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Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone

Updated: 2006-04-19 15:19

Approved in December 1984, Guangzhou Economic and Technological
Development Zone is one of the first national economic development zones
in China. The zone now has a developed area of 17.67 square kilometers.

Geographical Location
Located in the central area of the economically developed Pearl River
Delta, and backed by Guangzhou, the economic, cultural, transportation,
information and financial center of South China, Guangzhou Economic &
Technology Development Zone (GETDZ) is 30 kilometers from the downtown of
Guangzhou, and 65 nautical miles from Hong Kong.

Climate
GETDZ is of a subtropical monsoon marine climate, warm and with plentiful
rainfall and sunshine.

Communication and Transportation
Highway
There are different highways that pass GETDD, such as Guangzhou-Shenzhen
Highway, Guangzhou-Shantou High way, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai
Expressway, Guang-Hui Highway. The Xiagang main road in the West Zone,
the Luonang main road in the East Zone and the Yonghe main road make the
transportation very convenient.

Railway
Huangpu New Port has a freight transport railway branch line connecting
to the Xia Yuan Marshalling Station on Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway, which
can undertake the freight transport for the manufacturers in GETDD, The
Guangzhou-Shenzhen Railway runs across the East Zone with marshalling
stations along it.

Port
The Huangpu Newport which is one of the largest ports in south China is
located in the West Zone of the GETDD along Pearl River. It has twelve
20000 tonnage deepwater berths. The port also has special wharves for
coal and petroleum with an annual total handing capacity of 15 million
ton. In Xinsha Port, the first iron port of China, thirty berths with
35000 tonnage berths for vessels along the Xinsha bank are available for
construction. East River Sui-Gang port lies in the east beach of West
Zone of GETDD. The passenger transport from HongKong to GETDD is just one
hour and fifty minutes

Airport
There are air lines to all the major cities in the mainland as well as to
Manila, New York, Tokyo, Bangkok, Singapore, Sydney. Melborne and Los
Angels at the Bai Yun Airports, one of China's largest international
airports .It's just about 41km away from the GETDD.

Industrial Structure
There are six pillar industries in GETDZ, namely chemical materials and
products, electric machinery, food stuffs, electronic and
telecommunication equipments, Nonferrous metals metallurgy and metals
fabricating and beverages.

Investment Priorities
Priorities are given to the following industries: electronic information,
bio-pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, automobiles, modern logistics and
steel.

Administration Committee
Tel: 86-20-82211783
Fax: 86-20-82211540
Email: web@getdd.com.cn
Website: http://www.getdd.com/eng/jsp/index.jsp

(Source: Ministry of Commerce)

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