As the gathering area of industrial transfer, the pilot area of comprehensive development and the experimental area of mechanism innovation, the development zone is bathed in the spring breeze of reform and opening up, with sustained and rapid economic and social development, significantly enhanced comprehensive strength and improved people's lives. It has attracted businessmen from the United States, Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Belgium, Singapore, Hongkong, Taiwan Province and other countries and regions to invest in the area. In 2006, Foxconn Technology Group, a subsidiary of Taiwan Province Hon Hai Group, one of the top 500 enterprises in the world, officially signed an investment agreement with our district, with an investment of not less than 1 billion US dollars, and plans to build Foxconn Huai 'an Science and Technology City in Huai 'an Economic Development Zone in five years. In 2007, the investment in fixed assets in the whole region was 8 billion yuan, up 81.8% year-on-year; The fiscal revenue was 654.38+0.45 billion yuan, of which the local general budget revenue was 580 million yuan, up by 73.5% and 82.4% respectively. Since the 11th Five-Year Plan, the accumulated investment in urban construction has reached 5.8 billion yuan, including 2.2 billion yuan in infrastructure. Idy sub-station, Idy sewage treatment plant, customs clearance point and bonded warehouse will be built, the export processing zone will officially pass the national acceptance, and a national-level overseas student pioneer park will be established. Major breakthroughs have been made in attracting investment from Fortune 500 companies, and the Foxconn Huai 'an Science and Technology City project with a total investment of 2.5 billion US dollars has been successfully introduced. It has also successfully introduced soda ash and related projects with a total investment of US$ 654.38+0.5 billion from South China Glass Co., Ltd., and the social order in the whole region is stable and the public security situation is good, initially showing an environment for investors to invest, live and develop.
During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, Huai 'an Economic Development Zone will maintain an average annual growth rate of more than 32% in major economic indicators, ensure quadrupling in five years, and realize the goal of "rising in northern Jiangsu, surpassing central Jiangsu and approaching southern Jiangsu" as soon as possible. Vigorously develop the export-oriented economy, accelerate the development of service industry, cultivate and support advantageous industries, and build the development zone into a modern industrial park and a new city with strong economic strength, beautiful living environment and well-off people.