In the first half of this year, the total output value of enterprises above designated size in Maonan district, Maoming reached 9.52 billion yuan ($1.36 billion), increasing by 1.7 percent and 6.2 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter of this year.

An enterprise above designated size refers to one that has an annual sales revenue surpassing 20 million yuan.

The added value of enterprises above designated size in Maonan from January to June totaled 1.47 billion yuan, up 10.5 percent year-on-year and 17 percentage points higher than that in the first quarter of this year.

Maonan has taken various measures to help enterprises resume work and production after the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

A one-to-one service mechanism was carried out by Maonan for the 26 enterprises that are included in the list of the top 50 manufacturing enterprises of Maoming.

The district has done its best to help these enterprises solve problems like bringing raw materials into factories and helping products leave factories to promote the production resumption of upstream and downtown micro, small, and medium-size enterprises.

In the first six months of this year, 19 out of the 26 enterprises achieved positive growth in output value, 13 of which grew at double-digit rates.

"Maonan district has implemented the services officer system for key industrial projects. Every key industrial project will be assigned special officials to provide tracking services in aspects like site selection, project approval, and construction to promote it being put into production as soon as possible," said Che Shiheng, director of the district's bureau of commerce.

By July 28, five industrial projects, including the one of Maoming Hongyu Energy Technology Co Ltd's that has an annual output of 100,000 metric tons of biodiesel, had been put into operation. Construction of the 21 key industrial projects has run smoothly.

In addition, Maonan has organized 21 enterprises to carry out filings of technical improvement since the beginning of this year, involving a total amount filed for record of 881 million yuan. 

The district also finished investment of 644 million yuan in technical improvements in the first half of the year.

Online investment attraction activities had been carried out by Maonan during the COVID-19 outbreak, along with the innovative methods of online contract signings and express delivery. With the COVID-19 epidemic normalized, Maonan has organized several investment promotion activities around the Pearl River Delta region.

In the first half of this year, Maonan attracted 14 projects, with an investment of more than 10 million yuan, with the total contracted investment amounting to 745 million yuan.