Modern equipment manufacturing: marine engineering equipment, port-use machinery, precision casting
On the estuary of the Yangtze River in Jiangsu province, Nantong now is sparing no efforts to build up a modern industrial park.
For any recent visitor to Nantong, it may not come as a surprise that the city - only a two-hour drive from downtown Shanghai - is an important transportation hub for Jiangsu, Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta area.
Scattered around the country, China's economic and technological zones share certain characteristics, such as lower taxes and favorable policies to attract foreign investment.
The recently concluded 2012 China-DPRK Trade, Culture and Tourism Expo, held in Dandong, Liaoning province, has further boosted the thriving transnational trade in China's largest border city.
The Liaoning Transport Bureau announced on Oct 30 that construction on the new ore terminal at Dandong Port was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, which when finished will enable it to handle 200,000-ton ore ships and make it a national-class port.
The worldwide economic slowdown and heavy competition among ports have had little impact on Liaoning's booming Port of Dandong, the northernmost seaport of China, according to official statistics.
The opening of a new railway linking 13 cities in Northeast China is expected to greatly boost local economies and make Dandong one of the major ports in China.
Rapid expansion in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, is creating unprecedented opportunities in the city's Erdao district .
Changchun International Logistics Economic Development Zone in Erdao district has become a symbol of the vibrant city of Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province.
Jilin's first business and cultural complex built on the relics of an old industrial area opened on Nov 12.
After years of rapid growth driven by coal mining and the energy industry, Taiyuan, capital of China's coal-rich Shanxi province is shifting to a greener developing model.
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