Core Insights - Xiong'an New Area's investment increased by 14.8% year-on-year in the first eight months of this year, contributing 1.7 percentage points to the overall investment growth in Hebei Province [1][1][1] Investment Growth - Hebei's fixed asset investment grew by 6.2% year-on-year in the same period [1] - Investment in projects over 100 million yuan increased by 9.7%, accounting for 71.7% of total investment in the province [1] - Investment in projects over 1 billion yuan rose by 9.1%, making up 42.2% of the total investment [1] New Economic Drivers - The added value of high-tech industries in Hebei's above-scale industrial sector grew by 9.3%, outpacing the overall industrial growth by 1.7 percentage points [1] - The added value of strategic emerging industries in the above-scale industrial sector increased by 10.2% [1] - Notable growth was observed in urban rail transit equipment manufacturing, which surged by 71.0%, while high-speed train set manufacturing grew by 16.8% and high-speed equipment and parts manufacturing increased by 17.6% [1]