OREANDA-NEWS. August 23, 2011. Anhui province has sped up the development of key projects amid increasing economic uncertainty as well as complexity.

From January to July, up to 72.5 percent of the annual planned investment, or 291.5 billion yuan (USD 44.8 billion), was injected into the major programs under the 861 Plan of Action, an economic development plan featuring "eight industrial bases" and "six infrastructural projects" which the province focuses on over a certain period of time.

Meanwhile, construction started on 894 projects, accounting for 79.5 percent of the planned volume for 2011, and 73 others were completed.

The province accelerated the construction process of eight industrial bases during the past seven months, with 80.2 percent of the yearly planned investment,  or 213.4 billion yuan, spent on them.

 82.4 percent of the annual budget, or 812.3 billion yuan, was invested in strategic emerging industrial bases; 85.3 percent, or 28.7 billion yuan, in advanced manufacturing industrial bases; 73.4 percent, or 13.2 billion yuan, in energy industrial bases; 83.9 percent, or 27 billion yuan, in raw material industrial bases; 77.5 percent, or 17.3 billion yuan, in agricultural product processing bases; 71.6 percent, or 9.5 billion yuan, in cultural industrial bases; 68.7 percent, or 11.7 billion yuan, in tourism industrial bases; and 78 percent, or 24.9 billion yuan, in modern logistic industrial bases.

Besides, the province spent 78.1 billion yuan on six infrastructural projects, representing 57.3 percent of the planned investment for this year.

Among them, water conservancy projects, transportation projects, ecological projects and projects for people's well-being each attracted 3.63 billion yuan, 25.9 billion yuan, 7.5 billion yuan and 34.4 billion yuan, accounting for 69.4 percent, 39.9 percent, 69.5 percent and 80.6 percent of their respective annual budgets.