Industrial park continues to aim for prosperity

The Jiulong Industry Park in Jiulongpo district is among the first batch of industrialization demonstration and reproduction centers in China. It has topped the city's other industrial parks in terms of economic growth since 2003.

"Investment programs are the driving force of an industrial park. Without these projects, industrial parks would be virtually nothing," said a spokesman at the industry park.

Over the years, the Jiulong Park has been working hard to attract enterprises, especially Fortune 500 companies and leading domestic enterprises. Meanwhile, the automotive and equipment manufacturing industries have been the primary focus of the park.

So far, Fortune 500 enterprises with operations in the park include Wal-Mart, Yamaha, Isuzu and ABB. Leading domestic enterprises in China's construction machinery industry, such as XCMG and LiuGong, have also established plants in the park.

"These enterprises are the leading force that contributes to the growth of the industry park," the spokesman at the park said.

An employee from XCMG said they were moved by the sincerity and action taken by the park when they were invited to set up operations there.

It took only 260 days for XCMG to go from constructing their plants to having their first product come off the assembly line.

The authority at the industrial park has established a specific system to provide better services for enterprises. Under this system, each official will be responsible for one or two programs, and the progress will also be monitored on a regular basis.

The 32.67 square kilometer park has three specific zones. Zone A focuses on logistics, finance, marketing, real estate, education and catering.

Zone B is set to be developed into a high-tech, cultural and modern service industry center. And Zone C prioritizes the development of equipment manufacturing industries, including automotive manufacturing and related development of auto parts and motorcycle parts and the modern logistics industry.

mawei@chinadaily.com.cn

(China Daily 07/20/2012 page7)