The signing ceremony of cooperative projects for Three Gorges Reservoir Area was held yesterday morning. Sixteen provinces and municipalities signed 45 projects with Yichang City, Badong County and Shennongjia Forestry District, with total investment of 24.03265 billion RMB.

　　Among the 45 projects, 41 are economic cooperation, with agreed funds of 24.01 billion RMB, and 4 are free assistance projects, with agreed funds of 22.65 million RMB.

　　For details, Beijing signed 7 projects with Badong County, Yichang Wujiagang District, Zigui County and Yichang Hi-tech District, with agreed funds of 2.45 billion RMB. Shanghai signed 6 projects with Yichang Yiling District, Yichang Hi-tech District, Yichang Xiling District and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, with agreed funds of 7.53 billion RMB. Jiangsu Province signed 6 projects with Zigui County, Yuan’an County, Yichang Xiaoting District, with agreed funds of 1.397 billion RMB, 7 million of which is free assistance to Zigui County. Hunan Province signed 2 projects with Xingshan County and Yuan’an County, with agreed funds of 506 million RMB, 6 million of which is for free assistance to Xingshan County. Zhejiang Province signed 5 projects with Zigui County, Zhijiang City, Dangyang City, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County and Yidu City, with agreed funds of 1.7 billion RMB. Guangdong Province signed 2 projects with Zhijiang City, with agreed funds of 1.7 billion RMB. Fujiang Province signed 4 projects with Yidu City, Zhijiang City and Dangyang City, with agreed funds of 2.96 billion RMB. Fujiang enterprise, Benchang Investment Corporation signed one project with Shennongjia Forestry District, with agreed funds of 2 billion RMB. Hebei Province signed one project with Yichang Xiaoting District, with agreed funds of 140 million RMB. Hainan Province signed one project with Zigui County, with agreed funds of 120 million RMB. Guangzhou City signed 2 projects with Xingshan County and Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, with agreed funds of 1.05 billion RMB. Shenzhen City signed 4 projects with Yichang Yiling District, Yidu City and Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, with agreed funds of 1.15 billion RMB. Dalian City signed 2 projects with Xingshan County, with agreed funds of 65 million RMB, 5 million of which is free assistance. Wuhan City signed 2 projects with Zigui County, with agreed funds of 204.65 million RMB, 4.65 million of which is free assistance. (Reporter Zhang Liang)