Jinan - Recently, the reporter learned from the Provincial Development and Reform Commission that investment in key provincial projects has achieved acceleration in the first 8 months. By the end of August, 123 provincial key projects had completed an investment of RMB 80.77 billion, where 102 of 104 provincial key construction projects had started, with an investment of RMB 76 billion, 75.9% of the annual plan, 9.3% ahead of schedule.

Among them, Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai accounted for over 80% of the annual plan in the first 8 months. As for different fields, major infrastructure projects continued to lead with an investment of RMB 38.33 billion, 86.7% of the annual plan; the project of fostering emerging industries completed an investment of RMB 21.11 billion, 68.4% of the annual plan; and the transformation and upgrading project of traditional industries completed an investment of RMB 16.56 billion, 66% of the annual plan. (Reporter Du Wenjing, Correspondent Liu Haonan)