On March 13, 2023, the 2023 Urumqi Investment Promotion Conference was held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center. According to reports, a total of 38 major projects were signed on site, with a total amount of 90.551 billion yuan. This investment promotion conference aims to introduce the business environment and investment promotion policies of Urumqi, attract more enterprises to invest in Urumqi, help Urumqi integrate into the new development pattern and achieve high-quality development, and contribute to the promotion of Chinese-style modernization in Xinjiang. Contributed by Urumqi.

A total of 38 projects were signed at this investment promotion conference, with a total contract value of 90.551 billion yuan. Among them, there are 6 large projects with an investment of more than 5 billion yuan, 9 large projects with an investment of 2 billion to 5 billion yuan, and 23 large projects with an investment of less than 2 billion yuan. At the Investment Promotion Conference that day, Urumqi signed strategic cooperation agreements with Zhejiang University and China (Shenzhen) Comprehensive Development Research Institute respectively. All districts (counties) of Urumqi signed investment agreements with relevant enterprises.

It is understood that in recent years, the Urumqi Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have insisted on attracting investment as the primary task of seizing development opportunities, and as an important way to promote the transformation of development methods, optimize the economic structure, and transform growth drivers. At present, Urumqi has settled 36 of the world's top 500 companies and 52 of the domestic top 500 companies; 525 high-tech enterprises have settled in, accounting for 38.4% of the total in Xinjiang; 37 listed companies, accounting for 57.8% of the total in Xinjiang. In 2022, Urumqi will have 152.805 billion yuan in funds for investment promotion, an increase of 50%. Editor/He Yuting