Government-business synergy drives major projects in Lingang

In Linyi Lingang Economic Development Zone, East China's Shandong province, serving enterprises has become a practice of the Yimeng Spirit — turning the zone's commitment of "no unnecessary interference, responsive whenever needed" into concrete action on project frontlines.

From Oct 9 to 10, Liu Jingjun, head of the business attraction section of the zone's investment promotion bureau, and three task force members traveled from the zone to Junan county, Tuanlin town, Ganyu district of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province and Lanshan district of Rizhao, contacting water authorities in three places to settle hydrological matters for the environmental impact assessment of the Zhuojia New Materials project.

The project, with a total investment of 180 million yuan, will produce 350,000 tons of zirconium-titanium new materials a year and strengthen the region's new materials cluster. The task force coordinated the zone's ecology and environment bureau and administrative approval service bureau for whole-process agency services, clearing procedural obstacles. Land acquisition has been completed, and full construction is planned for early November.

Project planning also follows the principle of packaging. Three key projects of Shandong Steel Yongfeng — the second phase, high-strength steel and cold rolling with coating — were jointly included in provincial and municipal key project lists, with land, emission and coal consumption indicators resolved one by one. The high-strength steel section has entered trial production, and the second phase is expected to start construction by the end of November.

Staff of five industry chain task forces have been sent to the production frontline of above-designated-size enterprises, turning "waiting for enterprises to report" into "helping enterprises discover" projects. The 2027 provincial and municipal key project list has taken initial shape, with 6 provincial and 14 municipal projects, all in the real economy.

In the first half of this year, the zone secured 1.654 billion yuan of policy support funds from higher authorities. Four projects including Fangzhou Innovation Park Phase II entered the provincial key project list, and local companies won titles such as national-level "little giant" specialized firm, national green factory and provincial smart factory.

Editor：韩蒙蒙