BIZCHINA / State Development Zones
Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone
Updated: 2006-04-19 15:16
Hainan Yangpu Economic Development Zone was Approved in March 1992, and
enjoy the same preferential policies with the state-level economic and
technological development zones.
Geographical Location
Yangpu Economic Development Zone is located on the Yangpu Peninsula in
the northeastern part of Hainan Province. Surrounded by the sea on three
sides, it covers an area of 310, 000 square kilometers and has a
coastline of 24 kilometers. It is 172 nautical miles to Zhanjiang of
Guangdong, 4881 nautical miles to Guangzhou, 1511 nautical miles to the
border on the sea with Vietnam, 1693 nautical miles to Osaka of Japan and
1829 nautical miles to Singapore.
Climate
Yangpu is in the tropical island monsoon area. The climate here is mild
with an average temperature of 24.7 centigrade and annual rainfall of
about 1,100 milimeters.
Communication and Transportation
Harbor
The Yangpu Peninsula is surrounded by the sea on three sides. It has a
wide and deep sea space, dotted with 20 bays, big or small. The Yangpu
Bay can be built into a harbor with twenty 10,000-tonage berths and the
biggest berth can be as large as 100,000-tonage. The average depth of
water in the bay is 11 meters and the deepest 24.6 meters. 30,000-ton
vessels can go in and out freely, immune from the change of tide.
Railway
The Yuehai Railway Passage, which links Haikou with the railway network
of Guangdong Province through the Qiongzhou Strait rail-ferry opened to
traffic in January 2003, enabling free flow of goods between the Zone and
the mainland.
Road
The Yangpu Economic Development Zone has a highway network of 100
kilometers long and the 128km-long expressway joining Haikou and Yangpu
has been completed for transportation.
Airport
Yangpu is 45 kilometers away from Meilan International Airport of Haikou.
Industrial Structure
The zone has started such projects of parquetry and rubber processing.
Some others are under construction including paper pulp, optical fiber,
wheat flour processing, auto engines assembling, iron cores of dynamo.
Investment Priorities
The Yangpu Economic Development Zone is aiming at building up an advanced
industry-oriented, environmental-friendly, urbanized, modern and
international harbor and development zone with a well-developed tertiary
industry. Priority sectors for foreign investment are electrics,
bio-pharmaceuticals, new material, chemical industry, metallurgy, machine
building, construction materials, ocean fishery port, aquatic product
processing, real estate, tourism, etc
Administration Committee
Tel: 86-898-28829010
Fax: 86-898-28829028
Email: ypny@163.net
Website: http://www.ypdelp.com
(Source: Ministry of Commerce)
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