Yichang High-Tech Zone recently released a brief report on its economic performance in the first quarter. During these three months of this year, the gross value of industrial output amounted to 7.79 billion yuan, and fixed asset investment reached4.49 billion yuan, up by 24.7% and 28.4% respectively year on year. The growth rates of both indicators ranked first in the city. Six industrial enterprises, five service enterprises and five commercial enterprises with annual sales volume of more than 20 million yuan were added. In addition, industrial investment totaled 2.79 billion yuan, up by 12.4 %; investment in technological upgrading reached 470 million yuan, up by more than 66.3%; and the industrial added value increased by 14.4 %.

　　In the first quarter, Yichang High-Tech Zone was committed to attracting investment through various forms, such as on-site investment promotion, intermediary investment promotion, thematic investment promotion, industrial chain investment promotion. Contracts of the additional investment of the Brunp High-end Battery Materials Industrial Park project and the High-end Hydropower Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park project of Zhefu Holding Group Co., Ltd and China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd were signed. Newly signed industrial projects of over 100 million yuan rose by 86% year on year to 26 (including one project of over 10 billion yuan, ten projects of over 1 billion yuan, six listed enterprises, four State-owned enterprises and three foreign-funded enterprises). The agreed investment reached 42.2 billion yuan, up by 57%.

　　The construction of 65 industrial projects with a total investment of nearly 80 billion yuan were implemented as scheduled, including the Sunwoda Dongfeng project, and 11 public building projects and infrastructure projects with a total investment of nearly 20 billion yuan, including the Yichang Union Hospital, and 26 new projects, with a total investment of 40.61 billion yuan, were started.