Tangshan Port Area

The development zone aims to build two industrial parks ¨C a coal chemical industrial park and a state-level export processing zone. It will also foster five key industries, including steel, power, ceramics, large equipment manufacturing and port logistics industries.

The development target of the zone is to achieve a total regional output value of more than 10 billion yuan, a fiscal income of more than 1 billion yuan and a port throughput of more than 100 million tons by the end of the 11th Five-Year Program.

In 2006, the development zone achieved a total regional output value of 3.23 billion yuan and a fiscal income of 680 million yuan. A total of 450 enterprises have registered in the development zone so far with a total project investment of more than 50 billion yuan.

The development zone has obvious advantages in port transportation. The Jingtang port area is located in the development zone. The Jingtang port area of Tangshan port is an important seaport in Bohai Bay jointly invested and built by Tangshan and Beijing. Jingtang port area witnessed rapid development since it was established. Now, 18 15,000 to 100,000-tonnage berths have been built.

The development zone also has abundant land resources and developed infrastructure.

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