Laixi Jiangshan Light Industrial Zone
Updated: 2013-04-23
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Laixi Jiangshan Light Industrial Zone is located in the Shandong Peninsula, across Jiangshan town to Li Quanzhuang town. It borders Qingdao and Yantai, two big economic centers in the Shandong Peninsula. The Yanqing highway runs north-south, connecting the Huailai, Tongsan, Qingwei and Qiqing expressways.
Planning area
The zone spans from Zhongshui village of Li Quanzhuang town in the west to Jiangshan town and Li Jiaobo area in the east. It stretches from Laixi’s border, 1,500 meters north to Shuangqiao village of Jiangshan town. The total planning area is 55.9 square kilometers.
Planning schedule
According to the recent and long-term planning period, the zone will be developed in two phases.
Overall planning objective
In the past five years, the zone has aimed to increase investment and capital introduction according to the industrial functions of functional areas. It also seeks to enlarge the scale of the industrial area in order to make it a major light industry zone in Qingdao and an important economic zone in Laixi city.
It aims to improve the capacity of the zone and its technology innovation level to become one of the most important light industrial bases in the Shandong Peninsula by 2020. The zone’s focus is to develop its light industry, creating leading sectors in agricultural sideline products processing, textile clothing, home appliances, rubber products, machinery manufacturing, and the circular economy. The initial plan has formed some leading industries including rubber products, machinery manufacturing and food processing. In addition, rubber industries like Nexen Tire and Minghe Rubber have been formed on the east side of the Yanqing highway and on the southwest side of Li Quanzhuang town. The textiles and shoe industry clusters represented by Taiguang shoes and Xi Yingmen Dying have helped with industrial agglomeration.