Economy

Chongqing to create region's largest aviation logistics center

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-04-20 16:01

CHONGQING - Chongqing municipality will start building the largest aviation logistics center in West China in order to better serve the region's booming economy, the municipal economic and trade commission said Wednesday.

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Located on the eastern side of the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, the comprehensive aviation logistics center is designed to serve as a multipurpose facility for storage, delivery and processing.

Total investment in the project will be 30 billion yuan ($4.59 billion). It is expected to handle about 4 million tons of cargo annually.

The new aviation center is being built to serve the region's booming high value-added industries, and is expected to be operational by 2015.

Currently in the process of upgrading its industrial facilities, Chongqing has attracted IT giants like HP and Acer, who have set up new plants in the city.

In the next three to five years, Chongqing will become home to a major computer manufacturing cluster, with six large OEM enterprises and about 200 servicing plants taking root in the city. It means approximately one-third of the world's laptop computers will be manufactured in Chongqing.