"The waves of the river are vast and the waves are sweeping the sand, and the turbidity is clarified and the tide is flattened. Pingchao, known as a single store in ancient times, is also known as "thirty miles" because it is thirty miles away from Tongzhou City. In recent years, the North Yangtze River High-speed Railway, Shanghai-Sutong Railway, etc. have shuttled here, and Nantong West Railway Station and Nantong Metro Line 1 have started to stand in Pingchao. In 2023, Pingchao will achieve a GDP of 22.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, a general public budget revenue of 550 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.3%, taxable sales of industries above designated size of 10.6 billion yuan, and a total industrial output value of more than 12 billion yuan. Pingchao accelerates the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation elements, with the total R&D investment accounting for 3% of GDP, and the proportion of high-tech output value ranking among the top in the jurisdiction. Wu Jiajia, Secretary of the Party Committee of Pingchao Town, said that as the gateway to the western hub of Nantong and an important engine for the development of Tongzhou, Pingchao will know the heavy burden and fulfill its responsibilities, and strive to increase the regional GDP by about 7.5% in 2024 and the general public budget revenue by more than 15%. Strive to be the pioneer and leader of high-quality development.
"It was very convenient to take the subway to Nantong West Railway Station to travel by train. During the Qingming holiday, many Nantong citizens chose the "double rail" combination of "subway + high-speed rail" to travel. It is understood that at present, Nantong West Railway Station runs about 70 passenger trains every day, which provides great convenience for Nantong citizens. On April 6, the last day of the Qingming holiday, Nantong West Railway Station sent nearly 18,000 passengers, setting a record high for passengers since the opening of the station.
Nantong West Railway Station is located in Pingchao Town, Tongzhou District. In recent years, Pingchao has relied on the advantages of transportation hubs such as the Shanghai-Sutong Yangtze River Highway and Railway Bridge and the high-speed rail hub Nantong West Railway Station to seize the development highland in the sound of high-speed rail.
Nantong West Railway Station. Photo by reporter Xu Congjun
"2024 is the year of accelerating the construction of Pingchao Science and Technology Innovation Zone, and it is also a key year to create a provincial-level economically developed town. Wu Jiajia, Secretary of the Party Committee of Pingchao Town, said.
Attract high-quality projects and help them take root
On the afternoon of March 16, Tongzhou District held a centralized project signing event, with a total investment of 30 million US dollars in Hong Kong cold chain storage project, a total investment of 30 million US dollars in the addition of environmental protection machinery manufacturing projects, etc.
In recent years, with the continuous highlighting of transportation advantages, Pingchao Town has developed rapidly and has become an important secondary carrier platform in Tongzhou, and more and more projects are willing to settle in Pingchao. In 2023, Pingchao will successfully sign 7 projects and steadily advance 11 projects under negotiation. "The R&D projects of 5G new energy capacitors and offshore wind power generation equipment are all major projects that we successfully signed last year. Pu Xiaodong, deputy mayor of Pingchao Town, said that the completion of these projects will further promote the economic development of the jurisdiction.
Nantong Haixing Electronics Co., Ltd. is a leading enterprise in the domestic aluminum electrode foil industry, and also a listed company born and raised in Pingchao Town, and its leading product - aluminum electrode foil has a leading market share in the world. Haixing Electronics with a total investment of 3.2 billion yuan in the field of new energy with a new generation of high-performance electrode foil provincial major project settled in Pingchao in September last year, officially started, the project plans to add 50 intelligent production lines, the annual production capacity of 42 million square meters. "After completion, it will effectively solve the problem of 'stuck neck' of high-performance electrode foil materials in mainland China, realize the independent and controllable industrial chain and supply chain, and promote Haixing to become a 'single champion' in the global industry." Chen Jian, president of Nantong New Starfish Investment Co., Ltd., said.
Haixing Co., Ltd. laid the foundation for a new generation of high-performance electrode foil project in the field of new energy. Provided by Pingchao Town
On February 2 this year, the fifth-generation Big Dream City Paradise, which covers an area of more than 50 acres, also settled in Pingchao New Town. The fifth-generation Big Dream City Park is a comprehensive amusement park that perfectly combines large-scale amusement, parent-child amusement and theme tourism, supporting good-neighborly commerce, "The settlement of the project will greatly increase the vitality of this area." Xu Baoming, deputy general manager of Haitong Company, introduced that the big dream city will take short-distance parent-child travel and couple check-in tourism as the starting point, with nearly 100 kinds of free experiential interactive elements, so that the daily leisure and nightlife of the people of Pingchao Town will be enriched.
If the project can be recruited, it must be guaranteed. Pingchao Town closely focuses on the requirements of signing projects to register, register projects to start construction, and start projects to reach production, enhance the sense of responsibility and urgency, improve service levels, and go all out to ensure the rapid progress of project construction and ensure that the project is completed as soon as possible. Pingchao has set up a special work service class for each key project, implemented the joint meeting system, and strengthened the whole life cycle management. "The Big Dream City project, which has just been settled this year, is expected to officially open on New Year's Day 2025. Xu Baoming said.
"Mo Shang Flowers Bloom" was taken in Wanzitou Village. Photo by Bedami
Upgrading the innovation platform to carry industrial agglomeration
High-quality innovation carriers and functional platforms are important factors for high-end industries and leading projects to choose to settle down. Pingchao Town has further promoted the construction of science and technology innovation zones and the creation of provincial-level economically developed towns, and made every effort to build a "gathering area for industrial science and technology innovation elements, a demonstration city for collaborative innovation and development, and a preferred place for livability, business and innovation", and constantly upgraded the platform to carry industrial agglomeration.
In September 2022, the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee deliberated and approved the "Preliminary Plan for the Construction of Nantong Pingchao Science and Technology Innovation Zone", and last year Tongzhou District issued the "Implementation Opinions on Supporting the Construction of Nantong Pingchao Science and Technology Innovation Zone". Pingchao has planned a 30-square-kilometer science and technology innovation zone, focusing on the layout of a 5-square-kilometer science and technology innovation industry belt, focusing on the development of three major industrial clusters of electronic components, intelligent equipment and new energy, creating a highland for science and technology innovation industries, and building a "3+1" high-quality industrial system.
Focusing on the overall goal of agglomeration and formation of industrial platforms, Pingchao plans to build three major platforms of North Industrial Park, High-speed Rail Business Port and Science and Technology Incubator with high standards, comprehensively make up for the shortcomings of functional planning and park support, and continuously improve the carrying capacity and regional competitiveness of the project.
As the main position of Pingchao, the North Industrial Park is making every effort to promote the "centralized layout of enterprises, the development of industrial clusters, and the intensive utilization of resources", and strive to achieve a strong foundation in one year, a strong foundation in three years, and a first-class trend in five years. It is understood that at present, the "one horizontal and one vertical" road in the park has been completed and put into use, and more than 400 acres of contiguous land have been purified.
As a strong engine of the hub platform, Pingchao actively cooperates with state-owned companies to attract a number of leading enterprises and leading enterprises in the industrial chain to ensure the completion and implementation of the headquarters R&D building project and build a high-quality science and technology innovation park.
Zhongguan Zhigu is a state-controlled mixed-ownership company. On March 16, the Zhongguan Zhigu Nantong Pingchao Science and Technology Innovation Park project was officially signed, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan. Wang Mingyang, executive director and general manager of Beijing Zhongguan Zhigu Science and Technology Industry Co., Ltd., introduced that the company will combine the enterprise resources of 16 parks in the first district of Zhongguancun, Beijing, to attract some high-tech enterprises and specialized and special new enterprises in Beijing to Pingchao, and build a "science and technology highland" industrial park based on equipment manufacturing and electronic information in Pingchao. "At present, the company's investment team has settled in Pingchao and invested in the start-up work of Zhongguan Zhigu Nantong Pingchao Science and Technology Innovation Park, and there are already two specialized and special new enterprises interested in coming to Pingchao to see, one is to make drones, and the other is to make sanitation vehicles. Wang Mingyang said.
Zhongguan Zhigu signed a contract with Pingchao. Provided by Pingchao Town
As the hard support of the Pingchao innovation platform, the science and technology incubator is also increasing the guarantee of construction elements, recruiting high-level service institutions to operate, and exploring cooperation with universities and institutes in industry-university-research projects.
Wu Jiajia said that Pingchao will take the construction of the science and technology innovation zone as the starting point, continue to attract science and technology resources in southern Jiangsu, undertake Shanghai's science and technology radiation, promote the leapfrog development of Nantong high-speed rail gateway, and build a "highland for science and technology innovation industry agglomeration and the western gateway of the central urban area".
Encourage enterprise innovation and promote industrial upgrading
If the economy of the jurisdiction wants to be stable and far-reaching, the main body of the enterprise is the key. In recent years, Pingchao Town has supported leading enterprises to increase R&D investment and research efforts, gather, integrate and develop innovation resources, and continuously improve the level of synergy between the industrial chain and innovation chain.
Nantong Jianghai Capacitor Co., Ltd. is one of the few national high-tech enterprises in the world that integrates R&D, manufacturing and sales of three types of capacitors, and its capacitor sales have ranked first in China and third in the world for many years.
Nantong Jianghai Capacitor Co., Ltd. Photo by reporter Xu Congjun
Such a high sales volume is due to the company's high emphasis on scientific and technological innovation. In the automatic production workshop of electrolytic capacitors of Jianghai Co., Ltd., the reporter saw that the production line including winding, impregnation drying, assembly, aging testing and packaging only needs 3 workers. "The production line was developed in 2019 and started to be used in March 2022, and the current 10 production lines are still being optimized and upgraded. Zhang Hongbing, director of Jianghai Industrial Product Line, introduced that the new production line shortens the production cycle from the original 5 days to 10 hours, and reduces the operation from 5 people to 3 people, "The production efficiency has been greatly improved, intelligent management has been realized, and it is more energy-saving and environmentally friendly." ”
At present, the company has 141 patents, including 57 invention patents. "Every year, our company has seven or eight advanced technological achievements to be transformed, some of which are independently developed by us, and some are developed in cooperation with universities and institutes, upstream and downstream enterprises. Zhang Hongbing introduced that the company is currently promoting the transformation and application of three-dimensional porous sintered aluminum electrode foil results, "This new material can greatly improve the specific volume of our products, so that the volume of the product is greatly reduced, to meet the needs of emerging industries." ”
Jianghai Co., Ltd. has also undertaken a number of national and provincial key science and technology projects, and the acceptance rate of all projects is 100%. In 2023, Jianghai Capacitor was successfully awarded the National Enterprise Technology Center. It is understood that at present, the headquarters building project of Jianghai Co., Ltd., including R&D institutions, has entered the stage of second review of drawings and is about to start.
Not only Jianghai shares, Pingchao Town stimulates industrial momentum with innovation and upgrading, and cultivates a number of leading enterprises with strong integrated innovation capabilities and sufficient core competitive advantages. "Up to now, Pingchao has 2 enterprises that have been rated as national enterprise (engineering) technology centers. Li Tai, deputy mayor of Pingchao Town, introduced that in 2023, Pingchao will accelerate the agglomeration of scientific and technological innovation elements, attract 6 scientific and technological innovation projects, 2 national-level talents, and complete 2 provincial-level strategic emerging key technology core research projects, 2 specialized and special new projects with a listing of more than 100 million yuan, and 6 technological transformation projects of more than 5 million yuan. Haixing Electronics passed the re-evaluation of the national specialized and new "little giant" enterprise.
It is understood that in the future, Pingchao will continue to strengthen and promote industrial upgrading with stock. Implement the three special actions of the rise of leading enterprises, the catch-up of enterprises above the designated size, and the growth of small and micro enterprises, set up a special working group to carry out precise services, and carry out regular contact visits to enterprises. Strengthen the guidance of "individual transformation into enterprises" and "small promotion regulations", dynamically adjust the echelon cultivation library of small and micro enterprises, establish a system of "one enterprise and one file" for key backbone enterprises, customize policies for individual problems, and systematically solve common problems, so as to fully promote enterprises to enhance their competitiveness, enter the forefront and enhance added value.
"We will firmly establish the sense of 'bridgehead', shoulder the responsibility of a large town, contribute to the development of strength, and strive to increase the regional GDP by more than 7.5% this year, and the general public budget revenue by more than 15%, and make every effort to sprint to the creation of provincial-level economically developed towns, and solidly promote the new practice of Chinese-style modernization and new breakthroughs in the tide. Wu Jiajia said.