Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone Updated: 2006-04-19 11:12
Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone was approved as
state-level deveopment zone in October 1984. The zone now has a population
of 300,000.
Geographical Location Situated on the west bank of the
Jiaozhou Bay, the Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone (QETDZ) is
about 24 kilometers to the city proper across the sea. The Zone accesses
downtown Qingdao through the 66-kilometer expressway that runs around the
Jiaozhou Bay and by means of sea routes such as ferries and speedboats.
Communication and Transportation Harbor As
one of the largest five foreign trade ports of China, Port of Qingdao was first
built in 1892, now consisting of 15 wharves with 73 berths, 31 of which are
capable of handling 10,000-ton or above ships. At present, it has trade
exchanges with over 450 ports of more than 130 countries and regions in the
world. For container transport, the port has opened 16 international truck lines
and nearly 50 domestic feeders with over 300 liners to all over the world every
month and 2.6 million TEUs in 2001. Besides there is the new continental
Eurasian Bridge linking Qingdao to Europe for transit transport.
Airport QETDZ is 53 kilometers away from Qingdao
International Airport, which operates 65 international and domestic air routes
with over 300 flights per week undertaken by 13 airlines from home and abroad,
including 9 international routes.
Landway The zone boasts convenient communication
with the Jiaozhou-Huangdao Railway and the expressway around the Jiaozhou
Bay.
Industrial Structure In the QETDZ industrial framework of
electronics, household electric appliances, building materials, petrochemicals,
machinery and pharmaceuticals has been shaped. The zone divides itself into
several functional areas like the administration and business center, the
international trading, warehousing and processing industry, heavy and chemical
industrial area, the harbor-related industrial park and the effective
agricultural park.
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