Guangdong Market Opportunities - Urban Economies with Various Characteristics
Zhanjiang City
Zhanjiang locates in the southern most
part of China’s mainland, with a total
land area of 12,471 square kilometers and
a population of more than 7 million. It
is the nearest foreign trade seaport to
Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania
from China’s Mainland and enjoys important
strategic status.
1. General Survey of Economic
Development
Its comprehensive economic strength is
continuously enhancing and its foreign trade
force is increasing strongly. In 2003, the
total import and export value reached US$
1.94 billion, 62.1% over 2002, among which
the total export value was US$ 900 million,
increased by 65.1%. The contractual attraction
of foreign capital was US$ 257 million,
up by 30.8%. And the actual utilization
of foreign investment was US$ 180 million,
up by 63.3%.
2. Unique Advantages and Development
Characteristics
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Owing special regional
advantage. It locates in the crossing
of Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan and
becomes the transportation center of
Southwest China, South China and Hainan.
It is an important pivot to the import
and export-oriented economy of Southwest
China, and is also the important route
way from China’s mainland to Hainan.
It is the nearest foreign trade seaport
to Africa, East Asia, Europe, Southeast
Asia and Oceania from China’s
Mainland and enjoys important strategic
status. |
| (2) |
Owing rich resource. There are lots
of seaports, and the port area can afford
the construction of deep-water wharf
with the coastline of 97 kilometers.
Zhanjiang has been developed as one
of the 4 major sugar bases, the biggest
eucalypts, sisals and red woods production
base. The area’s output and output
value of the out-sale oriented vegetables
ranks the first in the top five areas
of southern area’s vegetables
to northern area. There are 520 kinds
of fish, 547 kinds of testacean and
28 kinds of shrimps. The output of Zhanjiang’s
aquatic products has been ranking first
for many years in the province. |
| (3) |
Owing characteristic industry. With
its advantages of adjoining to sea and
port, Zhangjiang is step-by-step constructing
eight pillar industries: petrochemical
industry, exploration of offshore oil
gas, electricity, paper making, processing
of agricultural and aquatic products,
feeds, textile and costume, electric
appliances and machineries. It also
has four major industrial bases including
Nangfang petrochemical base, agricultural
seafood processing export base, high-quality
paper making base and small home appliances
manufacturing base. |
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