A launch ceremony for 843 major projects is held on March 25 in Changchun, Jilin province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Construction on a total of 843 projects, each with an investment of more than 50 million yuan ($7.64 million), was launched on March 25 in Changchun, the capital of Northeast China's Jilin province.

Until now, 1,677 projects with an investment of more than 50 million yuan each have started construction in the province, with a total investment of 1.02 trillion yuan and an annual planned investment of 246.53 billion yuan.

Han Jun, governor of Jilin province, addressed the launch ceremony. He said that all departments should promote the construction of the projects to ensure that they would be finished on schedule.

The quality of the projects should be guaranteed. A number of major projects in such areas as technological innovation, industrial transformation, ecological restoration, environmental governance, modern agriculture, rural construction and infrastructure should also be planned to improve and optimize the province's investment structure, said the governor.

He added that Jilin province should make efforts to support and improve the business environment to attract more investors.

A row of excavators are ready to work. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]