(Reporter: Gao Wei; Correspondent: Zhan Bo) On Mar. 22nd, the reporter learned from the Municipal Development and Reform Commission that from January to February, 100 major projects in Yichang totally invested 4.37 billion yuan, an increase of 700 million yuan over the same period of last year, and the operating rate reached 68%. Among them, 19 provincial major projects invested 2.19 billion yuan, an increase of 430 million yuan.

　　All the projects are operating in full swing. On January, with an annual production of 200,000 vehicles and a total investment of 3.53 billion yuan, Yichang independent brand project of GAC MOTOR started to work, which was expected to reach trial production conditions in June 2019. On February, with a total investment of 10 billion yuan, the Relocation and Transformation project of Zhijiang (Hubei) San Ning Chemical CO. Ltd by Share, produced 600,000 tons ethylene glycol annually, which would lay a solid foundation for creating a provincial new chemical material base. On March, with a total investment of 3 billion yuan, the project of innovative drugs & imitated drugs of Dongyangguang operated, which would form 150 innovative drugs, imitated drugs project, so as to achieve 5 billion yuan annual sales income. In addition, Xingshan County, Xiling District and other places also successively held a collective start-up activity.

　　In order to promote the quality and efficiency of major projects, in 2018, Yichang has invested 154.23 billion yuan in 100 major projects, an increase of 41.28 billion yuan with a growth of 36.5%. While it has invested 21.19 billion yuan in the project of people’s livelihood with a maximum growth, among which separately invest 10.58 billion yuan and 9.79 billion yuan in advanced manufacturing and modern service industry. In addition, the annual investment amount increased by 2.68 billion yuan with an increase of 9.1%, and the annual increase in investment of infrastructure and advanced manufacturing of the major projects is among the highest.

　　From the perspective of the project industry category, 58.19% of the annual investment in ecological projects has been completed, all the key projects for people's livelihood have been under construction, and the operating rate of the key infrastructure projects is 86.7%. From the scale of the projects this year, there are 38 major projects with a total investment over 1 billion yuan. The total investment has increased by 42.8 billion yuan with a growth of 49%, while the annual investment by 3.29 billion yuan with a growth of 18%.