President Xi Jinping highlighted on Tuesday the need to develop new quality productive forces tailored to local conditions for high-quality development, amid a new round of technological and industrial transformation.

Taixing city – administered by Taizhou city in Jiangsu province – recently set out the development goal of realizing a 6.5 percent increase in GDP in 2024.

Seven industrial projects in Taixing were recently included on the list of 2024 Jiangsu Province Major Projects, ranking it first among the areas in Taizhou.

Taixing city – which is located in East China's Jiangsu province – has implemented a strategy of strengthening itself through science and technology.

Taixing city has made continuous efforts to cultivate tech-based enterprises and this year the city has newly added 766 provincial-level tech-based small and medium-sized enterprises.

Seven products manufactured by companies based in Taixing city recently received much-prized Jiangsu Premium Brand Certification from provincial government departments.

Taixing city adds 49 new technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises into the local scientific and technological innovation support system.

A combined signing ceremony for four industrial projects took place in the Hongqiao Industrial Park in Taixing city on Oct 20.