In the context of stable growth, infrastructure investment has become the focus of the market. In the hot summer, Anhui project construction has also maintained a high heat. Recently, CCTV finance announced the excavator index, Anhui in May the construction machinery operating rate of 79.2%, higher than the national 15.7 percentage points, in 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities ranked first, has been ranked first in the country for four consecutive months.

What is the Excavator Index? How is this indicator monitored? According to reports, it is the use of big data and Internet of Things technology, a machine through the airborne controller, sensors and wireless communication modules, and a huge network connection, each wave of a shovel, action step, are formed data traces. Big data accurately depicts the operating rate of infrastructure construction and has become a vane for observing economic changes such as fixed asset investment and large project construction.

In line with this, the investment in key projects completed in Anhui Province from January to May was 763.22 billion yuan, accounting for 46% of the annual plan and 4.3 percentage points above the schedule; 2,161 new projects were started, 74.6% of the annual plan and 33 percentage points ahead of schedule. From January to May, the province's manufacturing investment increased by 18.9%, higher than the national 12.9 percentage points.

How to ensure that the project construction is fast and good? In order to ensure the early start, early completion and early effect of the project, Anhui Province has set up a special class for the factor guarantee work of major provincial projects, expanded the coordination and scheduling and regular consultation mechanism of factors at the level of 1+16+104 provinces, cities and counties, and coordinated and promoted 453 matters in the first five months of 2023, involving 372 projects.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Anhui Province has formulated the "Guidelines for Improving the Quality and Rapid Efficiency of Major Project Construction (Trial)" to set reference ranges for the completion of major projects and compacted effective investment; Improve the monthly briefing, quarterly notification and annual assessment mechanisms, and produce and issue problem notification sheets by city; Construction and operation of an effective investment E-service online dispatching platform, the implementation of red, yellow and green early warning for the project work, investment progress, etc., to further improve the level of fine project management and service efficiency; Comprehensively sort out key infrastructure projects of more than 5 billion yuan, establish a list of problems for projects lagging behind in investment progress and projects that should be opened, and conduct early warning and supervision through the online scheduling platform to ensure that more physical workload is formed for projects under construction.

Project construction is inseparable from funds. In order to guarantee funds for precision drip irrigation projects, Anhui Province has innovated the financing docking mechanism for major projects, built a direct platform for policies and funds to serve enterprises, coordinated financial institutions to open up green channels, established a single-order system, and quickly responded to financing needs.

At the same time, make connections between projects and capital. In accordance with the requirements of monthly activities and field themes, Anhui Province has carried out a series of special docking activities for project financing. Since 2023, China has held six special financing docking activities such as logistics supply chain, released 1,734 projects, raised 409.62 billion yuan in financing demand, and granted 63.67 billion yuan in credit. Editor/Xu Shengpeng