The district recently held its 2005 "Spring of Jinshan" meeting to introduce Jinshan's potential for investment. Businessmen and guests from China and abroad met in Jinshan to discuss the investment environment here and to look into the future prospects of Jinshan.

During this meeting, investment contracts achieved a total value of RMB3.1 billion (USD374.5 million). Of these, eight are foreign projects valuing USD138.6 million and 10 are domestic projects valuing RMB1.95 billion (USD235 million). There ere signing ceremonies for 18 projects, including the distribution and transmission electrical facilities project for hanghai Kirtun Electrical Equipment Group Co., Ltd., bringing to Jinshan total investments of RMB800 million (USD96.7 million). Shanghai Kefeng Electric Machinery System Co., Ltd.'s auto electric machinery project brought in total investments of RMB150 million (USD18.1 million). Shanghai Qunli Chemical Company's chloroaniline project, which will be based in the econd industrial zone, saw total investments of RMB145 million (USD17.5 million). Yuanda Air Conditioner Fuzhou Co., Ltd.'s energy mountain project, to be located near the seashore, will bring in total investments of RMB200 million (USD24.2 illion).