changyi's major and key projects have completed an investment of 15.88 billion yuan," said Sun Zhaoxing, director of the Changyi Municipal Development and Reform Bureau. Sixteen projects were selected into the supporting projects of the three-year action plan for the provincial green, low-carbon, and high-quality development pioneer zone, and 3 projects were selected into the list of key projects for building a strong maritime province.
　　Expanding Total Volume and Promoting Transformation: Pursuing the New and Chasing Intelligence, "Moving Forward"
　　Entering the key laboratory for natural graphite processing and utilization of Changyi Senhui New Materials Co., Ltd., various scientific research instruments are displayed on both sides, and researchers are optimizing graphene experimental plans, striving to achieve new breakthroughs in product performance.
　　"The spherical graphite we developed has advantages such as low cost, good conductivity, high crystallinity, small cavity defects, and uniform and fine structure. It also features green environmental protection and long cycle life, and is an important anode material in lithium-ion battery production," said Zhao Bo, general manager of the enterprise. "In addition, through small-particle-size technology research and development, we have completely solved the uniformity problem of the product in the production process, improved product quality, achieved product purity of over 99.98%, greatly improved the recovery rate, and significantly reduced production costs."
　　R&D, production, information feedback, innovation and upgrading, reproduction, and re-launch... While transforming the "key variable" of innovation into the "greatest increment" of development, the enterprise has also gradually become a promoter and leader in the development of the natural graphite industry.
　　Driving innovation with creative "chips," Changyi continues to implement the tiered cultivation project for science and technology enterprises, improves the tiered cultivation mechanism of "small and medium-sized technology enterprises—high-tech enterprises—leading science and technology enterprises," provides comprehensive services and multi-dimensional empowerment for science and technology enterprises, cultivates strategic key enterprises, and lays out future industries in advance, enabling "small players" to grow into "big blocks." As of now, Changyi City has a total of *** specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative "little giant" enterprises 6, provincial-level specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative enterprises 47, and small and medium-sized technology enterprises 123.
　　"Intelligent transformation and green transition," achieving "gold content" with "new content." Changyi City continuously improves the utilization efficiency of energy and resources, adheres to a differentiated route, introduces advanced processes, carries out technological innovation, and rolls out the "Hundred Technological Transformations, Hundred Enterprise Transformations." From January to July this year, the city's industrial technological transformation investment increased by 28.8% year on year. At the same time, it actively cultivates *** and provincial-level green factories, green parks, and green design products, builds demonstration enterprises for green design of industrial products, and promotes enterprises to become intelligent, renewed, greener, and more energy-efficient. At present, the city has 1 national green factory, 2 *** green design products, 1 *** demonstration enterprise for green design of industrial products, 4 provincial-level green factories, and 1 provincial-level green supply chain management enterprise.
　　Keep a close eye on new tracks and advance into new blue oceans. "We will seize the favorable opportunity of Weifang being listed among the first batch of national pilot cities for new-type technological transformation of the manufacturing industry, vigorously promote enterprise equipment renewal, process upgrading, and digital empowerment, enhance the high-end, intelligent, and green development level of traditional industries, consolidate and strengthen the trend of economic recovery and improvement, and accelerate the cultivation of new quality productive forces. This year, we will newly cultivate more than 35 high-quality enterprises such as specialized, refined, distinctive and innovative enterprises, add more than 35 industrial enterprises above designated size, and newly cultivate 2 enterprises with output value exceeding 1 billion yuan and more than 10 enterprises exceeding 100 million yuan," said Fan Xinzhang, director of the Changyi Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau.
　　Strengthening Attraction and Expanding Opening Up: Targeted Investment Attraction with "Strong Resilience"
　　The biosynthesis project with a total investment of 1.43 billion yuan took only 38 days from negotiation to implementation; the Saudi seawater desalination project with an investment of 1 billion yuan has completed the drafting of the framework agreement; the Chengxi Ecological Manufacturing Industrial Park achieved a new breakthrough in "attracting large and strong projects," and the tracking photovoltaic bracket industrial park project with an investment of 500 million yuan settled in the park...
　　The signing and implementation of large and good projects drives the momentum and potential of high-quality development of the regional economy.
　　The city keeps a close eye on key regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, drafted the Changyi City 2024 Investment Promotion Activity Plan, and successively organized 32 special investment promotion activities in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, and other places, cumulatively connecting with and inspecting 88 enterprises and projects such as Sungrow, Hengtian Jiuda, Qike Fluorosilicone, and Bangtai Biology, and successfully held the Changyi City Pharmaceutical and Chemical Special Investment Promotion Conference and the 2024 signing ceremony of the "Homecoming Trip" for renowned Changyi natives abroad.
　　Investment attraction determines the future development increment. Changyi City continuously improves and perfects the "1+10+6+N" integrated investment attraction work mechanism, studies and formulates the Measures on Implementing the "5+7" Access Decision-Making Mechanism to Promote Breakthrough Development in Attracting Industrial Projects of 100 Million Yuan, and further optimizes the investment attraction work mechanism. For projects reviewed and approved, project special teams are set up, promotion measures are clarified, and full-life-cycle services are implemented to ensure that project introduction is "good," advancement is "fast," and guarantees are "excellent." At present, 37 projects have been organized for demonstration, promotion measures have been clarified for 16 investment attraction projects, and full-life-cycle services have been implemented. A cooperation intention has been reached with Weifang Investment Group, and the High-Quality Investment Promotion Service Contract has been signed, realizing market-oriented operation of investment attraction work, successfully introducing and implementing the succinic acid project, providing information on more than 30 projects under negotiation, and more than 10 projects with obvious intention to settle.
　　The implementation of a large and good project requires not only the "frontline troops" negotiating with the project party in the front, but also the "support troops" doing a good job in undertaking implementation in the rear. Changyi adheres to the investment attraction work concept of "attracting with heart and serving precisely," clarifies its own resources, and sorts out and draws a "heat map" of the city's existing resources for external cooperation. It sorts out detailed information on the city's industrial land, idle factories, and buildings, compiles the Existing Resources Investment Promotion Manual, and includes 39 usable land plots, 18 factory buildings, and 6 buildings, attracting 34 well-known enterprises such as Zongshen Industrial Group, Hengrui Pharmaceuticals, Jereh Group, and Qianxihe to inspect the city.
　　"Investment attraction is the source of vitality for promoting economic development. We focus on expanding the 'project reserve pool' and playing the 'first move in competing for funds,' planning and reserving a batch of high-quality projects with high investment intensity, high output efficiency, high technological content, and high industrial relevance," said Xia Haitao, director of the Changyi City Investment Cooperation Promotion Center. At present, more than 40 projects with a total investment of 45.1 billion yuan have been reserved, including the biomass diesel project, the UAV project of Xi'an General Aviation Technology Group, and the recycled polyester fiber production base project.
　　To attract phoenixes, one must first build nests; investment attraction focuses on the environment. There is no need to elaborate on whether the business environment is good or not—entrepreneurs will "vote with their feet."
　　Optimize the "soft power" of the business environment and release the "strong magnetic force" of development. Changyi City issued the Work Plan for Optimizing and Improving the Service Mechanism for Enterprise Development, arranging a total of 197 municipal-level specialists to contact and serve 525 key enterprises and 30 major engineering projects, and 282 town-level service specialists to contract 1,074 small, medium, and micro enterprises, achieving "full coverage where required." At the same time, it continuously innovates service carriers, issues the Implementation Plan for the Efficient Handling of "One Thing" Operation Mechanism, sets up a special service window for "efficiently handling one thing," improves the "one thing" fallback service mechanism, and has successively innovatively launched 53 "one thing" service lists such as "employment one thing" and "agricultural machinery one thing," with approval speed for related matters increasing by more than 60%.
　　Strike the oars again at the head of the tide; boundless splendid scenery lies ahead. On the grid of Changyi's land, project "chess pieces" fall one after another, and striving Changyi is rising with the momentum and climbing to new heights of development.