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Guangzhou Nansha New Zone and Free Trade Zone 2017·09 01 Location and 06 People’s Positioning Livelihood 02 Economic 07 Eco- Development environment Industrial Profile of Nansha 03 Transportation 08 Hub Pattern Urban 09 Opening and 04 Development Cooperation 05 Regional 10 Institutional Planning Innovation 01 Preferential Policies 1+1+10 Preferential Policies 1.1 Profile of Nansha--Location and Positioning One of the three economic rims in China, the state-level strategic new zone and pilot free trade zone located in the geometric center of PRD, with strategic significance equal to Shanghai Putong and Tianjin Binhai Binhai, TianjinChina (Tianjin) Pilot Free Trade 2017 Zone An opening-up gateway hub Bohai Economic Rim of Guangdong and a core city within Guangdong-Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area 2016-An urban sub-center Pudong, of Guangzhou ShanghaiChina (Shanghai) The Yangtze River Delta Pilot Free Trade 2014-A pilot free trade Zone Economic Rim zone 2012-A state-level strategic new zone 香港 The Pearl River Delta Nansha, 澳门 2005-An administrative district of Guangzhou China Economic Rim Guangzhou(Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone 1993-Economic and technological development zone 1.1 Profile of Nansha—Location and Positioning l Tip of the A-shape Pearl River estuary, 38 nautical miles to Hong Kong and 41 nautical miles to Macao l 11 modernized cities of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, 5 international airports and a high-end population of 70 million are within 100-km radius of Nansha, with accumulative GDP accounting for one seventh of the total in China l Covering an area of 803 km2, with a permanent resident population of 780,000, with an available land for construction area of 90 km2 1.2 Profile of Nansha—Economic Development l Nansha's GDP reached 65.364 billion yuan in 13.8 1500 13.3 the first half of 2017, an increase of 11.58% 13 12.5 year on year 13 1279 l GDP growth rate ranks first among all 11 1300 districts in Guangzhou for consecutive 14 10.2 11 quarters. 1133 1100 1026 l Total industrial output value, fixed asset 9 investment, and general revenue of public 908 budget increased respectively by 3%, 10%, 900 and 5.5% year on year 809 7 l 28378 enterprises are newly established, over double of the total number since the 700 5 establishment of the Free Trade Zone 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 GNP（RMB 100 million）and its growth rate（%） 1.3 Profile of Nansha--Transportation Hub • one-hour life circle among cities within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area • 84 major transportation infrastructure projects worth 200.6 billion yuan well under way • Connecting to city center of Guangzhou: 3 highways, 3 fast roads and metro line 18 under construction, allowing 30 minutes to the city center • Connecting to two banks of the Bay Area: Shenzhen-Zhongshan corridor, the 2nd Humen Bridge, Nansha Port Railway under construction, Shenzhen-Maoming Railway，etc。 • Other major infrastructure projects: Phase one of the widening project for deep-water navigation channel to be put into use by the end of this year; Internal transportation network: As part of the urban road skeleton structure phase four of Nansha Port, international terminal, system, Phoenix Bridge 1, 2, 3, Phoenix Avenue, two bridges across Jiaomen river-and-sea inter-model terminal under Bridge and phase one of Bay Area Road are ready for use; Pearl Bay Bridge, construction; and early preparation for commercial Qingsha Road, Wanxin Avenue, Huanglan Road, Shazai Bridge 2, extension of Xixian Road and Metro Line 15 to begin construction airport and Nansha hub well under way 1.4 Profile of Nansha--Regional Planning The area of land is 570km2; the Free Trade ④ Zone, 60km2： ① ① The Harbor Block ② The Pearl Bay Start-up Area Block ⑥ ③ Nansha Hub Block ④ Qingsheng Hub Block ② ⑤ ⑤ Nansha Bay Block ⑥ Jiaomen River CBD Block ③ ⑦ Wanqingsha Bonded Processing and Manufacturing Block ⑦ ① 1.5 Profile of Nansha--Urban Development Fixed Asset Investment（RMB 100 million） Year-on-year Growth of Fixed Asset Investment（%） 813 850 750 621 60 650 60.8 550 54 40 403 450 350 251 31 31 20 191 250 150 0 2012 11.2 2013 2014 2015 2016 • All-in-one planning framework and an integrated planning management mapping concept, with FTZ development planning and comprehensive transportation planning ready • Jiaomen River central area: 6.23 million m2, a headquarters clustering area and the city lounge • Pearl Bay start-up area: 1.71 million m2 , with trunk road network and major bridges ready for use • Nansha Bay area: Construction of international cruise home-port well underway, extension of Metro Line 4 to be operational in 2017 • Creating a high-level and international coastal eco-city pattern, supported with high-class public service system 1.6 Profile of Nansha--People’s Livelihood • The expenditure on people's livelihood and other social undertakings （RMB 100 million） accounting for 88% of the fiscal expenditure 400 Taxes from Nansha 387 • 79 education and medical service related projects under construction, 337 335 with investment volume reaching 5.44 billion yuan 350 298 • Employment rate of 78% for registered unemployed urban residents, ranking first for the 7th consecutive year in Guangzhou 300 251 • To control the property market size and housing price, and to increase 250 the supply for affordable housing Beijing 44875 Shenzhen 66326 200 2012 2015 2016 Shanghai 47393 Qianhai, 103000 2013 2014 Shenzhen Xiamen 30117 Zhuhai 24395 l Guaranteeing 15% of “Reserve Land” in land acquisition and removal, and implementing the improvement project of countryside environment Nanjing 21739 Hengqin, 42000 Zhuhai l The state-level elementary education internationalization demonstration zone; the state-level health care tourism exemplary base; the state-level community Hangzhou 20456 Guangzhou 22898 governance and service innovation experimental zone l The Second Affiliated School to South China Normal University, Primary School Suzhou 16605 Nansha, 15027 Affiliated to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Shrewsbury Guangzhou International Experimental School, Nansha branch of Guangzhou Women and Wuhan 12106 Dongguan 16983 Children's Hospital, phase two of Nansha Central Hospital, Disease Control and Prevention Center, Nansha Library, Opera House and Museum, well under way Average price of new commercial housing in the 4th quarter of 2016 (yuan per square meter) 1.7 Profile of Nansha—Eco-environment • 43.2% of green ratio for built-up areas in Nansha, 90 86 87.7 46 including 7,749 hectares of forest 80 42 76.4 42 • Winner of UN International Award for Liveable 71 40 Communities in 2011 70 38 • Canal improvement, Phoenix lake and other ecological corridors along main roads in Nansha 60 33 34 31 • Wetland park, Huangshanlu national forest park and 50 30 other ecological attractions 2013 2014 2015 2016 • 30% of water, 5% of forest, 65% of flat ground, and 25% Excellent air quality rate（%） PM2.5 concentration（μg/m3） ecological reserve 1.8 Nansha Profile--Industrial Pattern l Nansha has formed a industrial framework giving Percentage of the three main industries in GDP（%） equal emphasis to modern service industry (shipping logistics, cross-border e-commerce, financial lesing, Primary industry headquarters economy and ect.) and advanced 4.26% manufacturing industry (automobile manufacturing, ship repairing and building, maritime engineering Ter tiar y industr y 29.80% equipment, and nuclear power equipment). 3056 2928 Secondary 2900 2769 industry 65.94% 2474 l The investment in industrial technical transformation 2500 increased by 1.3 times, driving the increase of investment in industry by 34%. 2052 2100 l The increased value of primary industry enjoyed a year- on-year growth of 28.6%, contributing to over 53.2% of 1700 GDP growth. 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 l Focus on developing high-end manufacturing, shipping GDP of industry of designated scale (100 million RMB) logistics, technological innovation, and financial business industry. 1.8.1Industrial Pattern--High-end Manufacturing Current Advantages Situation • Whole automobile industry chain: • The world manufacturing center, Guangqi Toyota Automobile Town with complete supporting facilities. • The third largest ship-building maritime engineering base: Longxue • Delta landform, few mountains Island Ship-building Base and flat ground, and stable climate. • Shidle tunneling machine and railway transport equipment • Obvious late-mover advantages, manufacturing of Herrenknecht and sufficiant available land. China Railway Engineering • Policy advantages of free trade Corporation zone, flexible investment, and • Manufacturing of nuclear power low risk. equipment of Dongfang Electric Corporation and Vallourec 1.8.2 Industrial Pattern--Harbor-shipping Logistics Current Situation 35000 1400 • Nansha Port: handled up to 12 million TEU in 30393 2016, ranking the 12th among single port in the 30000 28161 1300 world, the fastest-growing port. 25758 1273 • 81 international liner routes, 31 ”dry ports” 25000 1200 • Shazai Island: the largest professional 20993 1177 automobile ro-ro terminal in China 20000 1100 1115 • Guangzhou Shipping Transaction Bureau: the 15576 largest ship transaction platform in southern 15000 1032 1000 China • Cruise home-port: rank the third in terms of 961 10000 900 number of travelers in China 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Harbor freight volume (10,000 tons), number of Advantages containers (TEU) • Geometric center and transportation center in Pearl River Delta, beneficial to cargo gathering and distribution • The “single window” of international trade and “three mutuals”customs clearance mechanism • The location of freight index of pearl river navigation, lower shipping management risk 1.8.3 Industrial Pattern--Technological Innovation Current Advantages Situation • Policy interaction and advantages superposition between free trade zone and self-dependent innovation demonstration area. • 99 munipal enterprise technology R&D centers, 1/4 of all new R&D institutions of • Adjancent to college town to the north, Shenzhen to the east, broad Guangzhou.
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