Prologis

ProLogis the world’s largest owner, manager and developer of distribution facilities, has leased a total of approximately 460,000 square feet (43,000 square meters) to two customers in Shanghai, China.

In the Pudong submarket of Shanghai, at ProLogis Park Jinqiao, ProLogis has leased approximately 192,000 square feet (17,800 square meters) to Parker Hannifin, a global leader in motion and control technologies, providing precision-engineered solutions for a wide variety of commercial, mobile, industrial and aerospace markets. The company will use the space for assembly and light manufacturing.

In the Hangzhou submarket of Shanghai, at ProLogis Park HEDA, ProLogis has leased approximately 266,000 square feet (25,000 square meters) to Joyoung, a leading domestic home appliance manufacturer, to support its distribution needs across the Shanghai region.

ProLogis has approximately 1.6 million square feet (149,000 square meters) of space in nine buildings at the park.

ProLogis Park HEDA is a world-class logistics and industrial base in the Hangzhou Economic and Technological Development Area (HEDA).
Source: EarthTimes

The Liaoning provincial government has released a development plan for a two-city integration strategy.

The plan involves neighboring cities less than 10 km apart — the provincial capital Shenyang and resource-rich Fushun. Both are known as traditional industrial centers.

According to the plan, the two cities will forge closer ties and pool resources in transportation, communication, industrial production, technology, health care, education and financial services.

Shenyang’s edge in industry, human resources and technology complement the raw materials and labor force of Fushun.

Shenyang City

Development of an adjoining 605-sq-km area between the two cities is key to the scheme.

With the Hunhe River running through it, the pilot area is divided into two parts — an ecological zone north of the river and an industrial zone to the south. Part of the concept is to establish an eco-friendly urban Shenyang-Fushun corridor.

More on this HERE.
Source: English People’s Daily Online

Model in XEDTZ

Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone (XETDZ), started in May 1993. This state-level zone now covers an area of 133 square kilometers divided into three industrial parks: Shibei, Qiaonan and Jiangdong.

The Jiangdong Industrial Area with its 105 square kilometers of planning area and the area for future expansion.
The Shibei Industrial Park which is exclusive to the service industry.
The Qiaonan Industrial Park, the typical base for foreign investments for industrial activities.

The zone is located alongside the Qiantang river within the Xiaoshan district of Hangzhou. Add the XETDZ to the ongoing construction of the Qianjiang Century central business district which will host finance, trading, consulting and logistics activities along with IT services companies, administrative organizations, hotels, residential areas and entertainments facilities.

The XETDZ has the advantage of being near the shipping infrastructure in the city and the Qiantang river which offers access to harbors along the coast. The XETDZ is equipped with an inland port and a customs office. The illustration comes from Smart Wool Textile products which is within the zone.
Source: China Briefing

Bosch and Siemens

Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group (BSH) (which is two great consumer brands as one company) is speeding up its second round of investment in China, thirteen years after it first started operations in China.

As the world’s number three, and Europe’s number one white goods manufacturer, BSH shows great interest in independent development in the Chinese market.

The company has decided on $160 million of additional investments in its expansion projects.

On March 9, 2005, the BSH Industrial Park laid a foundation stone in the Nanjing Economic and Technological Development Zone which was completed a year later. In April 2006, BSH’s largest top freezer project around the world broke earth in Chuzhou City of central Anhui Province.

In 2007, the company built a plant in the Nanjing Industrial Park, producing 800,000 big-volume tumble washing machines a year. As of the end of 2007, BSH’s investments in the country had reached $500 million.

The new investment will be to build a a tumble washing machine plant as well as an electric water heater plant in the industrial park.
Source: Trading Markets

Zhangjiagang Zone

On the southern bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and more than 50 kilometers long from east to west, 2 kilometers wide from south to north. Think of it as a long thin strip.

In the west the zone borders on to Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone.
In the north is Nantong City on the opposite side of the river.
In the east it is connected with Shanghai Pudong Development Zone and Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone.
To the south: Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou.

The area along the bank of the Yangtze River is suitable to build over 10,000-ton deep-water wharves because it never silts up or freezes.

Yangtze River’s transport capacity is as great as 7 railways. And, like railways, it has its branches extending in all directions.

Which means  goods can be easily transported to large and medium-sized cities in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

Added to that is the Yanjiang Highway, which is 24 meters wide and 51.8 kilometers long and runs through the whole zone connecting to No. 204 State Highway. And for air connections Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, Suzhou Guangfu Airport, Wuxi Shuofang Airport, Changzhou Benniu Airport and Nantong Xingdong Airport in a  sense surround the zone.
Source: CMW.com

Qingdao zone (QDTDZ)

This was one of the earliest zones being approved as state-level development zone in October 1984. The zone now has a population of 300,000.

It is on the west bank of the Jiaozhou Bay and, to give it its full name, the Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone (QETDZ), is about 24 kilometers to the city proper directly across the sea.

The Zone accesses downtown Qingdao through the 66-kilometer expressway that runs around the Jiaozhou Bay and by means of sea routes.

The Port of Qingdao is one of the largest five foreign trade ports of China. It was first built in 1892 and now has 15 wharves with 73 berths, 31 of which are capable of handling 10,000-ton. It has trade exchanges with over 450 ports of more than 130 countries and regions in the world.

QETDZ is 53 kilometers away from Qingdao International Airport.

The zone is served by the Jiaozhou-Huangdao Railway and the expressway around the Jiaozhou Bay.

The QETDZ specializes in electronics, household electric appliances, building materials, petrochemicals, machinery and pharmaceuticals and is, in effect, a series of zones working together.
Source: Chinese Business World

Map of Zone Lvshunkou

China Knowledge reports that the Dalian Port Group has signed an agreement with Dalian’s Lvshunkou district government to jointly develop Yangtouwa and Double-Island Bay areas.

(Note Lvshunkou was previously known as Port Arthur and an alternative spelling is Lushunkou)

Under the new agreement, Dalian Port Group, which operates China’s largest crude oil port, will increase its investment in the planning, construction, operation of Lvshunkou district.

A new venture, named Dalian Double Island Investment and Development, will be established to expedite the construction of an integrated port project and an industrial zone nearby.
Source: Seatrade Asia Online

On the third day in the Chinese Lunar New Year of 1998 a software development base was set-up in Youjiacun Village of Dalian.

Ten years later, the software development base at that time has become the famous Dalian Soft Park. Dalian New Soft Park (Hekou Park Zone) of Neusoft Corporation was opened officially earlier this year.

It can hold 10,000 software engineers.

Dalian Tiandi Soft Park has a total investment of RMB15 billion and will be completed in 2017. It will be the first comprehensive community integrating office, residence, entertainment and study function of IT and software industry in China and the Asian-Pacific region. Much, much more HERE.
Source: China Economic Net

Development zones are named according to their different focuses, like ‘economic and technological development zone’, ‘economic development zone’, ‘high-tech industries development zone’ and ’science and technology park’.

There are also development zones at different levels depending on their supervising institutions, ranging from ‘national’ development zones to ‘provincial’ and ‘municipal’ ones. Development zones are often divided into several sections.

The central government has organized several campaigns to check development zones and the unqualified ones or those with poor performances are cancelled.

* From July 2003 to December 2006, the number of development zones were reduced from 6,866 to 1,568.
* Their total area was cut from 38,600 square kilometers to 9,949 square kilometers.

In the Law on Urban and Rural Planning approved by the lawmakers in October 2007, it was stipulated that no development zone should be set-up outside the established plan for the city layout.

Meanwhile, the urban infrastructure of the Chinese cities has been stepped up in the last three decades. And most of them are now very investor-friendly. Much more on this HERE.

The author, Sun Shiwen, is a professor at College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University.
Source: China View

[photopress:zones_polyone1.jpg,full,alignright]First, what are Geon compounds? The PolyOne web site tells us:

Geon Vinyl flexible compounds are engineered to deliver excellent elastomeric performance while providing unequaled durability and cost-effectiveness. Geon Vinyl flexible compounds can be injection-molded, blow-molded or extruded.
PolyOne’s standard products have a hardness range from 45A to 70D, specific gravity from 1.10 g/cc to 1.50 g/cc, and a service temperature range from -50°C to 90°C.

In simpler terms Geon is a registered trade mark of the PolyOne Corporation and is used in the production of vinyl products ranging from gaskets to furniture, from food packing to cable wrapping.

The new PolyOne Plant is in the Chiling Industrial Zone in Houje Town, Dongguan, in the Guangdong

[photopress:zones_map_donguuan_1_2.jpg,full,alignleft]PolyOne’s Dongguan plant was acquired from Ngai Hing PlastChem, the vinyl compounding subsidiary of Ngai Hing Hong. PolyOne completed the acquisition of the assets and operations in January 2008.

Since the acquisition, PolyOne has modified and upgraded equipment in the facility, trained the staff to produce GeonTM compounds, and enhanced environmental health and safety (’EHS’) conditions to meet Chinese and PolyOne EHS standards.

PolyOne now has six sites in China; the other locations are Shanghai, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Suzhou and Tianjin.
Source: Fibre2Fashion