A sweeping city view of Xi'an. [Photo/Xi'an municipal government's WeChat account]

The city of Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, recently rolled out its development plans for the industrial and information technology sectors during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period.

The blueprint proposed that by the end of 2025, the city's proportion of industrial added value in GDP is expected to reach 25 percent, while the average annual growth rates of industrial added value above a designated size and industrial investment are both projected to reach 8 percent.

The proportion of R&D expenditure in industrial enterprises above a designated a size – those with annual sales of 20 million yuan ($2.75 million) or more – to operating income should be 1.8 percent.

Xi'an is also projected to be home to 630 enterprise technology centers above a municipal level, 2,000 industrial enterprises above a designated size, 30 provincial quality benchmarking enterprises and 15 manufacturing innovation centers above a municipal level.

Workers get busy at an auto assembly production line in Xi'an. [Photo/Xi'an Daily]

In terms of its green development, its carbon dioxide emissions and energy consumption per unit of industrial added value are projected to decrease by 16 percent and 15 percent, respectively.

In addition, the industry scale of Xi'an's six pillar industries – electronics information manufacturing, automobiles, aerospace, high-end equipment, new materials and new energy manufacturing, food and biomedicine – is expected to reach 1.51 trillion yuan in 2025, with an average annual growth rate of 21.2 percent.

To achieve these goals, plans are for Xi'an to continue to support the development of pillar industries and emerging industries.

What's more, it will promote innovation-driven development strategies and cultivate more individual enterprises in the manufacturing industry with outstanding industry status, leading technology, great development potential and industry-oriented subdivisions.