The reporter learned from the conference on investment promotion in Xinjiang held here on the 24th that in Xinjiang, the funds for the introduction of aid to Xinjiang in 19 provinces and cities in 2012 were nearly 150 billion yuan, an increase of about 40% over the previous year. The effectiveness of industrial assistance in Xinjiang has further manifested and enhanced Xinjiang’s self-development capabilities.

Zheng Qiang, head of the Xinjiang Investment Promotion Bureau, said that last year the company’s investment in aid to provinces and cities in Xinjiang was further increased. Among them, Shandong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Henan, Fujian, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong, and other eight counterparts aided the provinces and municipalities to enter the province's top ten funds. Xinjiang has introduced 149.727 billion yuan worth of funds to its counterparts in 19 provinces and cities, an increase of 37.31% over the previous year.

According to statistics, last year, the capital in place outside Xinjiang’s investment attraction area was 276.35 billion yuan, an increase of 40.82% over the previous year.

Zheng Qiang said that the industrial aid work in Xinjiang is an important part of all-round assistance for Xinjiang, and it is an important way to enhance the "hematopoietic" function of recipients and improve their self-development ability. The Xinjiang Investment Promotion System makes full use of the opportune moments of counterparty aid and the transfer of industries in the interior of the country, studies and improves the methods and measures for promoting industrial assistance in Xinjiang, and guides all types of enterprises to invest in the aided states.

He said that this year Xinjiang will improve the quality and efficiency of investment promotion, extend the industrial chain, pay attention to environmental protection, and pay attention to seizing technology and market commanding heights. Focusing on the need to build Xinjiang's large-scale oil and gas production and processing bases, large-scale coal-and-power coal and chemical industry bases, large-scale wind power bases, and national large-scale land resources for energy resources as soon as possible, Tianjin will rationally guide the investment of foreign capital. (Finish)