Mianyang National High-tech Industrial Development Zone mainly develops the three leading industries of electronic information, automobiles, and new materials, and strives to promote the development of modern industries represented by high-tech industries and strategic emerging industries, as well as modern service industries represented by e-commerce and Internet. In 2019, it ranked 54th in the comprehensive ranking of national high-tech zones. China's western region includes 12 provinces, autonomous regions and municipality, namely, five in the southwest (Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Tibet), five in the northwest (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Ningxia), and Inner Mongolia and Guangxi. The total area of the western region is about 6.86 million square kilometers, accounting for about 72% of the total area of China. At the same time, the western region is bordered by 12 countries including Mongolia, Russia, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam, with a borderline of more than 18,000 kilometers long, accounting for 91% of China's land borderline length; and the western region faces many countries in Southeast Asia across the sea, with a continental coastline of 1,595 kilometers, accounting for about 10% of China's coastline length. By the end of 2018, the western region has a land area of 6.781589 million square kilometers, accounting for 70.6% of China's total area; and has a population of 379.5587 million, accounting for 27.2% of China's total population. The western region has a vast territory, among which Chongqing is the only first-level administrative region with a per capita GDP that exceeds the national level, reaching RMB 75,828, ranking ninth among the provincial-level administrative regions in China. Moreover, with the exception of the Sichuan Basin and the Guanzhong Plain, most of the western regions are relatively backward economically and lack development. Chengdu and Chongqing in the Sichuan Basin rank among the top 10 cities in China, and Xi'an in the Guanzhong Plain ranks among the top 20.
On June 22nd, Vice Governor of the People’s Government of Sichuan Province Li Gang led a team to visit Leshan City and inspect the development of the crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) industry. Meanwhile, Li Gang attended the
On July 14th, Yibin City Intelligent Rail Transit Industrial Investment Promotion Meeting & Signing Ceremony of Cooperation Agreement, themed on Innovation, Low Carbon, Economy, Share, was held in Yibin Sanjiang New Area, marking that the cooperation between Yibin City and intelligent rail transit enterprises has entered a new stage, which will help promote Yibin City and Sichuan Province’s intelligent rail transit industries to develop toward a higher level.
On July 15th, bureaus of economy and information technology of the four cities (Chengdu, Deyang, Meishan, and Ziyang) jointly signed a strategic cooperation agreement for promoting collaborative development of the electronic information industry of Chengdu Metropolitan Area at the “Forum on Collaborative Development of the Electronic Information Industry of Chengdu Metropolitan Area”, and the four sides reached cooperation in terms of policy planning, industrial
Recently, 2021 Nanchong City “Open Year” Automobile and Auto Parts Industry Investment Promotion Conference & Project Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony was held in Chengdu. At the conference, 24 automobile and auto parts industry investment projects were signed, with a total investment of CNY 17.52 billion. Over the past month, Nanchong has convened three investment promotion conferences respectively in Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Chengdu. Centering on Nanchong City’s “5+5” key industrial system and focusing on listed companies and well-known enterprises of the “Top 500 of Three Kinds” (namely, the World Top 500, Top 500 Chinese Enterprises, and Top 500 Privately-run Enterprises), the three conferences helped Nanchong sign a lot of projects including China Communication Technology Co., Ltd. (CCT Group), Shanghai SenseTime, and Suzhou Boamax Technologies, etc., with a total investment of CNY 47.709 billion.