Puwan inks 6 new deals worth 3.5 billion yuan

A signing ceremony of six key projects for the third quarter worth 3.5 billion yuan ($ 494.2 million) was held in Puwan Economic Zone of Dalian Jinpu New Area, Northeast China's Liaoning province, on September 22.

These projects cover a wide range of fields, including the microelectronic devices, new chemical materials, education and cultural sectors. The introduction of such a large amount of investment in high-tech sectors will be of vital importance to the upgrade of the industrial structure of Puwan Economic Zone.

With an investment of 300 million yuan and an area of 17,000 square meters, the phase-one industrial project of high-end micro and nano-electronic materials was mainly designed to manufacture conductive paste for microelectronic devices, advanced encapsulation materials for semi-conductors, and micro-level as well as nano-level metal powder.

With an investment of 580 million yuan and an area of 78,000 square meters, the project of new environmental protection and intermediate materials principally focused on the production of VOV treatment agents, fix-sourced denitration and hydrogenation catalysts, and the building of experimental platforms.

With an investment of 300 million yuan, the project of the digital agricultural market aimed to support the supply and trade of agricultural commodities and fresh goods on the basis of the Dalian Modern Agricultural Industry Center, and to use the model of agriculture-related big data and industrial internet to promote the integrated and digital development of agricultural plantation (animal breeding), processing, circulation, logistics and retail.

Statistics showed that Puwan Economic Zone inked 54 cooperative projects worth 35.7 billion yuan from January to August this year, and that the total value of these deals registered a year-on-year growth of 227 percent over the same period.

In addition, Puwan Economic Zone has been in contact with over 40 major investment projects related to high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, integrated circuits and the digital economy.