East China's Jiangsu province reported 7.8 trillion yuan of high-tech industrial output last year, indicating an overall growth momentum, according to statistics released by the provincial bureau of statistics.
Since 2022, in the face of severe and complex changes in the external environment and the test of multiple and local outbreaks of COVID-19 epidemic, the province reported significantly improving performance of high-tech industries compared with that of industries above designated size.
In 2022, the province's high-tech industry reported an increase of 13.6% in the output value in the first quarter, 9.5% in the first half, 11.1% in the first three quarters and 10.8% in the whole year.
The new energy industry continued to report a large growth rate of 44.2%. The annual growth rate of aerospace, electronic and communication equipment reached 24.6% and 18.6% respectively, fully highlighting the explosive force and sustainability of innovation-driven endogenous growth.
Changzhou reported an explosive growth in the new energy industry with production and sales of more than 340 thousand vehicles, accounting for half of the provincial total.
The 900 new energy vehicles rolled off the production lines days ago from BYD Changzhou base will be exported to the Netherlands. It is estimated that the base will export 150 thousand new energy enterprises in 2023.
Zou Shen, Deputy Director of the Commerce Bureau of Changzhou National High-tech Zone (Xinbei District) said, "We will actively promote the export of new energy vehicles to seize the market, open up export channels, help enterprises develop overseas markets and strive for greater market share in the world."
In 2022, Jiangsu reported a 44.2% increase in new energy, a 24.6% increase in aerospace, and an 18.6% increase in electronic and communication equipment.
Statistics show that in 2022, 54 high-tech zones above the provincial level, which accounted for 6.2% of the province's land area, created 40% of the province's industrial output value and 54% of the province's high-tech industrial output value, making them the province's most competitive innovation highland and industrial highland.
