High-tech enterprises have become the main driving force for the high-quality economic development of Tongzhou district in Nantong, East China's Jiangsu province, in recent years.

In the first quarter of this year, the output value of 262 high-tech enterprises in the district increased by 12.2 percent compared to the same period in 2022.

Nantong HST Heavy Industry Co Ltd, one such high-tech enterprise, has been engaged in the shipbuilding industry for over 10 years.

The company's annual production capacity is 40,000 metric tons, and its products have been exported to countries including Japan, South Korea, and the United States.

Jiangsu Great Hoisting Machinery Co Ltd is another high-tech company in the district.

Since setting up operations in Tongzhou in 2004, the company has experienced rapid development in the heavy industry.

The company has obtained national A-level manufacturing licenses as well as installation and modification permits for various types of lifting equipment, including bridge cranes, gantry cranes, portal cranes, and large-scale cranes.

Jiangsu Great Hoisting Machinery Co Ltd. [Photo/WeChat account: wxtzfb]

The Hengli (Nantong) Textile and New Material Industrial Park located in Wujie town has also driven the development of the new materials industry in Tongzhou.

The industrial park is a new material production base established by Hengli Group, a Fortune 500 company, in Nantong.

The first and second phase projects in the park can produce 1.2 million tons of polyester fiber new materials and process 400,000 tons of low-elasticity polyester filament per year.

The third phase project, currently under construction, is expected to produce 2.1 million tons of green multifunctional textile new materials and process 600,000 tons of textured fiber.

Lu Jiaying, deputy general manager of the industrial park, said that the production capacity of the third phase project will make the park a high-end textile industrial park with the largest output capacity in the world.