Focusing on energy, water conservancy and other fields, the National Development and Reform Commission released 36 private investment projects

Reporter Xin Yuan

According to a news release from CCTV News on Tuesday, the National Development and Reform Commission has recently introduced a number of key projects in the fields of transportation, logistics, water conservancy, energy and other fields to the society, and introduced private capital to participate. The National Development and Reform Commission stated that this promotion includes a total of 36 projects with an estimated total investment of 61.4 billion yuan, and plans to introduce private capital of 15.6 billion yuan.

The projects mainly focus on key areas such as transportation, logistics, water conservancy, and energy. These projects have clear operating profit mechanisms and strong willingness of private enterprises to participate, including railways, warehousing, wind power, energy storage, charging facilities, water diversion projects, etc.

On the other hand, the state continues to strengthen its factor protection for private investment. Taking the new policy financial instruments in 2026 as an example, the first three projects launched by the China Development Bank all involve private capital, involving fields such as energy storage, green new materials, and highways; the 500 million yuan of funds approved by Fujian Province supports a total of 4 private investment projects, involving port berths, green new materials, and other fields.

The National Development and Reform Commission stated that many projects have received investment intentions from private enterprises and are being advanced in an orderly manner. In the next step, special channels will be established to collect specific issues raised by private enterprises during their participation in the project and actively coordinate and resolve them to promote the early landing and early implementation of relevant projects.

The latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that from January to August, national fixed asset investment fell by 7.2% year-on-year. Among them, private investment fell by 10.1% year-on-year, and private investment excluding real estate development fell by 6.4%. Against this background, it is particularly urgent to stabilize investment, especially to boost private investment.

According to the National Development and Reform Commission, on September 15, Zheng Shajie, director of the National Development and Reform Commission, chaired a symposium on private enterprises to listen to opinions and suggestions on optimizing the development environment and expanding investment space. He hopes that private entrepreneurs will seize opportunities, innovate and make progress, and actively increase investment in emerging industries, new infrastructure, consumption upgrades and other fields.

Zheng Shanjie said that private investment is an important link in the high-quality development of the private economy and a strong support for expanding effective investment. The National Development and Reform Commission will focus on key industries and fields where private enterprises have strong investment willingness and large room for growth, and will take targeted and pragmatic measures to enhance private enterprises’ sense of gain and promote private capital to invest with confidence, make investments, and participate more.

Prior to this, on August 17, Premier Li Qiang chaired the 12th Plenary Session of the State Council. The meeting emphasized the need to accelerate the implementation of the “Six Networks” construction implementation plan, innovate investment and financing mechanisms to attract social capital; vigorously promote private investment, and provide more support for investment in emerging fields, new infrastructure, consumption upgrades and other aspects.

Zhou Hongwei, deputy director of the National Economic Comprehensive Department of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a press conference in July that it is necessary to improve the long-term mechanism for private enterprises to participate in the construction of major national projects. Regarding the key tasks in the second half of the year, he proposed to introduce precise support policies around areas where private enterprises have strong investment willingness to effectively resolve the practical problems encountered in the development of private investment.

Pang Ming, a member of the China Chief Economist Forum, said in an interview with a reporter from Jiemian News that the current market demand is insufficient and expectations are weak, and corporate investment willingness has weakened. Some private capital still encounters hidden barriers when participating in major infrastructure and emerging industry projects. Medium and long-term financing costs and guarantee thresholds are still high for some small and medium-sized private enterprises.

“In order to further stimulate the vitality of private investment, we should continue to break down entry barriers and hidden barriers, improve the financing support system, increase targeted financial support, optimize the business and legal environment, stabilize long-term development expectations of enterprises, and enhance investment confidence.” Pang Ming said in the interview.

Luo Zhiheng, chief economist of Guangdong Securities, pointed out to Jiemian News that to solve the problem of private investment, financial tools of real money are needed to lower the threshold and cost of private enterprise participation.