New progress of the International Automobile Industry City in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area
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- Category: Ningbo Business
- Published: Monday, 09 January 2012 15:17
On the morning of January 1, Shanghai Volkswagen started its Ningbo project in Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area. Wang Huizhong, Member of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Chairman of Ningbo Standing Committee of People's Congress, Tang Yijun, Chairman of Ningbo Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, Chen Xin, Vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Work Committee of Hangzhou Bay New Area Administrative Committee, and Zhang Hailiang, Manager General of Shanghai Volkswagen, attended the foundation laying ceremony.
With its total investment exceeding 10 billion yuan, the Shanghai Volkswagen project in Ningbo is the first international automobile project settled in Ningbo. The project is featured for its good quality, great investment, and locomotive role. As one of the 14 provincial-level industrial clustering zones of Zhejiang, Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area is an important one for automobile industry. So far 16 high-end automobile projects have signed agreements to settle in the area, and 8 of them have started construction. An international automobile industrial city is taking shape in the area.
On behalf of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, Ningbo People's Congress, Ningbo Municipal Government and Ningbo People's Political Consultative Conference, Party Working Committee and the Administrative Committee of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area, Chen Xin expressed his congratulations to the full scale construction of the project and his thanks to the Shanghai Volkswagen Project Team and related municipal departments. He said that the Shanghai Volkswagen project will certainly further promote the construction of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay Industrial Clustering Zone and the construction of the new area as a place perfect for ecological environment, living and tourism. He said that the project will certainly speed up the development of the modern high-end industries of Ningbo, promote industrial upgrading and power the "6 accelerating strategy" of Ningbo.
In his speech, Zhang Hailiang said that the Shanghai Volkswagen project in Ningbo will further expand the capacity of Shanghai Volkswagen to meet the demand of the market, the Changjiang River Deltaand optimize the regional industrial structure.
Mr. Ulbrich, Executive Manager of Technology of Shanghai Volkswagen introduced the Ningbo project. Ningbo government officials Yu Hongyi, Wang Jianbo, Guo Zhengwei and Zhou Jiangyong, Director of the Administrative Committee of Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Area attended the foundation laying ceremony
