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Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone was approved as
state-level development zone in April 1993.
Geographical Location
Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone is situated in southwest Wuhan beside the Yangtze River. It lies between the city's middle and outer ring and at the juncture of Beijing-Zhuhai and Shanghai-Chengdu expressways. Wuhan as the capital city of Hubei Province and the largest metropolis in central China, is covers an area of 8,467 square kilometers and a population of 7.23 million.
Climate
The city has distinct four seasons with an annual average
temperature of 16.8 centigrade and an annual average rainfall of 1093.3
millimeters. Green landscaping totaled 360 square meters, covering 350 percent of the city.
Communication and Transportation
Situated at the juncture of Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Jiujiang Railway Arteries as well as major Yangtze River courses, Wuhan has been reputed as a city accessible in all directions. The city extends eastbound to Shanghai, westbound to Chongqing, southbound to Guangzhou, and northbound to Beijing, each within 1,000km, making it a key transportation hub integrating railways, highways, water and air transportation.
Port
Wuhan Harbor, the largest of its kind in inland China,
has an annual freight-handling capacity of 40 million tons. The harbor
has direct shipments to 14 countries and regions including Russia,
Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Macao. 6.5km from
the zone is the Wuhan Container Dock with an annual handling capacity of
10 million tons. The new fuel wharf inside the zone has been put in use.
Railway
From the north to the south runs Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, and from the east to the west Shanghai-Sichuan Railway. These railways, together with other
sub-route railways have formed a railway network that channels China's north, southwest, central south, and east. In addition, special rail lines and freight stations
connecting to both Beijing-Jiujiang and Beijing-Guangzhou Railways have been built in the zone.
Highway
A highway network is formed by such trunk state highways as No. 106, 107, 316, and 318. Main roads and branches of up to 43km that constitute the road network inside the zone have been build in WETDZ. The viaducts of state highway 318 run across the whole zone from the north to the south. So does Beijing-Zhujiang expressway.
Airport
Wuhan Sky-River International Airport, the fourth largest in China, operates more than 50 domestic flight routes reaching major Chinese cities. There are daily direct flights to Hong Kong and Macao, and international flights to cities in Japan and Korea.
Industrial Structure
The following six dominant pillar industries have taken an initial shape: automotive; electronic information; food and beverage; papermaking, printing and packaging; electric appliance and equipment; biomedicine. The following industrial chains have been initially formed: an automotive industrial chain with Magic-Dragon as the leader; a paper-making and packaging chain with Chenming-Hanyang Paper Works as the leader; a food and beverage and packaging chain with Wuhan Coca-Cola Co., Ltd., Dingjin and Dingyi companies as the leaders; and a high-tech chain with Hengguan and Tongji
pharmaceuticals as the leaders.
Investment
Priorities
Motor vehicles: automotive and parts
manufacturing and supporting industries.
Electronics and information: computer,
telecommunications and electronic information facilities, and
micro-electronics and components manufacturing; optical-electronic,
magnetic-recording, and software product development
Bio-engineering and medicine:
bio-reagents for medical diagnosis, genetic engineering vaccines, new
medicines, new vaccination agents, pharmaceutical cell-engineering
products, and other new reagents and biological medicines.
Integrated electric machinery:
Numerical control machine-tools, laser processing devices, industrial
robots, intelligent apparatus and instruments, and numerical control
detecting devices.
New materials: information storage
materials, plastic alloys and engineering plastics, semi-conductors and
optical-electronic materials, electronic porcelain, biological and
medical materials, fire-retarding, erosion-proof, anti-acid and
anti-alkali building and decorating materials.
High-tech agriculture: productive, efficient, and high-quality vegetable
bases, fresh-water fishery bases, floristic bases and fruit and tea
bases, warehousing and fine processing of agricultural and side-line
produce, agricultural and biological engineering, service network
building for agricultural technology, and ecological and agricultural
tourism.
Tertiary industry: large commercial
supermarkets, outward freight transportation, car exhibitions and trade,
auto entertainment projects development, finance and real estates,
cultural and recreational facilities building, economic consulting. |
