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Jinchuan Group Nickel Alloy Co., Ltd. Production workshop.

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The vibrant Jinchang Economic and Technological Development Zone. (Data photo)

Time never ceases, witnessing the development pace of Nickel moving forward;

Time is like a flow, recording the glorious chapter of struggle for the transformation of mountains and rivers in Jinchang.

At the Fifth Session of the Ninth People's Congress of Jinchang City held not long ago, Jinchang City delivered a highly stimulating high-quality development answer sheet: In 2024, the city achieved a regional GDP of 62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.6%, ranking first in the province and among the prefecture-level cities in the country; the added value of industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 24.6%, maintaining double-digit growth for 82 consecutive months and the first in the province in 36 months; general public budget revenue increased by 7.2%; the deposit-loan ratio of financial institutions was 100.2%, and the loan growth rate was 33.7%; the total value of foreign trade imports and exports was 22.16 billion yuan, an increase of 29%, and the total volume was the first in the province; it won the first place in the province's high-quality development contribution award for 12 consecutive quarters, and achieved the "Jinchang Speed" with both speed and efficiency and quality improvement...

The persistent efforts and hard-won achievements show the new atmosphere and new achievements of Jinchang City's comprehensive transformation and high-quality development.

The economic operation is stable and improving, the industrial output value reaches a new high, and people's livelihood and well-being are guaranteed strongly... Over the past year, Jinchang City has resolutely shouldered the mission and task of entrusting Jinchang to build a "new industrialized modern city, an innovative and open vibrant city, a beautiful and livable ecological city, a happy city of common prosperity, and a civilized city of harmonious and good governance". It has been singing and boldly practicing along the way, and has worked hard to develop and strive for leap forward to promote leap.

The agglomeration effect of promoting transformation industries is becoming increasingly prominent

The "2 4" modern industrial system achieved an output value of 198.6 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 26%;

The Jinbailanwu non-ferrous metal cluster, which was the leader in the application, was selected as a national advanced manufacturing cluster, the nickel copper and cobalt new materials industry cluster was recognized as a provincial advanced manufacturing cluster, and Jinchang won "excellent" grades in the provincial chain leader assessment for two consecutive years;

Jinchuan Group was selected into the first batch of 34 leading enterprises in the country in terms of quality-strong country construction, with operating income of 410 billion yuan and total profit and tax of 19 billion yuan, setting a new record high;

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In 2024, Jinchang City will insist on strengthening the leader, filling the chain, and gathering clusters. The municipal and enterprise will promote the strengthening of industry and industrial empowerment actions in an integrated manner, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system that reflects Jinchang's characteristics and advantages.

Focusing on building a new industrialization demonstration zone in the province, Jinchang City has implemented the annual action plan for the cultivation of "2 4" modern industrial clusters in depth. 400,000 tons of smart copper electrolytics (Phase I), 2,000 tons of electrocalcium cobalt, 200 MW photovoltaic power generation, 100,000 tons of ternary precursor, 4,600 tons of pesticide raw materials, general solid waste landfill and other projects have been completed and put into production. Projects such as Nickel Cobalt Industrial Park and 280,000 tons of nickel sulfate products for power batteries have been accelerated. The scale of new energy installed capacity has reached 5.41 million kilowatts, accounting for 75% of the total power installed capacity, and the local supply rate of new energy battery materials has reached more than 77%.

Actively promote the "three transformations" transformation. In 2024, the city added 30 industrial enterprises above the designated size, built 267 new 5G base stations, identified 2 provincial digital workshops, 2 5G fully connected factories, 3 enterprise technology centers, and 4 excellent scenarios for intelligent manufacturing.

While the industrial economy is developing rapidly, modern agriculture in Jinchang City has also improved quality and efficiency. The city's grain planting area reached 940,000 mu, the output reached 490,000 tons, and 336,000 mu of high-standard farmland were built. 32 new "Ganwei Jinpin" brands have been cultivated, and 3 agricultural products have been selected into the national list of famous and special new agricultural products. Yongchang County successfully established a national demonstration county for the establishment of wheat yield improvement, and Jiaojiazhuang Town passed the national agricultural industry strong town project evaluation.

In addition, the city's tertiary industry has stabilized and rebounded. Implement 66.44 million yuan of special funds for consumer goods traded for new products and promoting consumption, driving consumption of 600 million yuan. 60 new enterprises with a limit above the quota were added, achieving online retail sales of 1.6 billion yuan, an increase of 12%. Yongchang County's online sales increased by 20%, ranking first in the province. 20 boutique tourism routes have been launched, more than 200 cultural and tourism activities have been held, 11.5 million tourists have been received, and the tourism cost has been 6.8 billion yuan. The Mars 1 base has successfully created a national 4A-level tourist attraction.

Expand investment and make every effort to enhance development momentum

377 major key projects were implemented and 30.9 billion yuan of investment was completed. In 2024, Jinchang City will make every effort to expand investment and increase its potential, and the "strong" support will be more solid.

The quality of project construction has been improved. Projects such as 200,000 tons of hazardous waste disposal, 40,000 tons of fine chemical production line, 100,000 tons of nitro composite fertilizer, and the Yongchang section of the West-East Gas Pipeline Project, etc. have been accelerated; a number of large-scale, high-investment and good-performance projects, including the 110 kV transmission and transformation project, and the renovation and expansion of the Hexi 750 kV substation, have been completed and put into production, driving the growth of fixed asset investment by 7.4%. Plan and reserve 160 "two-fold" and "two-new" projects, strive for 6.77 billion yuan in funds, and exceed the target tasks.

"Double recruitment and double introduction" has achieved fruitful results. It has successfully introduced top 500 companies such as China Huadian and China Nuclear Corporation Huaxing, and implemented high-quality projects such as graphite composite bipolar plates, solid-state battery cells, and carbon nanotubes. The 30th Lanzhou Fair signed 59 projects with a contract amount of 27.6 billion yuan, and implemented 211 investment promotion projects throughout the year, with 35.3 billion yuan in funds in place, an increase of 41%. Three talent recruitment workstations were set up outside the province, and 182 urgently needed talents were introduced.

The support effect of the park is enhanced. Jinchang Economic and Technological Development Zone has implemented 84 industrial projects and completed 13. The hospital in the Economic and Technological Development Zone has been completed and put into use. Projects such as recycled water plants and industrial pipelines have been accelerated. 33 "standard lands" were sold, and land idle for many years of Happy Valley and Jinchuan Shenwu has been revitalized and utilized. The total industrial output value has exceeded 200 billion yuan, an increase of 21%. Yongchang Industrial Park and Hexibao Industrial Park were optimized and integrated into the management of provincial development zones, 23 industrial projects were implemented, and the construction of independent industrial and mining areas was started. The first 35 kV switch station in the province invested by the government was powered and operated, achieving a total industrial output value of 17 billion yuan, an increase of 58%.

Improve quality and promote urban-rural integration continuously

In 2024, Jinchang City will do everything possible to lay a foundation and improve quality, focus on building a demonstration zone for urban-rural integration development and a pilot zone for common prosperity in the province, strengthen counties, beautify villages, promote integration, and accelerate the construction of a new type of industrial-rural relationship between workers and peasants, promote urban-rural mutual promotion, and coordinated development. The process of urban-rural integration has been significantly accelerated.

Urban-rural integration is accelerating. We have implemented the "Breakthrough Year of Urban-Rural Integration Development" action in depth, consolidated and expanded the achievements of leading enterprises leading towns and leading enterprises leading villages, implemented 57 innovative models and demonstration projects, and fully completed 85 annual key tasks, and completed 3 "village-community integration" reforms, basically achieved full coverage of village-level "passenger, cargo and mail" convenience service stations, and achieved the same origin, same network and same quality in Jinchuan District. The income ratio of urban and rural residents in the city has shrunk to 2.3:1, and the urbanization rate of permanent population has reached 80.54%.

The quality of the city continues to improve. Accelerate urban renewal, the overall land and space planning of cities and counties and the urban-rural space integration planning were approved and implemented, Yongchang South Road was fully connected, the urban drainage and flood prevention project was completed and put into use, 6 new urban roads, 18 parking lots, 11 old communities, and 10 pocket parks were built, 15 elevators were installed, 292 new charging piles were built, and 188,400 square meters of urban green space were built. Continue to strengthen the refined management of cities, complete and operate smart traffic management, and carry out special governance of irregular parking and disposal, and carry out regular and long-term rectification of urban-rural junctions and back streets and alleys. Jinchuan District has been selected as a demonstration city for urban domestic waste classification in the province.

The appearance of the countryside is constantly improving. Carry out rural construction actions in a solid manner, demolish 1,305 dilapidated houses, build 1,971 new rural houses, complete the renovation of 2,126 household toilets, build 38 kilometers of hardened roads in natural villages (groups), and create 32 provincial and municipal rural construction demonstration villages. The ecological and geological disaster risk aversion relocation project completed its annual tasks, and 2,323 households moved into new houses. Yongchang County was rated as the first in the advanced counties and districts in the province's "coordination, comprehensive and outstanding leading role".

Grasp reform and accelerate the activation of changes in development energy levels

In 2024, Jinchang City insists on promoting reform, driving opening up and driving innovation, and uses reform key breakthroughs to activate changes in development energy levels, and its development momentum continues to increase.

Jinchuan District has been shortlisted for the "Top 100 Western China Districts" for two consecutive years;

Yongchang County was selected as a key county in national agricultural product backbone cold chain logistics;

Jinchang Economic and Technological Development Zone was named "China's Top Ten Most Investment-worthy Development Zones", ranking 66th among the 233 national economic and Technological Development Zones in the country and 11th among the West;

Jinchuan Group was named the national benchmark enterprise for "Double Hundred Enterprises" and successfully applied for the national "key contact enterprise for the leading domestic and foreign trade integration action";

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In the new era, only reformers advance, only innovators are strong, and only reformers and innovators win. In 2024, the reform of Jinchang is at the right time, at the right time, and at the right time.

Resolutely shoulder the important responsibility of further comprehensively deepening reform. Jinchang City uses reform focus to break through and activates changes in development energy levels, and promotes economic and social development to go against the trend while under pressure, presenting a new vitality with a new concept, a new pattern, and a new look.

Reform and opening up will accelerate and deepen and expand. Jinchang City continues to deepen reforms in key areas and fully completes annual reform tasks. The reform of handling complaints is at the forefront of the province. "Urban handling helps government services accelerate again" has been selected as a typical case of government services and digital government applications in the province. A new round of institutional reform has been fully completed, all new industrial land is supplied in the "standard land" model, and the market-oriented operation of rural sanitation in Jinchuan District has been fully implemented, and "efficiently do it one thing", pilot sales of existing houses, economic and technological development zone management system, state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises, finance, taxation and finance, education and medical care and other reforms are steadily advancing.

At the same time, let scientific and technological innovation continue to give birth to new industries, new models and new momentum, and continuously transform them into new driving forces to promote high-quality development. The growth rate and intensity of R&D investment in Jinchang City rank first and third in the province respectively, and the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people ranked second in the province. It won two second prizes of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, and the comprehensive scientific and technological progress level index reached 72%. One national-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprise and six provincial-level enterprises were identified, 10 high-tech enterprises were cultivated and recognized, 17 provincial-level science and technology innovation enterprises were cultivated and recognized, and 175 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises were evaluated. The only domestic and world-first complex and difficult-to-treat nickel raw material fire production line has been successfully put into production.

Jinchang City insists on deepening high-level opening up through reform, seizes major opportunities such as the development of the western region and the joint construction of the "Belt and Road", cultivates and expands foreign trade entities, cultivates 6 new foreign trade enterprises, adds 3 new export countries, replicates and promotes 201 institutional innovation achievements of the free trade pilot zone, and has a replication and promotion rate of 70%. The first international freight train from the Western Land-Sea New Channel was successfully shipped.

Reform "one son falls" and development is "full of vitality". Behind the accelerated transformation of the industry and the accelerated cultivation of new quality productivity is Jinchang City’s unremitting pursuit of comprehensive optimization of the business environment. Jinchang City has carried out the "Year of Optimizing the Business Environment and Improving Quality and Efficiency" action in depth, regularly carried out government-enterprise communication and "government, Bank-Enterprise Responsibility" financing docking activities, strictly implemented the "company and grasping" and "six must-visit" systems, and carefully solved the demands and problems of enterprises. The achievements of the creation of the national social credit system construction demonstration zone have continued to be consolidated, with 13,000 companies entering the "Xinyidai" platform and 1,673 credit transactions of 15.5 billion yuan. The overall satisfaction of public service quality monitoring in the city ranks first in the province, and the ranking of urban credit monitoring is firmly ranked among the top 100 in the country.

Increase welfare and people's livelihood security to demonstrate the "Jinchang Warm"

Jinchang City adheres to the people-centered development philosophy, constantly solves prominent issues that concern the people's vital interests, so that the fruits of reform and development benefit all the people more and more equitably, and the people's sense of gain, happiness and security are more fulfilling, more secure and more sustainable, and better convey the "Jinchang temperature".

The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 53,037 yuan, an increase of 5.9% year-on-year, ranking first in the province; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 22,959 yuan, an increase of 8% year-on-year, ranking third in the province;

The construction of the Wuzhang section of the Lanzhang High-speed Railway, which the people of the city are looking forward to, has started;

The northern winter clean heating project with an investment of 900 million yuan has been fully completed;

The pipeline natural gas project that the people of Yongchang have long been looking forward to is ignited at home;

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Jinchang City has always taken the people's yearning for a better life as its goal, focusing on the field of people's livelihood, working hard, pioneering and innovating, and making every effort to benefit people's livelihood, alleviate people's difficulties, and maintain stability. The people's happiness index is rising steadily, and a beautiful picture of improving people's livelihood is slowly unfolding in the land of Jinchang.

In 2024, Jinchang City continued to increase investment in people's livelihood, using 81% of the total fiscal expenditure to ensure and improve people's livelihood, and completing the practical matters listed by the province and city as the people with high quality. At the same time, we carried out pairing and caring actions in a solid manner, helped 1,953 practical things, and solved 1,279 problems of the people's urgent and difficult problems. Continue to consolidate the results of poverty alleviation, strictly implement the "one-click poverty reporting" mechanism, and implement nearly 300 million yuan of various types of fiscal linkage funds.

Continuously improving the public service system, Jinchang City has promoted the improvement of quality and expansion of inclusive public services, the orderly development of multi-level and diversified life services, and the people's livelihood and welfare have been significantly improved. In 2024, the city added 9,024 new urban employment population, and more than 80,000 surplus urban and rural labor force were transferred. Medical insurance service sites have achieved full coverage, and the settlement rate for medical treatment in other places ranks among the top in the province. The quality and efficiency of elderly care services are improved, and the experience of elderly care aids such as market-oriented operations and home delivery is promoted throughout the province. The "five good projects" of education have been deepened, and projects such as Yongchang No. 1 Middle School Comprehensive Building and Jinchuan District No. 5th Childhood College have been completed and put into use, and 1,430 new public schools in basic education have been added. "Healthy Jinchang" has accelerated its construction, created 2 provincial-level clinical key specialties, established 3 provincial-level famous traditional Chinese medicine workstations, put into use the comprehensive building of Yongchang County Hospital, and the "No. 1 management for three days" and "medical expert tour consultation" service models are regularly implemented, and the soft and hard foundation of health services has achieved "double improvement".

"The Eye of the Dragon Head" was included in the list of witnesses of the "Sign of the Republic"; the former site of Jinchang Chemical General Factory was recognized as the first batch of industrial heritage in the province; "The Light of the Nickel Capital" and Jinchang Poetry Fair were successfully performed; the construction of the Sports Industry Building was accelerated, the 8th Jinchang Sports Games, the Half Marathon and other events were successfully held, and the cultural and sports industry was prosperous and developed.

Stick to the bottom line, strengthen the foundation and consolidate the "Jinchang Thickness"

Jinchang City highlights the concept of "big safety" and builds a "big safety" pattern. It makes every effort to prevent risks, ensure safety, protect stability and promote development. It takes the first step to prevent hidden dangers, the best tricks to solve problems, and the ability to turn crisis into opportunities. It strives to create a safe, stable and ecologically excellent development environment, and continuously consolidate the "Jinchang thickness".

In 2024, the number of excellent days in Jinchang City will reach 310 days, and the excellent water quality rate of surface water and groundwater will reach 100%. The national surface water assessment section water environment quality ranks twelfth in the country;

The 1456 working method of "Connecting Heart to Promote Governance" was fully implemented, and the mediation and resolution rate of conflicts and disputes reached 99.4%;

Be the first to complete the 100% guaranteed house delivery task;

The "12345" hotline has entered the "A" level of the national government service hotline;

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In 2024, Jinchang City unswervingly implemented the overall national security concept and solidly promoted the active creation of security and stability, and improved the quality and efficiency of the construction of safe Jinchang and rule of law Jinchang, effectively safeguarding national security, social stability and people's peace.

Adhering to and developing the "Fengqiao Experience" in the new era, Jinchang City continues to promote comprehensive social security governance, comprehensively implement the 1456 working method of "connecting hearts to promote governance", and the mediation and resolution rate of conflicts and disputes reached 99.4%. We will carry out the fight against organized crime and crack down on all kinds of illegal and criminal activities on a regular basis. Criminal cases and public security cases have dropped by 34% and 28% respectively, and illegal and criminal cases of minors have dropped by 26% year-on-year. The number of cases and losses of telecommunications network fraud have achieved a "double decline" for 23 consecutive months.

In 2024, Jinchang City's National Food Safety Demonstration City, the National Ethnic Unity and Progress Demonstration City, and the rule of law in religious affairs governance have been steadily promoted, and the Model City of Double Support has achieved national "eight consecutive championships" and provincial "nine consecutive championships". The three-year action plan to tackle the root causes of safety production has been deepened, and the overall situation of safety production has been stable. The construction of Jinchang and Ping An Jinchang has moved to a higher level. The experience of young people in legal education has been selected as national innovative cases. Jinchang City has won the construction of Ping An Gansu and the active creation of outstanding cities and prefectures.

Jinchang City has thoroughly implemented the concept of "two mountains", sowing "green" on one hand and treating "polluting" on the other. We will strive to improve the long-term mechanism for ecological civilization construction, cultivate the advantages of ecological development, and steadily promote the systematic management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands. The sixth phase of the "Three Norths" project, comprehensive management of sand control, forests, grasslands and grasslands in the middle and lower reaches of Shiyang River, and other projects have been accelerated, and 4,000 hectares of afforestation, 1,300 hectares of degraded grassland restoration and treatment, and 7,000 hectares of comprehensive management of desertified land. Continue to fight the battle to defend blue sky, clear water and clean land, the soil environment quality is generally stable, and Jinshui Lake has been rated as a provincial-level beautiful and happy river and lake.

Jinchang City unswervingly follows the path of ecological priority and green development, and integrates ecological civilization construction into all areas of the entire process of economic and social development. Vigorously develop high-tech industries and green environmental protection industries, carry out energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation in key industries in depth, coke oven flue gas ultra-low emission transformation projects are implemented at a faster pace, 10 low-concentration flue gas comprehensive management and resource recycling projects have been built, 5 provincial green mines, 4 green factories, and 1 industrial water-saving enterprise have been created, and the first "carbon sink compensation" ecological restoration case in the province was completed in Jinchang, and the development of "green content" and "gold content" of the ecological improvement are simultaneously improved.

Standing at a new historical starting point, Jin Changzheng continued to write the answer to the new era with the "Nickel Capital Spirit". When the track of the Lanzhang High-speed Railway extends eastward and when new energy batteries move towards the "Belt and Road", this important Silk Road town has found the code of high-quality development - to shape hard power through industrial transformation, stimulate new momentum with reform and innovation, and mark a new height for people's livelihood. On the new journey of comprehensively building socialist modernization, the 9,600 square kilometers of nickel capital is bursting with unprecedented vitality. (Xie Xiaoling and Chang Jianzhe)