Economy in the Industrial Belt around Hangzhou Bay

(zhejiang.gov.cn)
Updated: 2006-11-17 10:46

In the initial visualization of the development programming for the industrial belt around Hangzhou Bay , Zhejiang Province also has set a rough framework for the interactive construction of infrastructures in the six cities. The key points are as follows: speeding up constructions of express rail transportation between Shanghai & Hangzhou and the Huzhou-Jiaxing-Zhapu railway extension that will connect the railway with Shanghai Pudong railway; widening Shanghai-Hangzhou expressway, Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge and Hangzhou-Nanjing expressway; advancing the planning and construction of Channel 2 on Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo expressway; pushing forward the integrated construction of Ningbo-Zhoushan harbor basin; expediting reconstructions of inland river navigation courses of Changxing-Huzhou-Shanghai line and Hangzhou-Ningbo canal etc. On June 8, 2003, the construction of the Hangzhou Bay Cross-sea Bridge, which extends 36 kilometers, started. The bridge links Cixi, Ningbo, which is on the southern bank of Hangzhou Bay with Jiaxing and Pinghu, which are on the northern bank, making the distance between Ningbo and Shanghai shortened by 120 kilometers. This will accelerate the forming of the international metropolis circle in the Yangtze River Delta, which has Shanghai as its center.

Currently, top-level government officials in those cities in Hangzhou Bay region have reached a consensus: developing the industrial belt around Hangzhou Bay into “a newly developed urban area with important functions” “an assembling area of foreign and private capital” “the core area of advanced manufacturing bases” and “a trial area for innovations in system and mechanism”.