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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Thursday, 08 December 2011 01:48
According to Ningbo Municipal Bureau of Urban Planning, the General Plan for Meishan Port City 2010-2030 was officially approved.
In 2008, at the approval of the State Council, Ningbo Meishan Free Trade Zone became the fifth free trade port of China. In recent years, Meishan Island has concentrated on the development of the port trade. Today, the port is teamed with container ships.
However, great changes will take place in Meishan in the time to come. In the next 20 years, the functionality of Meishan as a port will be transformed. It will be turned into a port city, a city of free trade port and a city beautiful for living and recreation.
The new functionality of Meishan Island is that it should be an "experimental area of free trade of China", and demonstrative area of shipping and modern logistic services in the Changjiang River Delta, a leading area for the emerging industries of marine economy of Zhejiang and a new urban area of Ningbo the modern international port city.
The area of Meishan Island is 38.3 sq km. In the future, Meishan Island will go on making uses of its advantageous port resources to develop various industries and in particular, it will make uses of its marine resources to turn itself into holiday resort.
At the south end of Meishan Island, a 7-star hotel will be built, together with a comprehensive public wharf, a yacht holiday resort, an outdoor water park and an indoor tropical park
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Category: Ningbo District
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Published: Monday, 28 November 2011 14:22
A recent report on the tourist market of Dongqian Lake released by the Department of Industry and Commerce shows that in the first ten months of this year, there are in the lake area 626 newly-registered tourist business bodies, with a total registration capital of 1.38 billion yuan, up 56.2% and 885% over the same period last year. Up to present, 1905 business bodies, or 62.1% of the total 3067 bodies, are engaged in the tourism-related business. The scale of the tourism-related registration capital is bigger than ever, with 8 out of 10 yuan of the registration capital dealing with tourism, adding up to 4.157 billion yuan, or 81.2% of the total capital.
The reason for the quick development of the tourism in Dongqian Lake lies in the formation of its three-dimensional tourist service system covering accommodation, restaurants and passenger transportation. Statistics show that this years there are 452 tourism-related business bodies, ranging from hotels and restaurants, transportation, wholesale and retail, entertainment to business services, up by 286 over the last year. The increase in the fields of hotels and restaurants, transportation and business services is all above 60% over the same period last year.
With the improvement of the tourist infrastructure, Dongqian Lake is attracting investments from some influential enterprises. According to a related official from the Dongqian Lake Branch of Industry and Commerce Department, seven more investment companies have registered this year, with an overall registration capital of 1.155 billion yuan. At present, there are altogether 18 tourist investment companies, whose registration capital takes up 40.4% of the whole market.
It is reported that the tourist construction projects are on the rise at the lake. 49 projects with a total investment value of 18.748 billion yuan have kicked off. 12 projects with the total investment value of 1.115 billion yuan are under way. And 18 projects with the total investment value of 897.48 million yuan have been completed. Among others, five tourist investment enterprises engaged themselves in the construction of the four functional zones of Tianluoshan Scenic Area, Aquatic Garden, Sunshine Beach and Mashan Wetland, with a total investment value of over 2 billion yuan.
