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Ningbo to Build Strong Marine Economy Geared to National Strategy (Part-2)

Details: Category: Governmental News; Published: Tuesday, 21 February 2012 10:00

Firstly, vigorously developing collection and distribution network which gives priority to sea and railway through transport. In accordance with the national integrated transport hub, we should focus on developing sea and railway through transport to realize multi-modal transportation while advancing the contruction of the Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou expressway, integrated road network in urban areas (One ring road and five radial roads in specific) and the phase-3 project of the airport. We should also speed up the construction of container terminals and port extensions, and strengthen Zhenhai's role as a logistics hub in sea and railway through transport of bulk commodities. Meanwhile, we should promote cooperation between Ningbo and cities along the Yangtze River and main railways by opening container lines to Jiangxi Province, Anhui Province, Sichuan Province, etc, effectively enhancing its radiation capacity to the Yangtze River delta and the midwest areas.
Secondly, proactively developing Zhejiang trading center of bulk commodities. Relying on the existent market and sea and railway through transport, we will improve the trading platform of liquid chemicals, plastics, steel, nickel, ships, especially iron ore and imported coal. We will build a batch of new delivery warehouses and storage bases of coal, steel and iron ore. We will introduce international operators, traders and futures brokers to promote services like spot transaction and forward contract dealing and others.
Thirdly, lengthening the industry chain of port logistics. We will venture into import business and vigorously develop commercial and value-added logistics with distribution processing, assorted delivery, international procurement and re-export. While advancing the construction of comprehensive shipping pilot area in the bonded zone of Meishan, Ningbo, we will also work hard to perfect the shipping and logistics information system, build a standardized, widely-covered and highly efficient platform of data exchanging and public service, and realize free circulation of port information and business. We will continue to improve the service capacity of information system of E-ports and complete the special logistics information systems for enterprises so that informationization of shipping and logistics will be improved.
Fourthly, innovating on shipping financial service. We will push forward the construction of a service center of international finance by gathering many well-known service companies dealing with shipping, trade and finance. We will also support shipping service such as ship trading and management, shipping broking and consultation as well as marine training. We will promote financial service of shipping by conducting ship financing and lease, shipping clearing and insurance, in the hope that a well-developed financial service system can be established for the port.
II. To accelerate transformation of port-based industry and build port-based advanced manufacturing base
Port-based industrial areas in Ningbo have taken shape with petrochemicals, steel, automobile, shipbuilding and energy as its key industries, having become important bases for energy, raw materials and advanced manufacturing in East China. In 2010, its total output reached over 700 bln yuan, accounting for above 60% of Ningbo’s gross output value. Nevertheless, there are significant differences compared with advanced ports in the world. Therefore, sustainable efforts should be made to build a first-rate port-based industrial base. First, to promote development in a green way. We should continue to give full play to its advantages in resources and the national strategy for growth of an ecological port-based industry featuring prosperous market, little environmental pollution, and good economic returns. Second, to develop hi-tech products. We should give priority to hi-tech and import substitute products with more added value by transforming development pattern and optimizing the industrial structure and layout. Third, to promote industrial clusters. We should promote industrial clusters and deal with the three coordinated relations---project construction, elements security and environmental protection, focusing on projects such as extension of SINOPEC ZRCC, petrochemical industrial programme of Formosa Plastics Group in Ningbo, automobile projects of GEELY and VOLVE and the shipbuilding projects of CSSC in Ningbo.