Building of Industrial Parks

Since 1998, the Municipality has been actively promoting its industrial base. To this end, 70 industrial parks have so far been built to attract industrial investors. Presently, there are 947 enterprises operating in these parks. The area completed and under construction is totaled at 67000 acres, with a cumulative investment value of 15.4 billion Yuan. By the end of 2000, total production from these enterprises amounts to 16.5 billion Yuan with sales at 14.7 billion Yuan.

Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) Jindu Industrial Park

The above industrial park presently under planning will in five years' time be built into a major modern industrial park with an estimated annual production of 10 billion Yuan.

The park will cover an area of 12.8 square kilometers. The overall planning, undertaken by the Provincial, Municipal and County Planning Research Institute, has already been approved by the Standing Committee of Gaoyao People's Congress. Details of the entire plan are nearing completion. Since 2002, the Gaoyao Municipal Government has already spent 30 million Yuan on developing the road system as well as the electricity supply, water supply, and telecommunication facilities of the first 3000 acres. There are at present 53 industrial projects, 36 of them being currently in operation with an annual production of 200 million Yuan, and the remaining 7 under construction. Total annual production is estimated at 3.2 billion Yuan, with exports at 120 million US dollars and tax yield at 90 million Yuan. The second phase of 5000 acres is now under construction.

Sihui Nanjiang Industrial Park

Conveniently located at the southern tip of Sihui Municipality, and bordering on Sanshui，where the three rivers of Xijiang, Beijiang and Suijiang converge, the Nanjiang Industrial Park represents the spearhead of XiJiang's economic corridor, and the western gateway of the Pan Pearl River Delta. It is only 30 kilometers from Foshan and Guangzhou, 40 kilometers from Zhaoqing, 34 nautical miles from Guangzhou and 123 nautical miles from Hong Kong. It has a passenger pier, a cargo pier that can berth 1000-3000 ton boats and a customs office. Both the National 321 Route and Guangmao Railway cross the heart of the park while the Dasha and Baisha Railway Stations are only 3 kilometers apart.

The Nanjiang Industrial Park began construction in March 1998, with a planned area of 5 square kilometers. The planning was undertaken by Guangzhou Planning Institute and appraised by the State Environmental Protection Administration's South China Institute of Environmental Sciences. It is divided into a high-tech zone, a basic industry zone, and a metalwork zone, apart from community amenities such as hospital, shopping mall, schools and parks. Up to date, the area developed amounts to 5,000 acres with a capital injection of 300 million Yuan. An 110 thousand kilowatt KVAs Transformer sub-station, a water supply plant with a daily production capacity of sixty thousand tons and a sewage treatment plant are presently in use while the drainage system, road system, optical fiber telecommunication and road lighting system are basically completed. In 2002, the Sihui scientific parks, of which Nanjiang is a major constituent, is appraised by the Guangdong Science and Technology Office as having reached the status of the provincial scientific park.

The park is developed and managed by Sihui's Nanjiang Economic Development Corporation. Under the leadership of Sihui's Party Committee and Government, the park has rightly seized the golden opportunity of and profited from the transformation process of the Pan Pearl River Delta as well as the economic changes of the Asian-Pacific Region. By providing an excellent environment, a right package of concessions, and through multiple-channel marketing, the development of the Park has met with remarkable results. Up to now, the park has sold an area of 3,000 acres and attracted 80 investment projects, with a total planned investment value of 1.5 billion Yuan and an estimated annual production of 3.2 billion Yuan. Right now, 41 enterprises are engaged in production, 16 of them being large-scale operations. Among these enterprises are Juyuan Stainless Steel Tubes Co., Ltd. occupying an area of 320 acres with a total investment of 170 million Yuan, Duo Luoshan Sapphire Rare Metal Co., Ltd., occupying an area of 170 acres with a total investment of 100 million. In 2000, the park attracted 19 investment projects, among which Junma Cement Co., Ltd. occupies an area of 180 acres with a planned investment of 160 million Yuan and an annual production of 100 million Yuan.

The Park strives to reach the goal of a production value of 5 billion Yuan by 2005. With a population of 40,000, it aims at becoming a first-rate industrial park in Zhaoqing and a reputable one in the Guangdong Province.