Beilun District is speeding up the marine industrial projects, aiming to transform itself to a trade port, and upgrading its marine economy in an overall way. In the first half of this year, the projects whose construction is accelerated include Zhejiang LNG port project, the 3rd phase project of Zhejiang Yisheng Petrochemical, the logistic project of Sinotrans, the project of China International Ship Building, and the project of Meidong International cruise holiday resort. At present, Beilun has started the construction of 89 projects of marine industries. In the 12th Five-Year-Plan Period, the city will put over 100 billion yuan in the key projects of marine economy.
In Zhejiang and Ningbo's efforts to turn Ningbo into a strong international port and to develop the port oriented industries, Beilun has begun to play a leading role. With the development of the emerging marine industries like the marine equipment industries and new marine material industries, Beilun has made breakthroughs in port-oriented industries and the trade of staple commodities. In the first half of this year, backed by the fast development of marine industries, Beilun has had a fast industrial growth and radical increased efficiency. In Beilun, the output of large industrial enterprises reaches 94.276 billion yuan, increased by 25.0% over the precious year; the sales value has increased by 25.5%; the profit total has increased by 32.5%.
Meishan International Logistic Industrial Area is one of the key 14 industrial areas Zhejiang is going to build in the coming five years. In this area, there will be such projects like the construction of Meishan International Logistic Trade Island, the construction of the emerging marine industrial base on Chuanshan Peninsular, the northern port-oriented industrial belt and the southern marine ecological belt, the promotion of the construction of Meishan International Free Trade Logistic Park, the construction of Shinan Hi-tech Marine Equipment Industrial Base and the Ecological Cultural and Economic Zone of Meishan Bay.
In the field of logistic service industry for the port, Beilun will build 10 staple commodities trade markets of oil, LNG, steel, ore, coal and petrochemicals. By 2015, the turnover shall reach 150 billion yuan. As a result, Beilun will be an important regional resource transaction and distribution center and storage base of strategic materials in East China.
By 2015, the total outcome of marine economy will reach 60 billion yuan and the proportion of marine economy will rise to 60%, and the added value of the emerging strategic marine industries shall rise to 30% of the total of the marine economy. In addition, Beilun will be turned into a demo base of emerging marine industries of Zhejiang and an important production base of marine engineering equipment in the Changjiang River Delta.