On August 28, the signing and commencement of major projects were held in Yichang City, and 47 projects with a total investment of 20.22 billion yuan were settled or started construction. Meanwhile, there were 24 projects were signed on site with a total investment of 6.402 billion yuan, and 23 projects started construction with a total investment of 13.62 billion yuan as well. Zhou Ji, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attended the signing ceremony and announced those projects were started officially. The Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Zhang Jiasheng delivered a speech.

　　Xie Yizhou, vice chairman of Shanghai Michael Import & Export Co., Ltd., Dong Lei, vice president of Suzhou Keyi Residential Equipment Co., Ltd., Xu Zheng, chairman of Sinoma (Yichang) energy saving new materials Co., Ltd., and Xia Daqing, deputy general manager of Hainan AVIC special glass materials Co., Ltd., delivered speeches.

　　Entrepreneurs believe that in recent years, Yichang has accelerated the transformation and upgrading of the chemical industry, continuously promoted the conversion of new and old momentum, and optimized the business environment with all strength. The atmosphere of emphasizing, favoring, comforting and enriching the merchants was stronger, making Yichang a precious place for entrepreneurs to invest and do business. They said that they will continuously carry out the implementation of project construction jobs, propel projects to take root as soon as possible, and contribute to the stability of Yichang's economic and social development with the progress of project construction.

　　The ceremony was held in the city proper, the 24 settled projects were the supplementary and strong chain projects introduced by the special class of industrial chain. In fact, there were 11new material industry chain projects, 5 advanced equipment manufacturing industry chain projects, 3 biomedicine industry chain projects, 1 new generation information technology industry chain project, 1 food processing manufacturing industry chain project, 2 modern service industry projects and 1 large tourism industry chain project.

　　The construction activity was held in Dangyang City. Among the 23 projects, 11 projects were launched on the same day with a total investment of 6.215 billion yuan; 12 projects were commenced later with a total investment of 7.405 billion yuan, mainly covering new materials, new energy, cultural tourism, infrastructure. (Reporter: Lei Pengcheng)