'Five Points, One Line' strategy guiding light for Liaoning
The new "Five Points and One Line" development strategy is expected to boost the economy of Northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The strategy aims at the development of five key industrial areas and one road to connect the coastal cities in the province.
The "Five Points" indicate five key development areas in the province and cover seven industrial zones, the Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone and Zhuanghe Huayuankou Industrial Zone in Dalian, Yingkou Coastal Industrial Base in Yingkou, Liaoxi Jinzhou Bay Coastal Economic Zone in Jinzhou, Dandong Industrial Zone, Panjin Shipbuilding Industrial Zone and Huludao Northern Harbor Industrial Zone.
The seven industrial zones cover a planned area of nearly 500 square kilometers.
The "One Line" mentioned in the strategy stands for a road along the coastal areas, which is expected to bolster growth in the province's coastal economic belt.
The five cities in the area covered by the strategy have mapped out many investment projects based on their respective advantages and resources.
Local government officials have given top priority to the development of the projects under the strategy and have called for increased domestic and foreign investments in them.
The following are introductions to the zones in the five cities.
Under the strategy, the Dalian municipal government plans to develop an industrial cluster of a deep-sea port and coastal industrial group in the Changxing Island Industrial Zone.
The zone is expected to become the fastest developing port area in Northeast China.
It is designated to play a more important role in the Dalian-Northeast Asia Shipping Center, where a coastal industrial processing zone and cargo transportation hub are concentrated.
The planned area of the zone is 129.7 square kilometers. Of this, port area covers 21.1 square kilometers, the industrial zone 71.7 square kilometers, and the living and tourism area 36.9 square kilometers.
The city plans to complete the basic infrastructure construction of the zone, especially the equipment manufacturing and port areas by next year.
The city also plans to establish a financing service center as well as an investment promotion center, and attract a group of small and medium-sized enterprises to the zone.
Further, the city aims to set up five 50,000 to 70,000-ton berths with total handling capacity of 8 million tons in the zone by 2010, when the combined industrial output is expected to reach 80 billion yuan.
By 2015, an equipment manufacturing base will take shape and annual industrial output is expected to hit 200 billion yuan.
The Liaoning Hongguan Shipbuilding Co Ltd signs a cooperation agreement with TB Co, a German shipping company, on June 28, 2006. Currently, many foreign investors flock to Liaoning due to its preferential policies. |
The deep-sea industrial port will have a handling capacity of 30 million tons annually.
In the Huayuankou Industrial Zone in Dalian, the city plans to develop new material, auto and auto parts, machinery, electronic, food processing and furniture manufacturing into the zone's pillar industries.
As the zone is surrounded by mountains and rivers, it will give top priority to eco-friendly production and strive to become a model eco-industry park.
Moreover, as the zone is 36 kilometers from the Zhuanghe area of Liaoning, its development will also speed up urbanization.
The Yingkou Coastal Industrial Base, situated in the south of Yingkou, is made up of a large coastal industrial zone with eco-friendly production and the Yingkou Binhai New Zone.
It is located in the core area of the Northeast Asia Economic Rim, and is the hub of the northeast bank of the East Liaoning Bay, the middle city cluster of Liaoning and the economic zones in Liaodong Peninsular.
It is 160 kilometers from both Shenyang and Dalian cities in Liaoning.
The planned area for the base is 120 square kilometers. The first phase of the construction area will cover 40 square kilometers and is expected to be completed by 2020.
The city has divided the base into six areas for chemical industries, equipment manufacturing, export processing, light industry, new material and high-tech sectors.
A 15-square-kilometer living zone will also be set up there.
The base boasts an ideal port economy, as it is about 25 kilometers from the Bayuquan Port Area and eight kilometers from the Yingkou port area.
It will be greatly aided by the port economy, because Yingkou Port has become one of the 14 shipping hubs in China with 29 berths, and 17 decks with a handling capacity of 10,000 tons each.
The city plans to set up two new 220-kilovolt power transformer substations in 2007 and 2008. Six new 66-kilovolt power transformer substations will also be set up next year, significantly improving the infrastructure of the base.
The Jinzhou Xihai Industrial Zone under the strategy is composed of the Xihai International Industrial Park, Baima Integrated Industrial Park and the Baisha Bay Living Area which together cover 33.76 square kilometers.
The Baima Industrial Park covers 11.86 square kilometers, involving a total investment of 5 billion yuan.
The major industries in the park are equipment manufacturing, machinery, metal processing, auto parks, new construction materials, food and medical production as well as some other labor-intensive industries.
The Xihai Industrial Park spreads over 10.9 square kilometers and its major industries are involved in petroleum, coal, fine grain chemical products and some port-related sectors.
The Baisha Bay Living Area, with a total area of 11 square kilometers, has some financial and shopping centers as well as entertainment facilities.
The zone boasts the advantage of an advanced port. Jinzhou Port is one of the largest ports in Northeast China, with handling capacity exceeding 60 million tons annually.
A new 250,000-ton oil deck has been set up, significantly enhancing the handling capacity of the port.
The base also takes pride in its natural resources, which are ideal for the development of the petroleum and natural gas industries.
In addition, as the nation is striving to develop alternative energy, the base plans to attract more investors to explore its strong potential in solar, wind and tidal energy.
The base will offer a string of favorable investment policies to both domestic and foreign investors.
The Huludao Northern Harbor Industrial Zone, a provincial development zone under the strategy, covers a total of 34.94 square kilometers.
It includes a port area, a shipbuilding park, a port logistics park, an integrated industrial park, a light industrial park, the Dayushan Industrial Park and a business area.
Over the next 10 years, the zone will strive to build itself into a model development zone driven by port economy.
During the 11th Five-year Plan period (2006-10), the zone's shipbuilding capacity will reach 2 million tons annually and a string of competitive auxiliary facilities for shipbuilding industries will take shape.
It will take advantage of the city's resources to enhance the strength of its petroleum and metal processing industries, as many large petroleum and key metal processing projects of large State-owned enterprises are situated there.
Port logistics industries will also develop further as more and more investment projects are begun under the "Five Points and One Line" strategy there.
Discussions are currently on with domestic and foreign buyers regarding 42 investment projects worth 9.81 billion yuan.
The Panjin Shipbuilding Industrial Zone, also under the "Five Points and One Line" strategy, is situated in the south of Panjin, Liaoning Province.
The planned area of the zone covers 47 square kilometers, and the initial area of the Panjin Shipbuilding Area is comprised of 10 square kilometers.
The zone will have two parts, with the north built into an industrial area of 26 square kilometers and the southern part a living area covering 18 square kilometers.
There will also be a three-square-kilometer eco-tourism area.
Over the next 10 years, a living area for a population of 100,000 to 150,000 will be set up.
The province will invest 3 billion yuan in the construction of the zone, which is expected to be completed in 2010.
Forty projects will be operated in the zone, 26 of which have begun construction and two have been completed.
The planned investment for the 40 projects is 6.7 billion yuan. Of these, six are shipbuilding projects and 14 are auxiliary projects of shipbuilding.
The Liaoning Hongguan Shipbuilding Co Ltd and the Panjin Hongyun Shipping Co have already begun building ships in the zone and about five companies will begin production in the first half of this year.
By 2010, the total loading capacity of ships built in the zone will be 2 million tons.
Shipbuilding, etrochemicals and modern logistics will make up the backbone of the Panjin zone.
(China Daily 03/09/2007 page17)
