Jiangsu rolls out major investment projects for 2026

In 2026, Jiangsu plans to arrange 670 provincial-level major investment projects, implement 550 provincial-level major investment projects, an increase of 50 from the same period of last year, with an expected annual investment of 664.6 billion yuan, an increase of 12 billion yuan from the same period of last year. Jiangsu will simultaneously reserve 120 key investment projects, a gain of 20 from the same period of last year in a bid to give play to the supportive role of investment projects in stable economic growth.

The list of major investment projects presents distinct characteristics of significant increase in industrial projects, steady growth in investment scale, rapid leap in innovation investment, deep integration of soft and hard investment, and strong continuity between projects under construction and those included in reserves.

Jiangsu has arranged a total of 414 industrial investment projects, with an annual planned investment of 295 billion yuan. In manufacturing investment projects, the proportion of investment projects in strategic emerging and future industries has increased from 74% to 80%, while investment projects in high energy consuming industries such as chemical and metallurgical industries have significantly decreased.

Jiangsu will start 269 new investment projects, accounting for about 50% and involving annual planned investments of over 200 billion yuan. This will contribute more high-quality incremental investment and inject new momentum into the province’s high-quality development.