Second windfall boosts coffers of Hi-tech zone

ZHAOQING, Guangdong: In the wake of an already bumper investment harvest - the result of a major promotional campaign in Beijing in October- the Zhaoqing High-Tech Industrial Development Zone secured an additional raft of investment projects earlier this week. The latest wins follow the zone's campaign of the 2009 Dawang Golden Autumn.

In total, the zone secured 116 new projects, said to be worth a total of 36.23 billion yuan. These were a direct result of the Golden Autumn initiative, an annual event organized by the administrative committee of the zone. The event is now one of the key showcases for the zone's investment climate and economic and trade co-operative opportunities.

This latest windfall came only two months after the zone signed substantial contracts in Beijing in mid-October, securing 11.1 billion yuan's worth of investment for four gigantic projects.