Shahty is among the five leading cities of Rostov region in terms of economic growth and investment prospects in the first place because of the high numbers of staff. Adopted by the city administration to implement the strategy of socio-economic development "Donbass-NEXT». According to this strategy, the main and most promising areas of development are: metallurgy and related fields of industry, energy, light industry, food industry, the technology of human security, construction, building materials , education and the integration of innovative technologies in the business. Also a list of investment areas, which are included in the map "Investment Development Shahty"