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Tianjin Economic and Technological
Development Area (TEDA) is one of earliest approved and best state-level
development zones in China. It now has a developed area of 27 square
kilometers.
Geographical Location
Tianjin
Economic and Technological Development Area (TEDA) is located to the
southeast of Tianjin City, about 45 kilometers away from downtown and
140 kilometers from Beijing. TEDA enjoys easy access to North China,
Northeast China and Northwest China. Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu expressway
runs through TEDA and divides it into two parts, the financial, trading
and residential area covering 8.5 square kilometers to the south and an
industrial park spanning acreage of 24.5 square kilometers to the north.
Beyond the zone there are also the Yat-sen Scientific Industrial Park,
Microelectronics Industrial Park and Petrochemical Industrial Park.
Climate
The TEDA is of temperate monsoon
climate with a yearly average temperature of 12 centigrade and an
average annual rainfall of 602.9 millimeters.
Communication and
Transportation
From
TEDA, one can reach Beijing and Tianjin by the Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu
expressway and railway. There are many highways leading to Tianjin. TEDA
is 180 kilometers away from Beijing Capital International Airdrome,
about 36 kilometers from Tianjin Binhai International Airdrome, which is
China's largest air cargo terminal, and 4 kilometers from Tianjin New
Harbor. Through nine trunk railroads and 10 highways, TEDA is accessible
to the country's highway networks. The Shanhaiguan-Guangzhou Expressway
and the Beijing-Fuzhou Expressway are not far away from the development
area. In addition, TEDA is only 2 kilometers away from Tianjin New
Harbor by road, which is its closest port and about 5 kilometers by
railway. The closest highway is Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu Expressway
running through the area, the closest airport is Tianjin Binhai
International Airport and closest railway station, Tianjin Railway
Station is 50 kilometers away.
Tianjin New
Harbor
As the largest
freight terminal in North China, the harbor has an annual handling
capacity of over 100 million tons, 2 million TEUs can be handled here
each year, which will increase to 5 million TEUs by 2010. The port has
freight exchanges with over 300 ports of 160 countries and regions in
the world. With 47 container liner routes and nearly 200 international
container liner routes, it is one of the major container hubs in the
world.
Container
Wharf
With 8 berths,
the container wharf is capable of handling 1 million TEUs per year. The
coal wharf has 6 berths with an annual capacity of 20 million tons. The
bulk grain wharf has 2 berths with an annual loading capacity of 3.5
million tons. Nanjiang Oil Wharf now has 3 berths dedicated to
petrochemicals with a capacity of 10 millions tons per year. Nanjiang
coke berth can handle 50,000-ton ships. Nanjiang coal wharf has two
berths - one for 35,000-ton vessels and the other for 50,000-ton class.
And there are terminals for fertilizers, ore (100,000-ton), and
non-metal ore (35,000-ton). The passenger pier handles 30,000-ton ships
to domestic ports such as Dalian, Yantai and Longkou, and to
international ports such as Kobe of Japan and Inchon of South Korea.
Mineral Resources
There are more than 30
varieties of proven resources ranging from metal ores, non-metal
minerals, to fuels and geothermal energy. Metallic minerals include over
ten varieties such as manganese boron ore, manganese, gold, tungsten,
molybdenum, copper, zinc, and iron. Non-metallic minerals include
limestone, barite, stratified rock, marble, purple clay argil, medical
stone and others. Proven petroleum reserves are 450 million tons and
natural gas reserves.
Industrial Structure
Already in place are four
pillar industries, including the electronic telecommunication sector
headed by Motorola, Samsung and Sanyo, the food industry centered around
Nestle and Dingxin, the optical-electromechanical integrated machinery
manufacturing industry represented by Honeywell and SEW, and the
bio-pharmaceutical sector. |
