In the first half of this year, the gross domestic product of Zhuhai High tech Zone reached 21.58 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%; The added value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 8.185 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.5%, achieving rapid growth for five consecutive months; The import and export volume of foreign trade increased by 58.3% year-on-year, and has maintained a high-speed growth of over 50% since the beginning of this year. The economic operation continues the good trend of recovering and improving steadily in the first quarter.

According to the news from Zhuhai High tech Zone, the highlights of economic operation in the first half of 2024 include rapid industrial development momentum, accelerated convergence of low altitude economy, and accelerated investment attraction.

The industry is developing rapidly. In the first half of the year, the pillar industry clusters in Zhuhai High tech Zone became strong, with the semiconductor and integrated circuit, biopharmaceutical and medical equipment, and new energy and smart grid industries achieving economic scales of 4.782 billion yuan, 4.547 billion yuan, and 7.066 billion yuan, respectively, a year-on-year increase of 25.51%, 29.64%, and 13.10%.

The low altitude economy is accelerating its convergence. In the first half of the year, Zhuhai High tech Zone relied on Harbor No. 5 to build a low altitude economic industrial park, promoted the construction of a low altitude flight testing base, unveiled the city's low altitude service operation command center, and launched the low altitude air traffic management service platform. The low altitude economic industry in the whole district achieved a production value of 1.454 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.2%.

Accelerate investment promotion. In the first half of this year, Zhuhai High tech Zone reported 153 projects recognized by the city's investment promotion full process management platform, including 55 manufacturing projects, 66 technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises, and 9 joint Hengqin Guangdong Macao deep cooperation zone investment projects, covering industries such as new energy, integrated circuits, equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, and big health, with a total investment of about 11.7 billion yuan.