Guangdong Market Opportunities - Urban Economies with Various Characteristics
Meizhou City
Meizhou City locates in the northeast
of Guangdong Province, with Fujian Province
in the northeast and Jiangxi Province in
the northwest. Meizhou has an area of 15,800
square kilometers and a population of 4.85
million. Meizhou is honored with Hometown
of Culture, Hometown of the Overseas Chinese
and Hometown of Football.
1. General Survey of Economic
Development
After the open and reform policy been
implemented, Meizhou has made great development
in export orientation economy. In 2003,
the total export and import achieved US$
300 million, among which the export was
US$ 210 million, with an increase of 30.7%.
The contractual foreign investment was US$
168 million, with an increase of 51.6%;
the actual utilized foreign investment was
US$ 140 million, with an increase of 28.6%.
2. Unique Advantages and Development
Characteristics
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The investment environment
is continuing to be perfected. Meizhou
is the core of Guangdong, Fujian and
Jiangxi province, connecting the inland
and seashore areas. Meizhou is the joint
of National Highway No. 205 and 206,
Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Railway and
Meizhou-Kanshi Railway. The density
of road in Meizhou ranks the first among
the mountainous cities of Guangdong
Province. The Mei County Airport has
opened two airlines to Guangzhou and
Hong Kong, the water transportation
leads to Chaozhou and Shantou. The telecommunication
is developing very fast. The construction
of digital networks and broadband networks
is taking the lead among the mountainous
cities of Guangdong Province. |
| (2) |
The industry structure is modifying,
there are more business opportunities
for investment. Meizhou City has 8 pillar
industries, namely textiles, machinery,
electronics, building materials, tobacco,
etc. Meizhou will make every effort
to adjust its industrial structure as
well as centering on developing the
following key projects: the basic infrastructure
projects such as energy resource, transportation
and telecommunication, hi-tech, technologically
advanced and export-oriented industries,
electronic component manufacturing,
raw material industry, basic industry,
new agro-technology, comprehensive agricultural
development, deep processing with local
resources, real estate, tourist and
information. |
| (3) |
Meizhou has rich resources of mineral
and tourism. Meizhou has 48 kinds of
rich minerals such as coal, iron mine,
limestone, rare clay and porcelain clay
etc, among which the reserve of manganese
is ranked first in Guangdong province.
Meizhou has plenty water resources,
the reserves of hot spring and qualified
mineral water is tremendous. There are
tourism resources such as cultural historic
site constructed from Tang Dynasty,
former residence of celebrity, natural
spectacles of all kinds, and unique
Hakkas culture sights in Meizhou. |
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