BEIJING, March 9 (Xinhua) -- Nanchang County, located in the south of Nanchang City, the capital of Jiangxi Province, held an online promotion conference and contract signing ceremony on Monday to facilitate investment amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.
500 enterprise representative throughout the world were invited to watch the live broadcasting of the conference. 19 contracts were signed online, involving a total investment of 14.16 billion yuan.
"The epidemic cannot refrain us from seeking investment and development. The contract signing ceremony has changed from 'face-to-face' to 'screen-to-screen', which has been an innovative practice adopted by the county at this special occasion," said Xiong Yunlang, Secretary of the CPC Nanchang County Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Xiaolan Economic and Technological Development Zone.
Nanchang County, with a profound history of more than 2,200 years, has been honored as one of the "Top 100 Counties in China", ranking 25th in 2019.
"We expect to let more enterprises at home and abroad to know about Nanchang County and make investments here", noted Xiong.
Nanchang County has adhered to the principle of maintaining economic development while advancing epidemic control.
By far, 330 enterprises above the designated size in the county have all resumed production. 60 major projects with a total investment exceeding 40 billion yuan have resumed operation. (Edited by Zhang Yuan, zhangyuan11@xinhua.org)
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