The county economy, as the foundation and essential component of the national economic system, is an important foundation for economic development, the safeguarding of livelihoods, the maintenance of stability and the promotion of long-term peace and security in the country. It is also the front line for the development of new quality productivity and quality development. The series of central deployments to accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system clearly states that “the upgrading of the industrial system will be done ahead of schedule in priority areas to consolidate the traditional pre-eminence of industries and create new competitive advantages” and provides a direction for the upgrading of district industries. How can high-quality economic development at the county level be promoted? The problem is broken down: moving to a new place and moving out of the country to upgrade the “acceleration” of the industrial sector — ping county has advanced the development of high-quality district economies。
In recent years, piang county has opened up new paths for high-quality development of the county economy through precision positioning, innovation drive, brand empowerment and upgrading, the manufacture of lithium batteries and battery materials, intelligent special equipment, healthy foods, new construction materials, and four major clusters of industries。
Accurate positioning: building new heights in niche industries
Precision is the basis for industrial upgrading. By abandoning the “big and full” model of broad development, pong county focused on “one county and one city”, focusing on the development of core competitive niche clusters. In the area of lithium cell and battery material manufacturing, the county has focused on the introduction of leading enterprises such as the chinese-kordian side, which have built a complete industrial chain from core material production, lithium battery manufacturing to decommissioned battery recycling, leading to industrial closure. At present, six priority projects have been set in this area, all of which are expected to reach $5. 8 billion per year。
Of these, the first phase of the china-kord lithium battery production and recycling project was completed in september 2022, the second phase was completed in december 2023, with a production value of 45,561,700,000 yuan in 2024, and the parallel projects on negative polar materials for carbon-new energy-based lithium batteries and on iron lithium phosphate orthodox materials for northern cork energy, have come to a new dynamic for industrial development. It was stated that the existing enterprises would lead a number of industries when fully productive: the production of lithium phosphate steel cores reached 1 gwh, the top 50 national industries; the combined annual recovery of decommissioned power batteries reached 50,000 tons, the largest recovery north of the yangtze river; the intra-clave power delivery technology was the first in the entire national industry; and the production of negative polar materials was 775,000 tons, the third highest in the province。
Innovative drivers: stimulating new dynamics in industry
Innovation is a central driver of industrial upgrading. In pymán county, technological innovation has been introduced throughout the development of the smart specialty equipment industry, facilitating the transformation of enterprises from “large-scale growth” to “innovation quality”. The country-wide patented “non-harvest technology” developed by hebei xuri mechanical manufacturing co. Ltd. In the industrial cluster is a good example of the innovative power of county enterprises。
At present, the smart special equipment industry cluster has brought together 47 enterprises, which have developed a multi-level development pattern: 27 regulatory enterprises, 24 high-technology enterprises, 26 innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and 16 specialized new enterprises. The dynamism of innovation continues to translate into development effectiveness, with operating income of 11. 22 billion yuan by 2024, growth of 6. 7 per cent, tax collection of 338 million yuan and growth of 3. 6 per cent; and growth from january to october 2025, growth of 12. 14 billion yuan, growth of 20. 01 per cent and tax collection of 3,131. 11 million yuan and growth of 5. 2 per cent. Focused enterprises such as hebei shui and hebei zhui steel rollers, through technological innovation and product upgrading, have become the “leading forces” for industrial development。
Brand empowerment: healthy food activates consumption
In the healthy food industry cluster, yuen yuen pilgrim, inc., as the group's first alcohol strategic cooperative out of sichuan, has achieved rapid development thanks to its unique product and brand advantages. The “never pear” series produced by the enterprise has won wide consumer recognition with its unique brewing process and excellence。
The healthy food industry cluster consists of 40 enterprises, 13 of them, 6 high-technology enterprises, 9 innovative small and medium-sized enterprises and 3 specialized new enterprises. In 2024, operating income was 6. 5 billion yuan, an increase of 8. 3 per cent over the previous year; tax collections were 46. 5 million yuan, an increase of 5. 4 per cent over the previous year. Between january and october 2025, operating revenues were realized at $6,935 million, an increase of 20. 12 per cent and tax payments at $4,781 million, an increase of 21 per cent. River north america pydove food and oil trading ltd. Has 3 invention patents and 15 practical new patents, mainly producing more than 30 products such as cold peanut oil, vegetableseed oil and non-modified soybean oil, and has a national share of 0. 9 per cent for chicken slaughter, which is the highest in the province。
Upgrading: guiding the new direction of industrial development
Among the new building materials industry clusters, green building materials such as assembly pc components produced by hebei new building materials technology ltd. Have gained wide market recognition with their environmentally friendly, energy-efficient and efficient characteristics. Through the introduction of state-of-the-art production equipment and technologies, the enterprise has continuously improved the quality and value added of its products and has become a leader in the new construction materials industry。
There are 30 enterprises in the new construction materials industry cluster, 14 of them high-tech, 8 high-technology, 12 innovative smes and 3 new and specialized enterprises. In 2024, operating income was recorded at rmb 4. 73 billion, an increase of 5 per cent and tax payments at rmb 57 million, an increase of 3 per cent. Between january and october 2025, operating income was $5,078 million, an increase of 17. 24 per cent and tax payments of $4,798,000, an increase of 1. 3 per cent. Key enterprises such as hebei zhong xian building materials technology ltd. And hebei haiyang construction ltd. Have promoted industrial upgrading through technological and product innovation。
The innovation breakthroughs from the whole chain of the lithium electricity industry to the manufacturing of equipment, from the branding of the food industry to the upgrading of the building materials industry, and the industry upgrading practice of pong county, centred on “specialization, clustering, innovation, quality”, provide a clear path to high-quality economic development in the county。
