The GDP of Xiamen in Q1 of this year saw an increase of 7.5% year-on-year, getting the economic operation off to a good start. Starting today, the column of "Striving to Achieve 'Double More than Half'" of Xiamen TV News will launch a program Focus on the Economy of Q1, highlighting the new advantages and highlights of Xiamen's all-round efforts in promoting high-quality development and fission growth of emerging industries, raising resources for major projects, and continuously enhancing people's livelihood and well-being this year.

      Industry is the lifeblood of the national economy. In Q1 of this year, the industrial economic indicators of Xiamen grew steadily, and the added value of industries above designated size increased by 9.3% year-on-year, ranking second among 15 sub-provincial cities. The new economy is promising.

      In the remote O&M center of Minghan, the staff are using the self-developed low-carbon integrated energy management system to remotely monitor the operation status of customers' power distribution equipment. This system can not only locate the fault quickly, reduce the maintenance time, but also collect the operation data of the equipment in real time for reference for the subsequent optimization of energy-saving schemes. In recent years, in response to the national carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, Minghan has invested more than CNY10 million every year to focus on digital and intelligent distribution technology innovation, and launched a series of high-tech products. With Phase II Project put into operation last year, the Company's production capacity has expanded, contributing to a year-on-year increase of 50% in the first quarter of this year.

      Mr. Sun Hanquan, Deputy General Manager of Xiamen Minghan Electric Co., Ltd.: low-carbon energy saving, digital and intelligent manufacturing are the future development trends. We will invest more R&D resources to develop new technologies and products in this field in the future.

      Upholding the principle of "scientific and technological innovation", a batch of high-tech enterprises of the City, while having constantly enhanced their own competitiveness, have pushed forward the development of Xiamen's new economy and new service patterns, becoming the "propeller" for the steady growth of industrial economic indicators. In the first quarter, high-tech industries accounted for 43.5% of the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size, an increase of 7.9%, contributing to an increase of industrial economy by 3.5%. The information and software services above designated size increased by 30.3%. The output of service robots increased by 52.6%.

      With this automatic polishing robot, the polishing process requiring two pieces of equipment in the past now can be completed in only one piece of equipment. This equipment developed creatively by DZ Smart Manufacturing has not been marketed yet, while the pre-sale amount has exceeded CNY200 million. In addition to this robot, under the coordination of the municipal government, DZ has established cooperation with universities and research institutes, and launched automation equipment such as low-pressure casting machines and automatic polishing machines, the delivery volume of which in Q1 increased by 55%, the tax revenue and sales volume increased by 70%, and the amount of exports increased by 150%.

      Lai Dingren, General Manager of Xiamen DZ Smart Manufacturing: We will put our newly developed products into local enterprises in Xiamen preferably, such as Lota, Solex and Runner, to help them realize the automation of equipment as soon as possible. Our technical and R&D personnel will also provide support for local enterprises to overcome technical bottlenecks. In the next 3−5 years, we will expand our production value to CNY800−1000 million, to contribute to the development of Xiamen's new economy.

      In Q1, a number of investment projects were signed, laying a solid foundation for the extension, supplementation, and enhancement of industrial chains and for the steady development of the industrial economy. Throughout the quarter, 55 new projects were signed for the modern manufacturing and information industries of the City, with a total investment of CNY45.572 billion; 95 projects were under negotiation, with a total investment of CNY21.841 billion. A total amount of CNY10.69 billion was invested in the 217 key industrial supporting projects of the City, accounting for 26% of the annual investment plan.

      Facing the complicated and changeable situation, Xiamen's industrial economy saw a steady growth in the first quarter, especially the new economy showed a promising trend with increased benefits. Industry experts believe that this is the result of unremitting efforts of Xiamen in continuously optimizing the business environment and improving the industrial chain, and they suggest further expanding investment, vigorously tapping the endogenous power of the industry and further consolidating the foundation for high-quality development.

      Ding Changfa, Associate Professor of School of Economics, Xiamen University: Attraction of investments also includes attraction of talents, introduction of funds and capital, and macro-environment and micro preferential measures, all for promoting the high-quality development of Xiamen.