3. Industry with cubic features
The regional industrial areas bear the trait of ¡°small commodities, large markets, low costs and high profits¡±, with the earliest start-up and the largest scale over the country, enjoying rather dynamic vigor and sound development foreground. As per incomplete statistics, in the whole province there are more than 500 cubic economic groups owning a gross industrial production value over a hundred million RMB, involving 175 sectors and more than 240 thousand enterprises, which accounts for around 50% of the provincial total production value, among which 52 sectors enjoy a domestic market share over 30%, and 14 sectors, a world market share over 10%. For instance, ties in Shengzhou occupy a domestic market share of 80% and world market share of over 30%.

Manufacturing industry featuring cubic economy is a momentous cause of the economic takeoff in Zhejiang, which will exert even greater effect in the next round of speedy development. Nowadays, round-Hangzhou Bay areas, Wenzhou-Taizhou coastal areas and along the Jinhua-Quzhou-Lishui expressways, the layout of ten national manufacturing industry centers are rather clear at a glance. Upon completion of the construction, the convergence, radiation and scale effects would be more inspiring: the scale of the textile & chemical fiber industry, which focuses on the development of chemical fiber, chemical fiber fabrics, silk, warp knitting, household and industrial textiles, will account for around 25% of the national scale, forming important world bases of textile production and export; scale of the fine chemical industry is to account for over 15% of the national scale, the proportion of fluorine chemical industry is to be over 50% and that of organic silicon to be over 30%. In order to incorporate more automotive parts into international purchasing system and make its industrial proportion over 15% of the national scale, systematic supply and modularized technical production of auto and motorcycle¡¯s parts should be strengthened. Manufacturing industry in Zhejiang is marching toward the higher level and more expansive domains.

Zhejiang has many specialized markets, which are large-scaled with strong comprehensive capabilities and broad spheres of radiation. The trade generally covers the livelihood and production means in all the fields. By the end of 2005, the sales volume of the 4008 commodity markets of the province reached 717.3 billion RMB. Thus, Zhejiang is referred to as ¡°Large Province in Market¡±. Three indexes¡ªthe market sales volume, amount of markets with over a hundred million RMB and sales volume of individual market, rank the first in China for many consecutive years.

4. Coordinated urban-rural development
Zhejiang attaches importance not only to the leading role of cities but also the countryside and farmers¡¯ motive functions to promote coordinated urban-rural development. In every local place, the urban-rural dualistic structure is positively broken. In combination with ¡°the construction of a thousand model villages and renovation of ten thousand villages ¡± and with the urbanization as a carrier, every place makes overall plans, integrates resources, innovates the system and constructs complementarily. Accordingly the pattern of urban-rural integrated development that the city leads the countryside and the industry pushes the agriculture is formed, which further enhances the urban functions of convergence, radiation and promotion. Settlement of the ¡°three issues on agriculture, rural areas and farmers¡± shall be given a top priority, the development level of profitable agriculture shall be continually boosted, the construction of new countryside shall be speeded up, the infrastructures in the city shall extend to the countryside, the laborer markets shall expand to the countryside and social assurance as well as public health service system shall cover the countryside, urban-rural economy and the social structures are gradually being integrated.

Zhejiang takes the lead in pushing the reform on the system of township enterprise¡¯s property rights, the household register system in small towns and the market liberalization of the buying and selling of the grain, etc., which enables Zhejiang to be a pioneer in the nation in the aspect of coordinated urban-rural development. The increase of farmers¡¯ incomes in Zhejiang takes the leading position in the nation for consecutive 17 years. Our province takes the lead in establishing the guarantee system of minimum standard of living, which is urban-rural integrated. Our province decided to formally implement the new rural medical care cooperation system and medical care system from August 2003. On the basis of a county, a uniform planning for serious diseases was carried out, with the focus on the subsidy for large sum of hospital expenses etc. of the insured farmers.

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