IV . Development Zones

(i) State Level Development Zone

Nanchang State High-tech Industrial Development Zone

Nanchang State High-tech Industrial Development Zone is a state level high-tech industry development zone, covering an area of 231 km2, among which an industrial area of 32 km2 has been completed in construction. This zone is the best area within Nanchang in terms of air quality and ecological environment, with efficient traffic and garden-style forestation. Infrastructure is completed, the supporting facilities are available and the industrial area has already attained the goal of“Seven Supplies and One leveling”, including construction of highways, program-controlled telephones, high speed broad band computer network and so on. Four pillar industries of Electronic Information & Application Software, Biology Medicine, Integration of Optics, Electronics and Machinery and New Materials have been primarily set up. The strategies of industrial development are to give priority to high-tech industry, attach much importance to software industry, devote great efforts to the growth of modern manufacturing industry and offer supports to the tertiary industry.

Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone

Nanchang Economic and Technological Development Zone is approved by the State Council in 2000, covering an area of 118 km2 with a population of 180,000. The planned area of the industrial centre is 40 km2, among which 27 km2 has been developed. Favored by its unique advantages in location, infrastructure, low cost of investment and sincere civil service, it has formed a manufacturing base mainly for four pillar industries such as Automobile Manufacturing, Electrical Appliances, Electronic Information and Modern Papermaking, and has already become a key link of export-oriented economy in Nanchang.

Jiujiang Export Processing Zone

Jiujiang Export Processing Zone is so far the unique national export-processing zone in Jiangxi province. With a planned area of 2.81 km2, the zone is located in the northeast industrial area within Jiujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone, only 9 km away from the downtown of Jiujiang. It has significant advantages in location, traffic and infrastructures. Under a unique management pattern, the zone has set up customs, administration of inspection and quarantine for export and import, banks, warehouses and transportation agencies etc, so that all procedures relating to import and export can be settled within it. In addition, all enterprises registered in the zone are entitled to favorable taxation policies and can enjoy efficient high quality services. The zone is concentrating on the development of Electronic Information, First-order Instrument and New Type of Materials in tandem with support for clothing for export, food and other industries.

Nanchang Export Processing Zone

Nanchang Export Processing Zone is one state newly approved state level export processing zone with a planned area of 1 km2, which is located in Nanchang state High-tech Industrial Development Zone. Nanchang Export Processing Zone will link the processing industry transfer of Changjiangj delta and Zhujiang delta. This zone mainly supports industries including micro electronic information, resource further processing, photoelectron industry, biology medicine, electrical appliances and so on. The purpose is to form a special industrial area showing and densely processing enterprises.

(ii) Provincial Development Zone

Jiangxi has 90 provincial industrial zones, scattering in the 11 boroughs of the province.