Development Potential

Industrial Production Keeping Growing

In 2021, the added value of industries above the designated size in the province has increased by 7.6% over the previous year, and the output value of new industrial capacity projects has reached 100 billion yuan.

The equipment manufacturing industry is Shaanxi's pillar industry, and an equipment manufacturing system has been formed with a relatively complete range of categories and a considerable scale and level. The year 2021 has witness successful implementation of a large number of projects centering on 23 key industrial chains, including CNC machine tools, photonics, aviation, etc. Some projects were put into operation, including Samsung Flash Memory Chip (Phase II), ESWin Silicon Industrial Base, Xi'an Geely Automobile, Caihong Optoelectronics Production Expansion and Technical Transformation. Projects were accelerating their construction, including Longji 15 GW High Efficiency Single Crystal Battery, BYD Up-scale Intelligent Terminal Industrial Park and ZTE Science and Technology Innovation Park.

Accelerating the Release of Innovation and Creative Potential

In 2021, Shaanxi took the whole province's efforts to promote the construction of Qinchuangyuan Innovation-driven Platform, formulated and implemented the three-year action plan and "1+N" policy system, established a science and innovation master fund of 2 billion yuan, and held more than 130 routine roadshows. 115 scientific and technological achievements were transformed and registered as enterprises. The number of scientific and technological small and medium-sized enterprises increased by 38.67%, and the number of high-tech enterprises increased by 35.48%. The turnover of technology contracts increased by 33.23%.

Great efforts were made to lay solid foundation for innovation and to strengthen intellectual property protection.16 generic technology research and development platforms and innovation consortiums were launched. The construction of Aerospace and Astronautics Propulsion Shaanxi Laboratory was launched, and the National Supercomputing Center (Xi'an) and the Belt and Road Joint Laboratory of China-Central Asia were successfully approved. 26 scientific and technological achievements received the national science and technology award. The leading position of enterprises were given full play in innovation. The research and development activity coverage, as well as investment intensity of industrial enterprises above designated size has increased by more than the sum of the previous four years.

Overall Growth of Strategic Emerging Industries Moving Towards Better

Shaanxi further promoted supply-side structural reform, and responded with calm and effectiveness to various risks and challenges. With their increasingly expanding scale and rising benefits, the strategic emerging industries are displaying their leading role, and have become a new force and "new pillar" in promoting Shaanxi's achieving high-quality economic development.

Shaanxi took the initiative in grabbing the great opportunities of the global new science and technology revolution and industrial transformation, and in putting into full play the advantages of talents, technology, industry and environment, and has achieved rapid progress in the strategic emerging industries. With the optimization and upgrading of the economic structure, the strategic emerging industries are developing at a faster speed than that of GDP growth. Along with their sharp market-oriented characteristics and outstanding vitality and efficiency, they have gradually become important pillar industries, and have made significant contribution to Shaanxi's economy.

Shaanxi has been continuously cultivating and fostering strategic emerging industries. The strategic emerging industries enjoy distinctive features and advantages. The new generation of four industries, including information technology, biology, new energy and digital creative industry, have become new engines in leading the economic development.