In the chemical park, the roar of machines is endless day and night, and the vitality of the industry is leaping between the pipelines; In the high-end equipment manufacturing workshop, technicians concentrate on debugging equipment and outline the innovation blueprint between fingertips; In the logistics park of Zhongchuan North Railway Station, gantry cranes shuttle back and forth, containers are neatly stacked and loaded and unloaded in an orderly manner; On the tracks of the comprehensive bonded zone, the international train is ready to go, full of hope, and sails into the distance...... In 2025, Lanzhou New Area will go all out to fight for the economy, expand increments, improve quality and efficiency, and its economic development will run out of "acceleration", handing over a brilliant answer sheet - the regional GDP will increase by 14.5%, ranking first in the province for four consecutive quarters, and the growth rate of six major economic indicators will rank first in the province, and then win the "Contribution Award" for the province's high-quality development.
Industrial upgrading and energy improvement cluster development gather momentum
Walking into the production workshop of Lanshi Group, sparks flew and machines roared, creating a busy scene. Outside the workshop, a 90 megapascal ionic liquid hydrogen compressor for hydrogen energy projects stands quietly on the side of the drilling rig assembly test site, and technicians are conducting comprehensive tests around the equipment - this product independently developed by Lanshi Equipment has put the equipment manufacturing industry in the new area on the international stage and become a vivid footnote to the industrial upgrading of the new area.
In 2025, Lanzhou New Area will deeply implement strong industrial actions, accelerate the cultivation of a "3+5+X" modern industrial system, continue to jump in industrial energy levels, and the picture of cluster development will become clearer.
The green chemical and new material industries are the "main engines" driving economic growth. The new area continues to optimize the layout of the chemical park, and key projects such as Bozhou Biotech's 30,000-ton DDDA have been implemented and accelerated, promoting the steady transformation of the chemical industry to green, high-end and intelligent.
Highlights in the field of new materials are frequent: the production capacity of high-performance copper foil and lithium battery anode materials has exceeded 150,000 tons, and the production capacity of key enterprises such as Dongjin Silicon Industry and Baohang has continued to be released; Projects such as Jinlin lithium battery and Nengke have been completed and put into operation, and projects such as 30 GW new energy batteries and 1.5 million tons of photovoltaic glass have been accelerated. Among them, Hailiang New Materials' 6-micron 800MPa-level ultra-high-strength copper foil made its world premiere, ranking among the "Top 500 National Invisible Unicorns", driving the output value of the new materials industry to double.
Industries such as equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, computing power, and new energy have blossomed and gone hand in hand. Lan Pump's "700°C ultra-high temperature liquid long-shaft molten salt pump" is the world's first, Emma Industrial Park is about to be put into operation, and the output value of the equipment manufacturing industry is steadily moving towards 10 billion; Nongken Pharmaceutical Alkali Plant was selected as a national-level specialized and new "little giant", and Shengtang and other enterprises ranked among the top 500 invisible unicorns. Shandong Future AI Intelligent Computing Center was signed and landed, and the province's first industrial 100-gigabit network demonstration park settled in the chemical park, and the computing power industry rose rapidly; Projects such as river and sea new energy and Guangdong hydropower photovoltaic power generation have been steadily advancing, and the diversified development pattern of new energy has accelerated.
Future industries such as aerospace, hydrogen energy, and nuclide medicine are accelerating their layout and gaining momentum. The new area has joined hands with the Provincial Civil Aviation Group and China Eastern Airlines to build a national aircraft storage and maintenance base, and projects such as Monisek Phase II have been implemented one after another; China Energy Construction Green Power Hydrogen Production Project trial production, Lanshi Group's high-pressure gaseous hydrogen storage container was commercialized; The main installation of the accelerator of the medical isotope research and development platform has been completed, and Lanzhou Taiji has overcome the core technology of carbon ion therapy system, and has sold 14 sets (sets).
The project has doubled in and increased its stamina, and the investment promotion has achieved practical results
In 2025, Lanzhou New Area will build a "1+3+N" investment promotion work system, set up 15 overseas liaison service departments to attract investment, promote landing, and provide excellent services with the spirit of nailing nails, and achieve qualitative improvement and quantitative breakthroughs in the project "double entry".
This year, Somerset Energy and other key projects have settled in the new area, and the funds in place outside the province have increased significantly, and a number of large projects and good projects have taken root and blossomed. At the same time, the new area accurately grasped the policy opportunities, successfully won a number of ultra-long-term special treasury bonds and local government special bond projects, and effectively planned and reserved high-quality projects, supporting the accurate undertaking and efficient implementation of national macro policies.
In terms of project promotion, we will deepen the responsibility system of "three-level package + special class promotion", innovate the linkage model of "online dynamic monitoring + offline precise scheduling", and systematically open up the key links of project promotion.
"In 2025, our major provincial and municipal projects will exceed the annual investment target." The relevant person in charge of the Lanzhou New Area Industrial Cooperation and Transfer Service Bureau told reporters.
From signing to landing, from construction to production, the new area has continuously transformed the "acceleration" of project construction into a "new kinetic energy" for economic development with efficient services and solid measures.
Internal and external circulation promotes smooth openness and development to expand space
With a long sound, the Central Asian train loaded with Kazakhstani peas slowly arrived at Zhongchuan North Railway Station, and was successfully transported to the designated supervision site for inbound grain in Lanzhou New Area within a quarter of an hour, achieving "one-time customs clearance and efficient transshipment" in the "railway rapid customs clearance" mode; On the other hand, a batch of commercial vehicles departed from the comprehensive bonded zone and took the "bonded logistics + international train" to Kazakhstan, becoming the first train in Gansu to operate in this mode, further expanding the new channel for opening up to the outside world.
In 2025, Lanzhou New Area will continue to deepen opening up to the outside world, smooth internal and external circulation, accelerate the recovery of foreign trade, and the total import and export volume will increase significantly year-on-year.
"We have created the Digital Silk Road International Trade Innovation Zone, introduced high-quality projects such as Alibaba International AI Design and Cross-border E-commerce Industry Service Center, set up overseas comprehensive service workstations in Singapore and Kazakhstan, built an air-rail transfer hub, and also led the operation of the province's first overseas comprehensive service platform for enterprises. The relevant person in charge of the Lanzhou New Area Comprehensive Free Trade Zone Management Committee said.
Internally, the new area has made every effort to activate the vitality of consumption and was successfully rated as the only "pilot area for optimizing the consumption environment" in Gansu. The implementation of the "trade-in" policy, the cashing of subsidies to stimulate consumption, the business formats of core business districts such as Kyoto Star continue to upgrade, and the business logistics system is becoming more and more perfect; Agriculture, culture and tourism are deeply integrated, popularity continues to rise, and the consumer market is warm and continues to pick up.
Reform and innovation activate the business environment and optimize it
In the Lanzhou New Area Government Service Center, the people lined up in an orderly manner, the window staff completed it efficiently, and the service slogan of "doing new things with a heart" was particularly eye-catching - the licenses implemented here continued to "non-inductive approval" and "one thing at a time" and other measures, so that enterprises and the masses could run less errands and no errands, which became a true portrayal of the optimized business environment in the new area.
In 2025, Lanzhou New Area will continue to polish the "golden signboard" of the business environment with reform and innovation, so that the upsurge of innovation and entrepreneurship and the momentum of development will be fully released.
The reform of the system and mechanism has continued to deepen, the new area has optimized the institutional settings, implemented the "establishment + post" management model, greatly increased the proportion of economic departments and professionals, and fully mobilized the spirit of cadres and officers to start a business. The empowerment of science and technology innovation continues to increase, the "Ganzhihui" science and technology innovation park has been built and put into use with high standards, the introduction of science and technology innovation platforms such as the Langzhou University Pharmaceutical and Chemical Industrial Park, the promotion of a number of pilot projects, and the steady growth of technology contract turnover; Lanzhou Taiji and Lanshi Heavy Equipment have been approved as national postdoctoral research workstations, and the role of innovation support has become more and more prominent.
The business environment has been iteratively upgraded, the project approval process has been reconstructed, and the special "efficient one thing" services such as public rental housing and government procurement have been launched, and reforms such as "three books and one delivery" and "one-click archiving" of completed drawings have been promoted in the province.
Reform and innovation have borne fruitful results: 7,200 new business entities were added throughout the year, with a total of more than 50,000 households, and 16 enterprises were shortlisted for the top 100 private enterprises in Gansu.
In 2026, standing at a new historical starting point, Lanzhou New Area is anchoring the development goal of "100 billion million", and transforming the six key tasks of industrial upgrading, innovation-driven, reform, open development, urban-rural integration, and safe development into a vivid practice of hard work and striving to be the first. (Gansu Daily reporter Wei Xiaoqian)