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CAN DO! CHINADAILY.COM.CN/SPECIAL FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013 | PAGE 17 CHENGDU ZONE STRESSES ECOLOGY, INDUSTRY Tianfu to reinvent Sichuan capital as industrial center, Zhang Haizhou and Li Yu report

rom Chengdu’s Rennan Fly- PROGRAM over one can see two con- THE FORTUNE GLOBAL trasting views of this fl our- FORUM WILL OPEN IN ishing city in western China. CHENGDU FTo the north lies the familiar Chengdu, renowned for its natural • June 5 Fortune Most Powerful Women beauty, great food and slow, laidback Reception: lifestyle. This reception will bring together But glancing south, one sees an the top women from multinational entirely diff erent city taking shape. companies from around the world It is Chengdu’s Tianfu New Zone, with China’s most successful a sweeping and ambitious project and powerful female leaders in meant to accelerate Chengdu’s devel- business, government, non- opment toward a modern, interna- government organizations and tional and environmentally sound other fi elds. metropolis that is conducive to • June 6 fi nance, trade and living. Opening ceremony at 3 pm Roundtable: Technology, innova- tion and the emerging world Panel discussion: New rules for business – global 500 leaders look ahead • June 7 We want to build a Discussions on China’s changing economy, the next high-tech wave, diff erent new zone that protection of intellectual property will be on a distinctive rights and other related issues ‘‘ • June 8 developmental track.” Discussions on growth and confl ict ZENG JIULI in the Asia-Pacifi c, the mobile PRESIDENT AT THE CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF economy, the rise of the west PLANNING AND DESIGN Closing keynote at 12:30 pm • June 9 Sichuan Earthquake (May 12, “We want to build a diff erent new 2008) disaster and recovery zone zone that will be on a distinctive tour developmental track,” said Zeng Jiuli, president and senior engineer at the Chengdu Institute of Planning and A story in the newspaper alli- Design. The Tianfu New Zone’s software industrial park is among the many high-tech operations in Chengdu. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ance European News Agencies said This 1,578-square-kilometer Chengdu has “the lowest investment development zone, which spans from which is designed by British architect Tianfu’s directors hope to grow manufacturing, clean energy, new and Reform Commission, citing the risks as well as the best IP protection Chengdu to its southern neighboring Zaha Hadid. Its notable natural fea- it into an industrial supplement to materials, equipment manufactur- Overall Plan for Tianfu New Zone. across the country”. townships and cities, was founded tures include Longquan Lake, San- Chengdu by 2020 and to transform it ing, and biomedicine, according to By reaching these targets, the zone Th e writer also called on European in May 2011. It is expected to be an cha Lake and Longquan Mountain. into a modern residential and com- the Chengdu Economics and Infor- will achieve the goal of “building a companies to seize the opportunity engine for the city’s growth in the Th e new zone contains a total of mercial city by 2030. mation Commission. new industrial Chengdu”, Tang said. to locate their projects in the city for coming years. three sub-cities, seven counties, and One major objective is to recon- The Sichuan provincial govern- Chengdu’s output value grew 15.2 faster growth. Th e zone is intended to transform 37 towns and neighborhoods. About struct an “industrial Chengdu”. Th e ment announced in March that percent year-on-year in 2011 to 685.5 American companies in China, the whole area into a “city within 81 percent of the zone overlaps with manufacturing sector will play a cru- by 2030 the new zone’s GDP will billion yuan, according to data from too, consider Chengdu as their most a city” that houses major global Chengdu’s municipal boundaries. cial role in developmental objectives amount to 1.2 trillion yuan ($190 the Chengdu Municipal Statistics favored destination if they seek fi nance fi rms, the Tianfu Soft ware in the near-to-mid term. In the long billion). Bureau. expansion in China, according to Park, several incubation centers for ‘Industrial Chengdu’ term, the industrial development will Th e total output value of the zone Behind Chengdu’s ambitious goals China Business Report 2012-2013 IT and biochemical endeavors, the Several top-level and multi-billion- shift from manufacturing to research is expected to exceed 250 billion are the city’s eff orts in protection of by the American Chamber of Com- world’s largest standalone build- dollar industrial facilities and clusters and development and services. yuan by 2015 and to reach 650 bil- intellectual property rights. Th e capi- merce in . ing and one of the most beautiful are currently under construction in Th e new zone will encompass six lion yuan by 2020, said Tang Limin, tal of Sichuan is now known as the contemporary art centers in China, the zone. key industries, including IT, auto chief of the Sichuan Development country’s model city for IP creation. SEE “LEADER” PAGE 18 Tech park lays groundwork for western development

By ZHANG HAIZHOU ern parts of the country,” he said. tional corporations to make Cheng- just building a top-notch high-tech homes aft er dinner,” he said, adding [email protected] Cui is now CEO of Sino-Singapore du more international,” Cui said. zone with a convenient road and traf- the community of Punggol in Singa- (Chengdu) Innovation Park Devel- “We hope to have Fortune 500 fi c network. What he aims to deliver pore is a model to learn from. While many of China’s top entre- opment Co Ltd, which is responsible fi rms or those who are leaders and is “a self-suffi cient” community-style Other public amenities, like two preneurs, managers and executives for overall planning, construction role models in the eight industries neighborhood or township like the small community hospitals rather seek opportunity in top-tier cities in and marketing of the Singapore- we focus on.” kind that can be found in the devel- than big comprehensive hospitals, the east and along the coast, Cui Wei Sichuan High-Tech Innovation Park, Cui added that they had oped countries. are also in the plan, he added. is taking the road less traveled by known as SSCIP for short. approached a few of China’s State- “We feel the Singaporean style of seeking his fortune out west. Th e SSCIP is located in the core of owned enterprises as well as interna- Community-style communities fi ts Chengdu because The 56-year-old Beijinger, who Chengdu’s , a huge tional corporations, including many China’s fast growth over the past that country also has high popula- spent more than 20 years in Shen- swath of land in the city’s prosper- multinationals, but he declined to three decades has led to a boom in tion density,” Cui said, noting that zhen as an executive in offshore ous southern urban area intended to Cui Wei, CEO of Sino-Singapore name any of them because negotia- new towns across various parts of residents’ convenience should be the drilling logistics industry, is now liv- accelerate its development. Th e park (Chengdu) Innovation Park tions are still at an early stage. the country. fi rst priority when building a com- ing in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan is designed to be an innovative city Development Co Ltd Infrastructure development is Th ese new areas oft en character- munity. Province. within a city that provides a model ongoing Cui said, and having a clear ized by large construction projects, In addition, SSCIP will also be an “I moved to the west not because for coexistence among industry, cul- Between 120,000 and 150,000 peo- construction timetable will help to such as blocks of towers and offi ce environmentally friendly communi- I read some random book about it ture and nature in perfect harmony ple are expected to work and reside attract investors. buildings, huge shopping malls, vast ty with zero emissions because there or I thought I wanted to be here. My with one another. in the SSCIP. Before the end of next year, the greenbelts and sizable car parks. is no manufacturing in the eight sec- experience over the past two decades With an area of up to 10.34 square SSCIP aims to complete seven Cui says he does not like the tradi- tors that are covered by the park. allows me to foresee the future of kilometers, the SSCIP is a milestone in Multinationals planned trunk roads — four north- tional way of development because Having lived in for more industrial transfer,” Cui said, sit- the collaboration between Singapore Th ough it is still uncertain when south roads and three east-west it does not make effi cient use of land than two decades, Cui said he expe- ting comfortably in his offi ce in the and Chengdu. It also sets the bench- the construction work will come to roads, together with the local gov- nor is it convenient for locals. rienced the urbanization in China’s heart of a booming high-tech zone mark for clusters of industries with an end, Cui expects fi rms to be oper- ernment. In Cui’s vision, the SSCIP should coastal regions and saw the emer- in Chengdu. high added value in western China. ating in the SSCIP in three years. Th ey are also in talks with the local have small patches of green land gence of environmental issues, which “While the fast growth in coastal The park will focus on develop- His company, a joint venture offi cials on a plan to build a conve- scattered among tower blocks rather he said was lamentable. regions was seen in the first three ing eight pillar industries — IT, bio- between Singapore and Chengdu, nient public transportation network, than a large one. “Th e coastal regions now need to decades (since the reform and open- medicine, service outsourcing, new began reaching out investors in including a subway, bus routes and “People shouldn’t need to drive improve their growth model. The ing-up policy began in late 1980s), digital media, precision engineering, China and other countries last Sep- possibly a tram system encircling far for a walk. Th ey could just pull central and western parts should the next 30 years will witness indus- environmental technology, fi nance tember. the park. the car in underground parks and avoid the same mistakes as they pre- trial growth in the central and west- and training. “We hope to have more multina- But Cui’s ambitions extend beyond walk into the green just outside their pares for a rapid rise,” he said.