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New plan to bolster aging NE industries
By Liu Ce (China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-29 07:36 Centered around the provincial capital, a number of big inter-city development strategies have taken shape. As the Shenyang-Fushun integration scheme advances in the east, Fushun authorities have listed 100 key investment projects as priorities in the plan. Highlighted is development of the auto parts industry, which is complementary to Shenyang's auto and machinery industries. Hi-tech and modern service industries in Hunnan new district of Shenyang complement the traditional Chinese medicine, steel and iron and machinery manufacturing sectors in the neighboring city of Benxi. To further benefit from its extensive steel output, Benxi to the southeast of Shenyang is advancing construction of a 138-sq-km new industrial zone, a 25-sq-km processing zone and five manufacturing bases for steel, construction materials, equipment, chemicals and traditional Chinese medicine. Capitalizing on the steel and iron resources of Anshan and Benxi, southwestern Shenyang aims to extend the industrial chain of local steel sector and sharpen its edge as a western equipment manufacturing base. As the headquarters for Angang Iron and Steel Group, Anshan is already known as the "Iron City". It plans to attract more big projects to bolster the local economy. Liaoyang, situated between Anshan and Shenyang, is also enhancing cooperation with its neighboring two cities. Its goal of this year is to surpass $4,000 in per capita GDP and 14 percent in annual GDP growth. Construction of an industrial corridor linking Shenyang and Tieling is already underway. Through collaboration with Shenyang, Tieling to the northeast is accelerating its pace in expanding urbanization, agricultural modernization and development of commerce and logistics. Yingkou, a port city, is expected to provide a convenient access to shipping routes for the inland city clusters. The provincial government has mapped out an overall development blueprint for the city clusters in the central province that are expected to make a quantum leap in development in the next five years, according to the blueprint. Shenyang is then expected to quadruple its per capita GDP over 2000, and rank among the top 10 Chinese cities in comprehensive competitiveness.
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