percent year: The inflow of multinational enterprises into high-end industries highlights the economic vitality of central China, including the provinces of Henan, Shanxi, Hubei, Anhui, Hunan and Jiangxi, as they move up the value chain for quality growth, according to Global Times China. In 2018, the region's economy expanded 7.8 percent, 1.2 percentage points higher than the national average. The projects are mainly in areas such as advanced manufacturing, new energy, new materials, electronic information, Internet of Things and modern logistics. The six provinces saw actual use of foreign investment up 16 percent year on year, with investment in the scientific research and technology service sector soaring five-fold, according to the Ministry of Commerce . The region has made progress in optimizing the existing production capacity and replacing old growth drivers with new ones. Ten member companies of the US-China Business Council attended the expo, which closed earlier this week. Last year, high-tech and new technology industries in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei, contributed over one-fifth of its gross domestic product, said the city's deputy mayor Xu Honglan.
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