[the total amount of contracts signed on the first day of the World Power Battery Congress reached 106.3 billion yuan]. A reporter of the Financial Associated Press learned from the propaganda Department of the Yibin Municipal CPC Committee that at the 2023 World Power Battery Congress held this afternoon, a total of 64 cooperation projects were signed, with a total contract amount of 106.3 billion yuan, including 53 green new energy industry projects represented by power batteries, and 5 cooperation projects between central and local governments and industry organizations. There are 6 new R & D platform projects. The staff of the propaganda Department of the Yibin Municipal CPC Committee told the Financial Associated Press that "there are 10 leading enterprises such as listed companies, 10 projects over 5 billion yuan, and nearly 60% of the total investment represented by Changan Automobile, Shenzhen Yiyatong, China Science and Technology Hualian, etc." After all the projects reach production, it is expected that the annual output value will exceed 180 billion yuan, the annual tax revenue will exceed 8 billion yuan, and nearly 27000 new jobs will be created, which will further promote the development of upstream and downstream industrial agglomeration and accelerate industrial upgrading. It will certainly add kinetic energy to the building of a power battery industry base with world influence and the construction of a power battery capital. " (financial Associated Press reporter Xing Qixin)