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Yibin Coastal Economic and Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee

Located at the zero kilometer mark of the Yangtze River channel, Yibin Linjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone is the only national-level economic and technological development zone named after \ "Linjiang \ " in the central and western regions. Established in 2009 and approved as a national-level economic development zone in 2013, Yibin Linjiang Economic Development Zone has continuously improved its own economic quality and efficiency and core competitiveness. In the evaluation results of the comprehensive development level of national-level economic development zones announced by the Ministry of Commerce in 2022, Yibin Linjiang Economic Development Zone ranked 22nd among the 230 national-level economic development zones in China, ranking first in the west. Among the national-level economic development zones in Sichuan Province, Yibin Linjiang Economic Development Zone has ranked first for two consecutive years.

From the integrated development ideas of "Academic-Industrial-Research-Base-City" and the "One Zone, Five Cities" strategic layout, to the pioneers in building ecologically-prioritized, green and low-carbon development pilot zones, Yibin Lingang Economic Development Zone has embarked on a new path of high-quality development with the courage to stand at the forefront, the determination to act scientifically and the spirit to strive for victory with the momentum.

Interconnected

Foster emerging industry advantages

Yibin Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone insists on promoting the extension, supplement and strengthening of the leading industry's supply chain, with new industrialization construction leading high-quality development. In 2019, the leading enterprise in the field of power batteries, CATL, signed a contract and settled in Yibin Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone. So far, CATL has invested in Sichuan Times 1-10 phases, Times Geely and Times Changan projects in Yibin, and has led the power battery complete industry chain upstream and downstream enterprises to settle in, with a total of 28 power battery companies and 37 projects signed, and the total amount of the signed agreement is about 119.5 billion yuan.

While companies in the power battery industry chain are emerging in large numbers, Yibin Linjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone focuses on building a modern industrial system, vigorously developing a new industrialization engine, and focusing on building four leading industrial clusters: power batteries, intelligent terminals, high-end equipment, and medical devices. The power battery and new energy vehicle industries have gathered significantly, with projects such as Far East Phase I, Tianyuan Lithium Iron Phosphate, Changying Precision Phase I, and Amphenol being put into operation one after another. There are 95 enterprises above designated size in the intelligent terminal and information technology service industry, including two 10 billion-yuan enterprises. 38 companies including Huawei, CSC International, Inspur, Guo Ke, SmartData, and YunBu Technology have settled in Yibin Big Data Industrial Park.

Industry-education integration

Focus on quality and efficiency-oriented development

On June 15, 2023, the "University City" of Yibin Port Comprehensive Economic Development Zone, the Yibin Institute of Southwest University, officially opened, becoming the 12th university settled in Yibin. With the continuous development of higher education institutions, Yibin Port Comprehensive Economic Development Zone is gradually forming a "U-shaped" industrial development innovation valley with a perfect connection of "front-end education chain, mid-end innovation chain, back-end industrial chain".

Centered on the 12 universities and over 100,000 students in the university town, the front end focuses on basic theoretical research and training of innovative talents. The middle end, based on the Yibin Science and Technology Innovation Center, centers on seven academician (expert) workstations including Ouyang Minggao and Deng Zhonghan, 12 industry-research institutes, and over 120 R&D (incubation) platforms at the provincial level and above, and is responsible for developing products and incubating innovative enterprises. The backend, represented by various industries in the economic and technological development zone, is composed of hundreds of enterprises that manufacture and market products all over the world on a large scale.

Yibin Linjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone now builds a cluster of scientific and technological innovation entities relying on its three core carriers, namely the Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, the University Science and Technology Park and the Big Data Industrial Park. The University Science and Technology Park has accommodated 101 projects, 41 enterprises have applied for recognition as national high-tech enterprises, and 207 enterprises have registered as national science and technology type SMEs. Scientific and technological innovation resources continuously empower industrial development and promote quality improvement and efficiency increase.

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Creating First-Rate Business Environment

The Yibin Linjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone has long been committed to the service tenets of "Fulfillment is more important than promises, resolution is more important than explanation, and efficiency is more important than smiles." As a result, the Management Committee of Yibin Linjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone was awarded the title of "Civil Servants Satisfactory to the People" by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council.

Attracting, retaining, and developing projects, Yibin Coastal ETDZ built and used well the legal service centre, the HR centre, and the enterprise and talent service centres, etc., "five major centres", which continuously brightens the operation brand of "everything you need, I'll do everything I can to help; help but don't bother". Since 2019, 21 "three kinds of 500 strong" enterprises, industry leading enterprises and tens of thousands of industrial workers settled down in Yibin Coastal ETDZ, the actual investment for newly introduced industrial projects from outside the province accumulates 56.3 billion yuan.

Key projects such as Yanpingba Yangtze River Bridge, Guagongshan Interchange Bridge, etc. have been completed and opened to traffic, Chengdu-Yibin High-speed Railway has been put into operation, and Yibin East Railway Station and Yibin Port Railway Marshalling Center have been put into operation. The number of places in quality educational resources such as Shuangcheng Primary School has increased to 45,600, and the number of medical beds in medical institutions such as the Binjiang Campus of the Second People's Hospital of Yibin City has exceeded 2,500...Nowadays, the Yibin Binjiang Open Economic Zone is accelerating the development of education, medical care, transportation, and social governance sectors, and the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security are continuously improving.

Industrial layout has accumulated momentum, development potential has been continuously released, and the regional landscape is changing with each passing day... Behind the impressive achievements is the spirit of "being the first to dare and action over words" of the people in Lingang. They have made continuous progress, one step at a time, and one footprint at a time.

In the race for success, those who row hard will triumph; in the competition of a thousand sails, the bold will win. In the future, Yibin Linjiang Port Economic Development Zone will give priority to industry, focusing on manufacturing, optimize the industrial chain, improve resilience, and enhance the entire chain. The zone will support Yibin to build a globally leading power battery industrial cluster and a digital economy industrial cluster leading for cities on par with it. It will also focus on "intelligence, eco-friendliness, and integration" as the primary directions for promoting the development of new-type industries. The zone will plan ahead for an artificial intelligence industry and make early arrangements for cutting-edge fields such as sodium-ion batteries and solid-state batteries, keep up with the development momentum of the "China Energy Storage Industry Heights," cooperate with Yibin's energy storage strategic layout, seize opportunities brought by the energy storage track, and work together to write a new chapter of high-quality development.

Edited by: Fenlan He

Edited by: Xu Ruobin

Visual / Guo Xiaoxi

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