The Pingyi Economic Development Zone is the cornerstone of Pingyi County’s “One Zone, Two Cities, One Belt” industrial framework. As a provincial-level economic development zone, it is home to most of the county’s major industrial projects. The zone encompasses 13 administrative villages, with a total planned area of 19 square kilometers and a total population of approximately 20,535.The development zone is home to 110 projects with a total investment of 6 billion yuan. Of these, 98 projects have commenced production, generating annual profits and taxes of 600 million yuan. Aligned with the development goals of building a “new economic zone, new industrial zone, and new urban zone,” the zone achieved 550 million yuan in fixed-asset investment and 3.8 billion yuan in total industrial output value from January through July,industrial value-added of 1.14 billion yuan, sales revenue of 3.57 billion yuan, and profits and taxes of 420 million yuan. There are currently 20 signed or under-negotiation projects with a planned total investment of 2.5 billion yuan, including 8 major projects each exceeding 100 million yuan.There are currently eight signed projects under construction, including the Phase II project of Huiyuan Juice (400 million yuan investment), the new dry-process cement project (600 million yuan investment), the Tianbao Chemical detonating cord project (150 million yuan investment), the Ju Huang Technology solar energy comprehensive utilization project, the Lingong Machinery loader and excavator parts project,the Hongwei Agricultural Ecological Park project, the Panbao Mineral Organic Fertilizer project, and the Liyuan Dimei Stone Processing project;Four projects have signed investment cooperation agreements: the 320-million-yuan feed production and poultry meat processing and export project; the 100-million-yuan Tianbao Chemical capital increase and production expansion project; the Beixin Building Materials high-end gypsum board project; and the SF Express ready-mix concrete project;Eight projects are currently under active negotiation: a 150-million-yuan cotton yarn textile processing project by investors from Jiaxing, Zhejiang; the Shidan Nu Garment Project; the Wanglaoji Tea Beverage Project; the Northern Stone Park Project; the Zhengbang Feed Project; the Diamond Processing Project;the Anshan Shengshi Cement Silo Project, and the Tai’an Huayue Printing Project. The Economic Development Zone is increasingly becoming a key engine driving the rapid growth of Pingyi’s industrial economy.