It is learned from relevant departments that despite great pressure from many different aspects on economic growth, the fixed asset investment growth of Yichang have on the whole remained stable in the first half year of 2014, and the entity investment growth accelerated. The private investment has been developing sustainably in particular, accounting for more than 70% of the total investment in Yichang.
　　In recent years, Yichang has sped up the pace of transforming and upgrading its existing economic structure by closely focusing on the four platforms and six 100-billion industries. Great measures have been taken to attract investments, and deepen strategic cooperation with the state-run enterprises, which have brought good effects on the city\'s development. From January to June this year, the private investment reached 82.74 billion RMB yuan, increasing 37.5% year on year and 14% higher than the city\'s average increase. It accounts for 73.7% of the city\'s total investment, which is a year-on-year increase of 7.4%. In particular, after the projects like CSG flat panel display, Yichang automobile industrial park settled in Yichang, the private investment has gradually made greater contribution to the increase of the investment of Yichang, and the investment fields of the private capital have become broader.
　　In the first half year, the fixed assets investment of the city reached 118.34 billion RMB yuan, remaining the second place in the province. The investment accounts for the 10% of the total fixed assets investment in the province and increased by 0.2% compared with the same period of last year. The overall growth rate remained stable, getting a year-on-year increase of 23.5%, higher than the average growth at the provincial level. Meanwhile, the investment growth accelerated, and the investment structure has been constantly optimizing. In the first six months this year, the city\'s second industry received investment of 60.54 billion RMB yuan, increasing by 28.6% year on year and 14.3% compared with the same period of last year, and is higher than the growth rate of the third industry investment by 10.9%. The data show that the city\'s investment structure has been further optimized.
　　The economic development of Yichang performed well in spite of the national common pressure and problems in the first half year. During the first six months of this year, the construction projects have been constantly increasing, and the number of construction projects has reached 1,876, among which there are 943 projects received investment over one 100 million RMB yuan, accounting for 50.3% of the city construction projects, thus becoming the main force that drives the investment growth. (Reporter: Zhang Liang)