Jinshan focuses on chemical growth
23/12/2006 12:23
Shanghai Daily news
Jinshan has recently unveiled a plan to further develop its fine chemical
industry by introducing more favorable financial policies. The plan includes
measures for ecological balance and innovative technologies in a district where
several big petrochemical firms and two renowned academic institutions are
located. The two colleges, Shanghai Vocational Technical College and Shanghai
Petrochemical Industrial College, have trained over 20,000 chemical plant
workers to date. Two industrial parks are at the forefront in realizing the
district's goal. Jinshan Industrial Park covers an area of 44 square kilometers,
while Jinshan Second Industrial Park is a new large-scale enterprise focused on
petrochemicals, fine chemicals and value-added organic chemical
materials. Designated by the national government as a development site for a
world-class chemical industry, the Jinshan Second Industrial Park currently has
25 plants in operation with another 20 under construction. Its total
investment by year end will be 2.39 billion yuan (US$305.6 million), up 61.98
percent compared with last year. The zone has attracted 10 foreign projects this
year. Apart from the increased investment, the growing concern for
environmental protection has put the concept of ecological balance at the
forefront. As such, there is an increasingly greater need to apply research
achievements into developing a new and improved chemical industry; the new
technology will be a key factor in driving the economic
development. Innovation is considered key to the growth of the Jinshan Second
Industrial Park. In order to enhance the ability to further industrialize this
new high-tech technology, the district government fully supports the
construction of the Jinshan Chemical Incubator Base for high-tech chemical
research. The incubator, which is located in the new industrial park, is
focused on developing intellectual property rights of its own. The district
believes this will attract chemical enterprises with innovative abilities to
Jinshan and accelerate the development towards "high, fine, unique and original"
products through incubation. "Our ultimate goal for the industrial zone is to
create an integrated base for the chemical industrial chain with intellectual
property rights of our own," said Yao Rong, a Jinshan Second Industrial Park
official. To increase awareness about the city's chemical industry, this year
Shanghai has started several industrial and agricultural tours that take
visitors to famous corporations, agricultural parks and industrial exhibition
halls. The city's first wine museum in Jinshan District is among the latest
attractions. As a suburban district, Yao said his industrial park was
striving to attract more international companies to settle there, and it was
hoping to become the number one petrochemical park in the country. "Promoting
the industrial tours is an efficient way of letting people know about Jinshan,"
Yao said. "We hope the industrial park tours will soon be a popular attraction
among visitors."
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