I . Survey
(i) Geographic Location
Shandong Province, Lu for short, is the old site of
Qi and Lu realms. It is located in east coast of China and separated from
countries like Japan and ROK by sea. Its continental coastline is 3,024 km. Shandong Peninsula extends into the sea and divides Bo Hai and Huang Hai, which endows it with
advantageous location and brings more development opportunities from
convenience in transportation by land and water. Total land area of the
province is about 157,100 sq.km and forest coverage 24%. The province is
studded with enclosed lakes like Weishan Lake and rivers like Yellow River,
mother river of Chinese nation, which supplies annual water resource with gross
amount of approximately 30.8 billion m3. There are also mountains like Mount Tai and Meng Shan standing in the province, providing outstanding spectacle. People
combine the prominence of Mount Tai, Yellow River and Confucius, ancestor of
Confucianism, to the saying of�� One Mountain, One
River, One Saint�� to praise the prosperousness of
culture and scene of Shandong Province.
Shandong has 17 cities: Jinan, Qingdao, Zibo, Zaozhuang, Dongying, Yantai, Weifang, Jining,Tai'an, Weihai, Rizhao, Laiwu, Dezhou, Linyi, Liaocheng, Binzhou and Heze, with altogether 140 counties and county-level cities/districts under its administration. Jinan is the provincial capital city called "Spring City" for its rich springs. Qingdao, located at the coast of Huang Hai, is the largest city of the province.
(ii) Climate Features
Shandong is in the warm temperate and sub-humid monsoon climatic region, so it has clear four seasons and comfortable climate with annual mean temperature about 14°, average annual precipitation 550-950 mm, and frost-free period over 180 days in coastal area and over 220 days in inner land area.
(iii) Population and Nationality
In the year
2005, total permanent population in Shandong Province is 92.4818 million. Population of Han-nationality is 91.7947 million which takes 99.26% of the total population; population of minorities such as Hui and Man is 687,100 which is
0.74% of the total population. Population density of the province is 589 persons/ sq.km.
(iv) Infrastructure and Traffic
Airport and
Aviation
Shandong now
has 7 airliner and air freighter airports and more than 300 airlines including
21 departure airlines to Japan, ROK, France, Germany, America, Russia as well
as Hong Kong and Macao. The four airports in Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai
are international air harbors.
Harbor
Shandong has 24 harbors with annual cargo handling capacity of over 380
million tons. Ocean routes lead to over 140 countries and regions. Qingdao Port is one of the five largest harbors in Chinese mainland. It is ranked at 3rd
place with annual cargo handling capacity of over 180 million tons and
container shipping as much as 6 million standard containers. In the following
five years, Shandong will increase 26 sea port berths and increase cargo
handling capacity
of 70 million tons.
Highway
All 17 cities
of the province are connected through high standard highways. Mileage in
highway open to traffic reaches over 80,000 km including expressway of 3,163 km. Mileage open to traffic and pavement quality all come out at the top level of the country. The highway transports passengers over 900 million every year. In the
following five years, Shandong will increase expressway of 555 km.
Railway
Shandong is located at the center of the south-north traffic of east China with Beijing-Shanghai railway and Beijing- Kowloon railway going through it from
north to south and Qingdao-Jinan railway going through it from east to west.
Total length of railway is over 3,400 km and it transports passengers of 40 million people every year. Jinan Railway Station is important railway junction of the
country. In the following five years, Shandong will increase electrified
railway of 730 km.
Finance and
Insurance
Shandong has altogether 34 banking institutions, 9 of which are foreign
banks and representative office of foreign banks. 24 national insurance company
set up branches in Shandong, and there are 146 specialized insurance
intermediary organs of all classes.
Communication
By the end of
2005, fixed telephone subscribers in Shandong reached 28 million with diffusion
rate of 30.5%; mobile telephone subscribers reached 23.41 million with
diffusion rate of 25.5%. Fixed telephone network and mobile telephone network seamlessly
cover all cities, counties, towns and villages.
Internet
Now Shandong has internet users of about 8 million. All cities and counties can have access to
internet through telephone, private line or broadband.
(v) Foreign
Affairs
Provinces,
States and Cities of Friendship
Shandong has established good relationship with more than 130 foreign
provinces, states and cities.
List of Provinces/States(regions,
provinces and counties) of Friendship of Shandong Province
Foreign-related
Fairs
Based on its
own industry characteristics, Shandong has staged many kinds of foreignrelated
fairs with local features which turned out good effect in extending
communication and promoting trade.
List of Major
Fairs of Shandong
Major
Festivals
Shandong is a rich land full of outstanding people, and it particularly
shows the local culture and natural scene through various festivals.
List of Major
Festivals of Shandong
(vi)
Higher Education and Scientifi c Research
Higher
Education
Shandong is an important cradle of Chinese culture. Education concept of
Confucius, originator of Confucian culture, cultivates the good personality of Shandong people to respect teachers and attach importance to education. Various education
institutions are set up successively and education popularity degree is increased
year by year which benefits all the people in the province. Now Shandong
Province has 104 colleges and universities, such as Shandong University, Ocean
University of China, China University of Petroleum, with students of 1.17
million; 806 medium vocational schools with students of 1.09 million; 4,404
middle schools with students of 5.92 million; 252 technician training schools
with students of 320 thousand.
Scientifi c
Research
Shandong has 330 various scientific research institutions and the research
in agricultural technique and marine science, etc. is at the top level of the
country. There are 32 academicians from National Academy of Science & China Engineering Academy, as well as 70,000 specialized technical personnel. In
2005, Shandong made more than 3,000 important scientific and technical
achievements, 500 of which reached international leading level, and 495 of
which won Provincial Science and Technology Award.
Patent application amount in this year was as much as over 25,000 pieces.
(vii)
Tourism
General
Situation
Shandong is
rich in cultural relics, historical sites and famous scenic spots: world
natural and cultural heritage��Mount Tai Scenic Spot,
world cultural heritage�� Qufu Scenic Spots of Temple,
Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius, International Beer City��Qingdao and Taoism sanctum��Lao Shan,
Fairyland of the World��Penglai, International Kite City��Weifang, Spring City��Jinan, etc. are
particularly popular. Shandong has perfect facilities of traveling including
460 star hotels for tourism and various tourist services. In 2005, it received
domestic and oversea tourists as much as 140 million person-times and realized
tourist income of 100 billion Yuan; it received tourists from abroad of 1.55
million persontimes and realized tourist income from abroad of 780 million
dollars.
Coastal City��Qingdao
Located at
the south end of Shandong Peninsula and the coast of Huang Hai, Qingdao is a unique coastal city with charming sight and comfortable climate. Coastline of
the city (including coastline of affiliated islands) is 870 km in which the continental line is 730 km which is 1/4 of continental line of Shandong. The coast detours with alternation of bay of cusp.
Qingdao is the sailing game site in 2008 Olympics. The charming and
romantic beachscape, Taoism immortal hill on the sea��Lao
Shan, flowery city scene��red tiles, green trees, blue
sea and sky, buildings with typical European styles, modern facilities for
entertainment, holiday, commerce and fairs��all these
endow Qingdao, a city with combination of oriental and occidental style and
harmony of hill, sea and city, with most beautiful beachscape and make it major
port to receive oversea tourists. Qingdao International Beer Festival has been
held successfully for 16 times. Each year it attracted millions of tourists and
became the carnival of citizens and tourists. In 2005, Qingdao received
tourists from abroad of 680,000 person-times, domestic tourists of 25 million
person-times, and realized tourism income of 25.7 billion Yuan. Famous scenic
sites in Qingdao includes: Lao Shan, Beach sightseeing, Navy Museum, Underwater World, Polar Ocean World, Badaguan Scenic Spot, etc.
Mount Tai Scenic Spot
Mount Tai was called Daizong in ancient times.
The ancient emperors offered sacrifice here in worship of the heaven, so it
contains rich Chinese traditional culture. The area here is 426 sq.km and
altitude of the mountain is 1,545 m. Mount Tai is great and splendorous. With long history and rich cultural relics, the
mountain has been esteemed prior to the other four famous mountains in China from ancient times. In 1982, Mount Tai was listed into the first group of National
Famous Scenic Sites by the State Council; in 1987, it was listed into World
Natural and Cultural Concurrent Heritage by UNESCO; in 1992, it was ranked in
the top 40 resorts of China. Mount Tai now has 22 antique building groups under
good protection with gross building area 140,000 m2, including 12 stone archways, 6 stone bridges, 7 stone pavilions, 1 copper pavilion and 1 iron pavilion. Because Mount Tai has more than 2,200 stone carvings, it is praised as�� China Cliff Carving Museum��.
Qufu ��Sankong�� Scenic Spots
�� San kong �� refers to Mansion,Cemetery,and Temple of Confucius. They were the
living place of Confucius, founder of Confucianism, and his family. These
buildings are grand and magnificent. It is the third largest ancient building
group that attracts domestic and oversea Chinese to come to visit it. Mansion of Confucius occupies land 240 mu, including halls, storied building and houses,
altogether 463 rooms. In 1961, it was listed into the first group of Historical
and Cultural Relics under State protection; in 1994, it was listed into World
Cultural Heritage together with Temple and Cemetery of Confucius. Temple of Confucius is root temple to sacrifice Confucius. Built in 478 B.C., it is the
model for other more than 2,000 Confucius temples in China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, and America, the temple with longest service time in China as well as one of the most famous existing ancient building groups. It has more than
100 buildings with over 460 rooms. Area of this ancient building is about 6,000 m2. Cemetery of Confucius is the cemetery of Confucius and his descendants, including over 100,000
tombs. It is a family cemetery with longest history and largest scale in the
world. In the cemetery there are thickly dotted stones. There are more than
4,000 tombstones and inscriptions, as well as over 300 archways etc. Except the
famous Han inscriptions having been transferred into Temple of Confucius, there are still inscriptions written by celebrities like Li Gefei, Wu Kuan, Huang
Yangzheng, Yan Song, Kong Shangren, Gui Fu, Weng Fanggang, He Shaoji, Ruan
Yuan, Shi Runzhang, Kang Youwei and lineal descendants of Confucius.
II . Economy
(i)
Economic Aggregate
Economic
aggregate of Shandong ranks 2nd place in our country. In 2005, Shandong
realized GDP 1.8 trillion Yuan��15% higher than the
previous year. The growth rate has kept two-digit number for 15 continual
years. Per capital GDP reached 19,500 Yuan, i.e. about 2,400 dollars by the
current rate. Respective proportion of the primary, secondary and tertiary
industies is 10.6%, 57.4% and 32.0%.
(ii)
Resources and Industry and Agriculture
Mineral
Resources
Shandong has discovered 150 kinds of mineral resources, 58 kinds of which
have reserves ranking in the top 10 of the country. Resources ranking at the fi
rst place include gold, sulphurite, gypsum, quartz sandstone used for glass and
facing granite; those at the second place include diamond and magnesite; those
at the third place include petroleum, graphite, salt, geotherm, limestone, etc.
Shengli Oilfield is the second largest petroleum production basis; extraction of
oil in the province accounts for 1/3 that of China. Coalbearing strata area is
50,000sq.km and annual raw coal production is 132 million tons.
Marine
Resources
Three sides
of Shandong peninsula is closed by sea; therefore it has rich marine resources.
Total coastline is over 3,100 km��about 1/6 of the continental coastline of China; coastal tidal flat
area is over 3,000 sq.km, and sea area of sea approach is 170,000 sq.km.
Fishery resources in sea approach are mainly fishes, shrimps, crabs,
cephalopoda, shellfish, echinoderm, etc.
Agriculture
Shandong is an important agricultural area of China. Output of major
agricultural products like grains, cotton, oil, vegetables, fruits, meat and
aquatic products comes out at the top of the country. In 2005, Shandong realized total agricultural output value 366 billion Yuan, which was at the fi rst
place of the country. Agricultural product export was about 1/4 that of the
country.
Farm
Production
Crop area is
more than 10 million hectare. Its major crops include wheat, corn, soybean,
rice, cotton, peanut, vegetables fruits and etc.
Animal
Husbandry
Livestock
breeding stock of Shandong is at the fist place of the country. In 2005,
Shandong realized gross animal husbandry output value 112.5 billion Yuan��10% higher than the previous year. Total meat output was 8.66
million tons, total poultry eggs output 4.68 million tons, and total milk
output 2.76 million tons.
Aquatic
Products Industry
Shandong is
endowed with rich fi shery resources, and it has largest output of aquatic
products of China. In 2005, major ocean industries realized output value 240
billion Yuan, 13% higher than the previous year. Total aquatic product output
was 7.2 million tons.
Output of Major Agricultural Product in Shandong (unit: ton)
Industry
In 2005, Shandong realized gross industrial output value 3,538.743 billion Yuan, including
light industry output value 1,312.413
billion Yuan, accounting for 37.09%, and heavy industry output value 2,226.33
billion Yuan, accounting for 62.91%.
Manufacturing
Major
manufacturing includes chemical industry, metallurgy, manufacture of building
materials, machinery, shipbuilding, automobile, electronics, household
appliances, textile, foods, etc. Chemical industry, manufacture of building
materials, household appliances, textile, foods, etc have important status in China. Shandong has many world famous brand-products enterprises, such as Qingdao Haier,
Hisense, Yantai Dongyue, Jinan Heavy-Duty Truck, Zibo Xinhua Pharmacy, Binzhou
Weiqiao Textile, etc.
Mining
Industry
Coal mining
and dressing, petroleum and gas exploitation, ferrous metal mining and
dressing, etc are relatively developed. Economic indicator of enterprises like
Shengli Oilfield, Yanzhou Mining and Zhaojin Group come out at the top in the
same industry of the country.
Output of Major Industrial Product in Shandong
(iii)
Business Data
Import & Export
In 2005,
total export and import volume of Shandong was 76.9 billion dollars, 26.5%
higher than the previous year, including export volume 46.3 billion dollars,
increasing by 29%, and import volume 30.6 billion dollars, increasing by 22.8%.
Trade
Partners
There are
more than 200 countries and regions establishing trade relation with
Shandong Province.
Trade
Structure
Export of
textile costume, agricultural product and machinery and electrical appliances
in 2005 was respectively 10.78 billion dollars, 6.9 billion dollars and 13.58
billion dollars, and the corresponding proportion in gross export of the province
was 23%, 15% and 29%; respective import
of them was about 1.48 billion dollars,
4.87 billion dollars and 10.16 billion dollars, and the corresponding
proportion in gross import of the province was 5%, 15% and 34%.
Export in
general trade, processing trade and other trade was respectively about 23.1
billion dollars, 22.8 billion dollars and 540 million dollars, and the
corresponding proportion in gross export was 50%, 49% and 1%; import of them
was respectively about 12.59 billion dollars, 13.26 billion dollars and 4.14
billion dollars, and the corresponding proportion in gross import of the
province was 42%, 44% and 14%.
Situation of Import and Export of Three
Important Commodities of Shandong in 2005
Mode of Import and Export of Shandong Province in 2005
List of Major Imported Commodities in
2005 Amount unit: hundred million dollars
List of Major Exported Commodities in
2005 Amount unit: hundred million dollars
Introducing
Foreign Investment
In 2005, Shandong practically used foreign investment 11 billion dollars. There are more than 130
countries.and regions investing in Shandong. The top six sources are Korea, Hongkong, America, Japan, Taiwan and the British Virgin Islands.
Foreign
capital is mainly invested in agricultural and subsidiary foodstuff processing
industry, communication facilities, computer and other electronic equipment
manufacturing, textile costume, shoes and cap manufacturing, transport and
communication facilities manufacturing, universal device manufacturing, nonmetallic
minerals manufacturing, textile industry, chemical feedstock and chemicals
manufacturing, electrical machinery and apparatus manufacturing, special
equipment manufacturing, etc.
Situation Graph of Cumulative Major
Countries and Regions Investing in Shandong
Distribution Graph of Foreign Direct
Investment (FDI) of Different Industries
Partners
There have
been 116 enterprises ranking in the top 500 strong enterprises of the world
invested in Shandong, such as American General Motors, Agere, Hewlett Packard,
Universal Container, Coca Cola��Pepsi-Cola, Mcdonalds,
Kentucky tar sand; Japanese Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Itochu Corporation, Sumitomo
Corporation, Panasonic, Marubeni Corporation, Sojitz Corporation, Hitachi,
Suzuki; British/Dutch Shell Petroleum, Unilever; German Simens, Metro; French
Carrefour, Total; Swiss
Nestle Coffee; Korean Daewoo, Samsung, Hyundai, SK, LG, etc.
Investment
abroad
By the end of
2005, Shandong has approved 1,075 enterprises (organizations) to invest abroad.
Total investment of Chinese and foreign parties through contract was 1.47
billion dollars, 1.07 billion dollars of which was invested by Chinese parties.
The investment covered fields like household appliances, textile costume,
mineral products, wood, machinery, food processing, light industry, information
technology, planting, marine product processing, farm machinery, real estate,
advertisement, tourism, diet, fishery, etc., and the investment was distributed
in more than 100 countries and areas. Resource development, manufacturing and
service trade has gradually become three major fields for investment abroad.
Contract
foreign projects and cooperation of labor service
By the end of
2005 , Shandong had signed foreign project and labor service contracts with
total value of 11.2 billion dollars and realized turnover 8.5 billion dollars
involving industries like construction,transportation, petrochemical,electric
power, fishery operation, machine-building and electronics industries, fishery
harvesting, agricultural planting, textile costume, diet service, food
processing and computer software. Relevant business spread over 100 countries
and regions. The major markets include Japan, Korea, Singapore, Israel, Hongkong, South Asia, Africa, Middle East, West Asia, etc. Shandong Electric Power
Construction Corp., Shengli Petroleum Administration Bureau, Qingdao
Construction Group, China Railway Shisiju Group Corporation, Shandong
International Corporation, Weihai International Corporation and Yantai
International Corporation are major enterprises to contract foreign project and
labor export service. By the end of 2005, Shandong had cumulatively export
labor service 280,000 person-time, and the number of people sent out abroad by
then reached 70,000.
Technology
introduction
During
2001-2005, Shandong registered altogether 2,286 technology introduction
contracts with value of 1.04 billion dollars, including 331 contracts on
permitted transfer of patent and proprietary technology with contract value of
310 million dollars, 1,531 contracts on technical consultation service with
contract value 530 million dollars, and 424 contracts on others with contract
value of 200 million dollars. In 2005 Shandong registered 658 technology
introduction contracts with value of 430 million dollars (technology cost of
260 million dollars and equipment cost of 170 million dollars).
Circulation
of commodities
In 2005,
Shandong realized total volume of retail sales of social consumer goods 510
billion Yuan,increased by 15% than the previous year; more than 300 commodity
transaction markets realized business volume over one hundred million Yuan,
including 10 approved retail enterprises invested by foreign businessmen. There
are more than 3,000 enterprises engaged in materials circulation.
Large-scale domestic and oversea
circulation enterprises like Denmark Maersk Group, Japan Itochu Corporation,
Korea Hanjin, Singapore Singamas, and domestic China National Materials Storage
& Transportation Corp. and Cosco
have been set up in Shandong. Now there are 67 circulation gardens constructed
or under construction.
III . Investment
(i)Policy and Administrative Rules
Catalogue of Related Laws
Foreign Trade Law of the People��s Republic of China
Customs Law of the People��s Republic of China
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Import and Export Commodity Inspection
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Equity Joint Ventures
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Foreign-Capital Enterprises
Company Law of the People��s Republic of China��
Law of the People��s Republic of China on the Entry and Exit Animal and Plant
Quarantine
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens
Law of the People��s Republic of China on the Control of the Exit and Entry of Citizens
Securities Law of the People��s Republic of China
Income Tax Law of the People��s Republic of China for Enterprises with Foreign Investment and
Foreign Enterprises
Individual Income Tax Law of the People��s Republic of China
Law of the People��s Republic of China on the Administration of Tax Collection
Environmental Protection Law of the
People��s Republic of China
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Evaluation of Environmental Effects
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Promotion of Cleaner Production
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Desertification
Marine Environment Protection Law of the
People��s Republic of China
Law of the People��s Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Atmospheric
Pollution
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Environmental
Pollution by Solid Waste
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Water Pollution
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise
Pollution
Law of the People��s Republic of China on Prevention and Control of Radioactive
Pollution
Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of
the People��s Republic of China
Labour Law of the People��s Republic of China
Trade Union Law of the People��s Republic of China
Searching Website for the Related Laws
1 . Searching System of Laws and
Regulations of China (website of National People��s
Congress of China)
http://law.npc.gov.cn:87/home/begin1.cbs
2. China Legislative Information Network
System
http://www.chinalaw.gov.cn/jsp/jalor/index.jsp
3. Ministry of Commerce
http://www.mofcom.gov.cn
The above-mentioned websites are for
reference only.
(ii)Key
Investment Fields
Focusing on
the development of transport and communication facilities, electronic
information industry, home appliances, textile and clothing industry, chemical
and medical industry, food and other industries, Shandong Province has
well-formed chains in those fields. Foreign merchants are encouraged to invest
in those industries to further their development.
1.Transport
and communication facilities
Key transport
and communication facilities include cars, trucks, special vehicles and ships
with high added-value such as supertankers, container ships, oceaneering ships,
long-range fishing and factory ships, high-speed luxurious yachts, etc.
2. Electronic
information industry and home appliances
Key products
of electronic information industry include computer and its matching parts,
industrial automatic equipment and control system, high-performance
digital-control SPC exchange, base station equipment, optical fiber
communication and matching systematic equipment, mobile communication
facilities, etc. Key home appliances include digital home appliances and housing
products. It aims to regenerate traditional products and develop small
appliances.
3. Textile
and clothing industry
Textile and
clothing industry focuses on the development of western-style suits, shirts,
fashionable clothing, knitting underwear and coats, and sport clothes to
improve design and production.
4. Chemical
and medical industry
Chemical and
medical industry attaches first importance to develop petrochemical products,
frontier fine chemical products, rubber, drugs against tumor and cardiovascular
disease, vitamin products made of halobios, generic engineering medicines and
vegetable drugs.
5. Food
industry
Food industry
puts emphasis on the development of oceanic foods, grain products, farming and
poultry products, juice beverage, beer and dry red wine to raise processing
level and added value.
Shandong Peninsula Manufacturing Base
It is
composed of 28 counties (or cities, districts) of Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai, etc.
Its has an area of 30,000 km2 and an population of 16.09 million, accounting for 19% and 17% of that of Shandong province respectively.
Qingdao is the host city of the sailing events for the 2008 Olympic Games.
In 2005, its GDP reached 250 billion Yuan. Nowadays, Qingdao is quickening its
pace to develop home appliances, locomotives, shipbuilding industry,
petrochemical industry and new material industry.
GDP of Yantai
in 2005 reached 200 billion Yuan. Yantai makes great efforts to develop new
promising industries and products such as automobiles, electric components,
machines and computers.
GDP of Weihai
in 2005 reached 120 billion Yuan. Weihai��s traditional
industries such as machinery, chemical and building material industries and new
high-tech industries such as electronic information, new material and
bioengineering industries are all developing at a high speed.
There are
three civil airports in Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai. All of them are
international airports. The annual passenger throughput of Qingdao airport is
8.6 million man times, goods/parcels throughput 119,000 tons.
Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai have 18 ports totally, including 200,000-ton
crude oil ports, 5,200,000-ton ore appropriate berths, bulk cargo ports and
coal ports.
In the future
five years, Qingdao, Yantai and other coastal cities are planning to establish
26 sea port berths, with an increase of goods throughput of 70 million tons.
Economy of Shandong Peninsula is developing at the fastest speed in Shandong province. It has 33,438
foreign-invested enterprises till now. Its actual used foreign capital reaches
38 billion dollars, accounting for 59.7% among the total amount of Shandong province; its value of foreign trade in 2005 was 49.2 billion dollars accounting
for 64.3% among that of Shandong province; its number of world top 500
corporations which have invested in Shandong province accounts for 66% of that
of Shandong province.
(iii)
Living Environment
Urban living
environment
Shandong province is characterized by its honest people, stable society,
great public security, complete public facilities, complete facilities for
business activities and leisure time entertainment. Its urbanization rate is
45%; urban population density is 921 persons/km2; area of afforestation is
121,477 hectares; per capita public green space is 13.93 km2; rate of tap water is 99.19%; annual sewage-disposal capacity is 1.173 billion m3. Weihai city is named as the best city to live in, and was awarded 2003 Annual
Habitat Scroll of Honor by United Nations. Yantai was awarded the 2004 Annual
Award for Living Environment in China. Qingdao is a famous tourism city as well
as one of the top 10 cities with economic vitality in China.
International
schools
In Shandong
coastal cities such as Qingdao, Yantai and Weihai, special schools have been
established to educate foreign children whose parents are working here, and
local governments have worked out many favorable polices for their schooling.
For detailed
information, please visit
Qingdao
Education Information Website http://www.qdedu.net/
Yantai
Education Information Website http://www.ytedu.edu.cn
Weihai
Education Information Website http://www.whedu21.com/
Medical and
hygienic services
Shandong province has 16,000 hygienic organizations, including 3,000
hospitals/ health centers, 177 hygiene and disease control organizations and
149 women and children health centers, with a total amount of ward beds of
230,000. Those organizations have 136,000 doctors and 96,000 nurses totally.
(iv)
Reference Prices of Basic Elements
1.
Electricity for non-industrial and normal industrial use: 0.7152 Yuan/kWh
2.
Electricity for non-household lighting: 0.7972 Yuan/kWh
3.
Electricity for large-scale industries: 0.6252 Yuan/kWh
4. Gas for
industrial use: 1.2 Yuan/m3
5. Gas for
business: 1.5 Yuan/m3
6. Water for
hotels and restaurants: 3 Yuan/m3
7. Water for
enterprises and institutions: 3 Yuan/m3
8 .
Industrial land to lease ( near outskirts): 120-270 Yuan/m2
9. Industrial
land to lease (far outskirts): 45-90Yuan/m2
10.
Communication cost
(1)
Fixed-line phone: phone calls within a business district: 0.22 Yuan for the
first three minutes, 0.11 Yuan per minute from the fourth minute; phone calls
between business districts: 0.4 Yuan per minutes; domestic long-distance calls:
0.07 Yuan/6 seconds; phone calls to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan: 0.20 Yuan/6 seconds; international calls: 0.80 Yuan/6 seconds.
(2) Mobile
phone: monthly rental of GoTone: 50 Yuan/month; local calls: 0.4 Yuan/minute;
international calls: 0.80 Yuan/6 seconds.
Average Wage and Index of Workers in Shandong Province in 2005 (Unit: Yuan)
IV.
Development Zones
(i) National
Development Zones
There are
three national economic and technical development zones, one bonded zone and
five export processing zones in Shandong province.
Qingdao Economic and Technical Development Zone
It was
established in 1984 with the approval of State Council. It attaches first
importance to develop modern port, heavy and chemical industry, home
appliances, biological pharmacy, international trade and tourism. www.qda.gov.cn
Yantai
Economic and Technical Development Zone
It was
established in 1984 with the approval of State Council. It lays emphasis on the
development of machinery, automobile parts, electronic information, textile,
biological pharmacy and other industries. www.yantaimarket.com/cn/city/yq/
Weihai
Economic and Technical Development Zone
It was
established in 1992 with the approval of State Council. It focuses on the
development of electronic information, bioengineering, new energy, new material
and other high-tech industries and urban infrastructural construction. www.e-weihai.gov.cn
Qingdao Bonded Zone
It was
established in 1992 with the approval of the State Council. It attaches first
importance to develop international trade, bonded storage, distribution and
export processing industry. www.qdftz.com
Yantai Export
Processing Zone
It was one
the first fifteen export processing zones with the approval of State Council.
It puts emphasis on developing bioengineering, electronic industry, medical
industry, fine processing industry, engineering industry, new material,
chemical fiber and textile industry, light industry and automobile industry. www.yantaiepz.gov.cn
Weihai Export
Processing Zone
It was
established in 2000 with the approval of State Council. It focuses on the
development of electronic information, fine machine building, bioengineering,
medical engineering, new material and food processing industry. www.whepz.com
Weifang
Export Processing Zone
It was
established in 2003. It focuses on the development of electromechanical
integration, electronic information, fi ne machine building, fine processing,
biological pharmacy and deep processing industry of agricultural and sideline
products. www.weifangepz.com
Jinan Export Processing Zone
It was
established in 2003. It focuses on the development of electromechanical
integration, biological pharmacy, textile industry, light industry and
furniture industry. www.jnepz.com.cn
(ii)
Provincial Development Zones
There are
seventy-one provincial economic development zones in Shandong province. With
good investment environment and favorable polices, they are important zones for
Shandong to carry out cooperation with foreign enterprises.
List of Shandong Provincial Economic Development Zones
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Relevant Organizations
List of Shandong Provincial Investment and Trade Promotion Authorities
Appendix
1. Phone numbers of Shandong province
2. Phone
numbers for services and emergencies
3. Working
hours of relevant organizations
Working hours
of governmental organizations: five working days and two offdays a week.
Working hours of governmental organizations in Qingdao, Jinan, etc. are from 8:
30 to 17: 00; working hours of governmental organizations in other cities are
from 8:00 to 12: 00 in the morning and from 14: 00 to 18: 00 in the afternoon.
Banking
hours: 9: 00��17: 00, including weekends.
Shopping
hours: 9: 30��22: 00, some stores for 24 hours.
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