CHINA DAILY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 davos@dalianspecial S3

Facility for producing chips for Intel Special steel factory IT and outsourcing office Diesel engine assembly ‘Gateway on the sea’ opens to the world

By WANG QINGYUN value products.

Wafangdian City Investors will be given priority, A new in the city of with a shorter government-approval , province is look- process for their projects. ing for more investors who are The district neighbors the only interested in sharing the incredible free trade zone in the Northeast, the growth in one of Northeast ’s Dalian Free Trade Zone. Its compa- most promising economies, its Par- Puwan New District nies get tax relief and its customs ty secretary said. office provides round-the-clock The Dalian New District clearance services. was established in April 2010, with The Jinzhou government has its main body as the first national been given an unusual advantage — economic and technology develop- Free Trade Zone provincial government status — in ment zone. approving any investment project of The new district has four parts: less than $100 million. So, any inves- the former Jinzhou, the Jinshitan Jinzhou New District tors can complete the entire applica- National Holiday Resort, Dalian tion process inside the district itself. Export Processing Zone, and The administrative committee has the , opened a one-stop office for greater Downtown Area explained Xu Changyuan, the efficiency. Party secretary and head of district In addition to improving govern- administration. Lushunkou District ment efficiency, the Jinzhou New Hi-tech Zone Jinzhou covers a 1,040-square- District plans to provide a more kilometer area and has a population business-friendly climate. of more than a million and sits to So, it has been separated into 10 the northeast of Dalian. It is nestled zones, each of which focuses on a between the Bohai and Huanghai Xu Changyuan, Party secretary Jinzhou’s geographical advantages are obvious to all. specific industry: five set up spe- seas, and is part of the Bohai Eco- cially for the service industry, such nomic Rim and the Northeast Asia as tourism, hotels and logistics; four Economic Circle. It is also a “gate- to deal with manufacturing; and one way on the sea” that connects the for agricultural technology. Northeast with the world, and a They cover more than 700 square major industrial zone on Liaon- kilometers, or 70 percent of the dis- ing’s coast. trict. It has good transportation, with The other areas function in the the -Dalian Expressway, following ways: -Dalian Railway, - The Dalian DD (Digital and Dalian Expressway, National High- DNA) Port houses chip manufac- way No. 201, National No. turing, biomedicine, semiconduc- 202, and the urban express railway. tor illumination, and software out- The runs along the sourcing companies. coast. The Advanced Manufacturing The district’s deep-water ports Park handles auto parts, auto assem- handle grain, oil, ore, and automo- bly, and new energy sources. biles, and Jinzhou Bay, slightly to The Dengshahe Port Industrial the west, is expected to get the city’s Park’s companies deal with national second airport. defense and aviation, and some har- The district has 3,500 foreign and bor logistics. 15,000 Chinese investors and has The Jinzhou Economic Develop- the largest export volume in the ment Zone focuses on shipbuilding Northeast, with its exports reaching and foundries. more than 100 countries. The Dalian Xiaoyaowan Interna- It also has plenty of resources, tional Commercial Zone is being with 12 universities and colleges, planned with an eye on financing, with post-doctoral facilities and as the city’s new center. research centers, 18 vocational The Dalian Jinshitan National schools, and 34 training centers. Holiday Resort and the Dalian Over the next five to 10 years, Golden Bohai Coast Modern Ser- it is expected to contribute half of vice Industry Zone are set up as Dalian’s GDP, and to be Liaoning’s PHOTOS PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY tourist attractions. third largest economy. Jinzhou is the ideal place for foreign investment and has more than 3,500 foreign-backed companies. The Dalian Jinshi International It gets more than 90 percent of its Sports Center can host both soccer industrial output from three indus- One company, Intel Semiconduc- ment wants to turn it into a high- annual increase of 20 percent. The In the first half of 2011, it approved events and aquatic sports, such as tries — IT, high-level manufactur- tor (Dalian) Ltd, has put $2.5 billion tech, high-level, strategic manufac- gross industrial output of large 74 foreign investment projects, 22 of sailing and windsurfing. It is also ing, and petrochemicals. into the first phase of its project and turing and top service industry base. enterprises is expected to reach them worth more than $10 million. planned as a sort of sports lovers’ It also has many companies in contributed eight percentage points The government also plans to 500 billion yuan, with an annual And it has 1,216 Chinese compa- resort. emerging and strategic areas, such to the district’s GDP in first half of turn it into a complete town that increase of 19 percent. nies, 56 of which have more than 10 The Dalian Cold Chain Logis- as semiconductor chips, biomedi- the year. is not only on the cutting edge of The district wants to accelerate million yuan in capital. tics and Food Processing Park will cine, automobiles, green technol- Jinzhou has 69 of the Fortune technological innovation, but also development by getting more for- It is working on improving its handle seafood and is designed to ogy, and aviation. Global 500 companies doing busi- a livable, tourist-attracting place. eign investment that grows at an infrastructure, with four power be a leader in regional cold chain The biomedical companies’ out- ness there, with an average invest- The development map calls for annual rate of at least 15 percent, plants, and is looking at more land logistics. put is worth more that 10 billion ment of $70 million. the district to have a GDP of 280 and to increase exports by at least for expansion purposes. The local government expects yuan ($1.6 billion) annually. It now designs on becoming billion yuan by 2015, with an annu- 10 percent annually. At the same To increase competitiveness, the these areas to help the new district In the first half of 2011, the dis- Liaoning’s major economic force al increase of 17 percent. time, per capita annual incomes district is trying to choose inves- pull in investment from all over the trict had 21.82 billion yuan in value through modern industrial integra- Fixed investment is expected are expected to grow by at least 15 tors who contribute to industrial world and from all kinds of busi- added output large companies. tion. Meanwhile, the city govern- to reach 300 billion yuan, with an percent. improvements and good added- nesses.

A ground-level view of Jinzhou from the harbor area.