On June 27, the Tacheng Prefecture Industrial Park Investment Promotion and Project Signing Ceremony is held in Urumqi, Xinjiang. (Photo provided by organizers)

Coinciding with the 2025 China-Eurasia Expo, the Tacheng Prefecture Industrial Park Investment Promotion and Project Signing Ceremony was held in Urumqi, Xinjiang on June 27.

The event was hosted by the CPC Tacheng Prefecture Committee and the Tacheng Prefecture Administrative Office, under the theme "Silk Road Energy Hub · Tacheng Manufacturing the Future." It comprehensively showcased Tacheng's strategic blueprint for seizing four major opportunities—"development and opening-up, large-scale new energy development, mineral resource transformation, and leapfrog development"—accelerating the construction of "five zones," implementing the "10 major projects," and building a "5+2" modern industrial system. The ceremony aimed to explore mutually beneficial cooperation and chart a new chapter for Tacheng's industrial prosperity.

The event was attended by over 400 participants, including representatives from the Liaoning Provincial Department of Commerce, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Department of Commerce, Development and Reform Commission, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Xinjiang Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and domestic and international guest enterprises.

During the ceremony, Aydin Toliuhan, Deputy Secretary of the Tacheng Prefecture Party Committee and Commissioner of the Administrative Office, delivers a speech. (Photo provided by organizers)

In his address, Aydin Toliuhan, Deputy Secretary of the Tacheng Prefecture Party Committee and Commissioner of the Administrative Office, stated that Tacheng Prefecture is a "treasure trove" for resource transformation with solid foundations for industrial development; a "bridgehead" for development and opening-up with international markets within reach; an "escort vessel" for enterprise growth with a sincere and comprehensive business environment; and an "ideal city" for entrepreneurship and living where poetry and distant dreams coexist. Today's Tacheng is in a golden period of concentrated policy dividend release and comprehensive industrial upgrading acceleration. Choosing Tacheng means choosing to resonate with national strategies, deeply integrate with hundred-billion-level markets, and walk alongside unlimited development opportunities. We sincerely welcome entrepreneurs and professionals from all sectors to visit Tacheng for tourism, inspection, negotiation, and investment, to personally experience Tacheng's infinite charm and development potential, and join hands with the people of Tacheng to create an even brighter future.

During the event, representatives from Xinjiang Tacheng Key Development and Opening-up Pilot Zone, Wusu Industrial Park, Shawan Industrial Park, Tori county, Emin county, and Hefeng Industrial Park delivered investment promotion presentations. On-site signings were conducted covering multiple sectors including energy, mining, synthetic biology, intelligent computing, new materials, and commerce.

Investment promotion presentations during the Tacheng Prefecture Industrial Park Investment Promotion and Project Signing Ceremony. (Photo provided by organizers)

Thumbs Holdings Group Co., Ltd. will invest a total of 15 billion yuan ($2.1 billion) in Tori county, Tacheng Prefecture, Xinjiang, to engage in the production of metallic magnesium and magnesium alloys. Upon completion, the project is expected to produce 500,000 tons of metallic magnesium and 350,000 tons of industrial silicon annually, creating approximately 3,000 local jobs.

"We have visited Tacheng, Xinjiang multiple times and feel that the investment environment here is particularly superior, with excellent investment policies. Governments at all levels are working hard to serve as 'gold-standard service providers' for enterprises," said Sun Jiangrong, Chairman of the group's board of directors.

The Tacheng Prefecture Industrial Park Investment Promotion and Project Signing Ceremony venue. (Photo provided by organizers)

Additionally, from June 26 to 30, the 2025 China-Eurasia Expo was held at the Xinjiang International Convention and Exhibition Center under the theme "Jointly Discussing Eurasian Cooperation, Sharing Silk Road Prosperity." Tacheng Prefecture participated as a delegation in this expo, establishing a 320-square-meter Tacheng Prefecture image exhibition area. A total of 25 cooperation projects were signed with a combined value of 49.154 billion yuan.

Xu Hongyan, Party Secretary of the Tacheng Prefecture Commerce Bureau, stated that this exhibition fully demonstrated Tacheng Prefecture's open stance and sincere cooperation intentions, expanding domestic and international cooperation opportunities. In the future, Tacheng, Xinjiang will use this exhibition as an opportunity to deepen multi-sector cooperation, promote the "5+2" industrial clusters toward the high end of the value chain, and write a new chapter of high-quality development for the Silk Road Economic Belt in the process of building the Eurasian Golden Corridor and the westward-opening bridgehead.