33 Key Projects in Wanzhi District Started Construction

On September 8th, Shan Xiangqian, Secretary of the CPC Wuhu Municipal Committee attended the ground-breaking ceremony of Yaoshi new materials project and key projects in Wanzhi District in the third quarter, and witnessed the signing of Xinyi carbon-free project. Chen Shibin, president of Jiangsu Pacific Quartz Co., Ltd. and Anhui Yaoshi New Material Technology Co., Ltd, and Dong Qingshi, Chief Executive Officer of Xinyi Glass Holdings Limited attended the ceremony.

The total investment of 33 key projects that kicked off construction in Wanzhi District reaches 22.08 billion yuan, covering aviation & aerospace, auto parts, intelligent household appliances, new materials, people’s livelihood and other fields. Anhui Yaoshi New Material Technology Co., Ltd. specializes in producing supporting aviation and aerospace equipment. The company has invested a project in Wuhu, which has a total investment of about 10 billion yuan and covers an area of about 800 mu. Quartz glass fiber production base and special electric light source material research base will be built in the first and second phases of the project. Yaoshi New Materials Industrial Park and the whole industrial chain of high-purity quartz materials and products will be built in the third phase of the project. Once the project is put into production, annual sales revenue of 5 billion yuan and taxes of 500 million yuan will be realized.

Xinyi Carbon-free Clean Energy Big Data Center and Rural Revitalization Demonstration Project were invested and established by Xinyi Solar (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited. With a total investment of 168 million US dollars, the project plans to develop Wuhu data center cluster so as to further bridge the gap between eastern and western regions in computing resources, and integrate the big data of Xinyi Group’s photovoltaic projects in all parts of the country into the data center in Liulang Town, Wanzhi District, building the first green big data center in Anhui province.

Translated by Wang Mengxiao from Foreign Affairs Office of Wuhu Municipal People’s Government