Representatives from Songyuan city and companies sign project agreements on Aug 25. [Photo/chinadaily.com.cn]

A promotions conference held on Aug 25 at the Northeast Asia International Financial Center in Changchun -- capital of Northeast China's Jilin province -- saw 16 major industrial projects signed for the province's Songyuan city, with a total investment of 14.45 billion yuan ($2.11 billion), local officials said.

According to officials from Songyuan, the projects involve food and drugs, the biochemical industry, health care tourism, modern logistics, new energy, digital economy and other fields.

They included seven projects with an investment of more than 500 million yuan each and four projects with an investment of over 2 billion yuan each.

At the promotions conference, Songyuan officials gave a briefing on the investment and development advantages of the city, such as its abundant resources, outstanding agricultural sector, good environment, location and preferential policies.

In recent years, Songyuan has given full play to its comparative advantages and paid close attention to creating the conditions that are conducive to more industrial projects, with the economic and social development of the whole city as a result showing sustained growth.

Officials said that moving forwards, Songyuan will speed up its emergence as a national agricultural high-quality development demonstration city, a new northeast industrial base and a national well-known eco-tourism destination.

It will focus on its goal of creating a demonstration area for the environmental and economic development in the west of Northeast China and strive for revitalization and development.