East China’s Jiangsu province reported sustained growth in the promotion of coastal development, promoting the marine industry to move into emerging fields, and push the high-quality development of coastal areas to a new height.
The Tianwan Nuclear Power Station in Lianyungang has completed the concrete pouring of the valve base of the nuclear island reactor of Unit 7.
After commissioning, Units 7 and 8 will achieve an annual power generation of 18.8 billion kWh, which is equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by more than 15 million tons per year.
The Tianwan Nuclear Power Base is a "Sino-Russian Nuclear Energy Cooperation Model Project". The 8 units can provide more than 70 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity each year to become one of the important green energy bases in the coastal areas of our province.
In order to complete this major project as soon as possible, provincial and municipal authorities simplified procedures in the project approval application, land and sea use, environmental assessment, and nuclear emergency plan preparation to gain time for the smooth progress of the project.
Including Units 7 and 8 of Tianwan Nuclear Power Station, 70 major coastal projects are included in the "Jiangsu Province 2021 Major Project Investment Plan".
Of the 36 projects, 26 have started construction this year, 3.5 percentage points higher than the provincial average.
These projects have stimulated the rapid development of characteristic industries in the three coastal cities, including petrochemicals and fine chemicals, ships and offshore equipment, new medicines, new energy, and new materials.
The latest statistics show that in the first half of this year, the coastal areas achieved a GDP of 1.02 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.6%.
Lianyungang posted an annual growth of 37.9% in its industrial output value with 32 of the 34 industrial sectors achieving positive growth.
New energy, electronic information, steel and automobiles, the four leading industries in Yancheng, saw their output value increase by 26.9% year-on-year.
Nantong saw its industrial sectors above designated size grow 32.4% year on year in industrial output value.
