I . Survey
(i) Geographical Location
Xinjiang Production and Construction
Corps (XPCC for short), also called China Xinjian Group, is distributed
within the boundaries of 67 counties of 13 prefectures in Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region. Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is located
in the northwestern part of China, 73°40’E -96°23’E, 34°25’N -49°10 ‘ N, with an area of
1,664,900 square kilometers, covering one sixth of China's
total area. Xinjiang is situated in the hinterland of Eurasia, bordering
8 countries from northeast to southwest, namely, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, with a border line of
5,600 kilometers. It is a region with the longest border line and
the largest number of ports opening to the outside world in China. Once an important channel
along the ancient Silk Road, it is now the second bridgehead of
"Eurasian continental railway".
(ii) Climate
Xinjiang has a temperate continental
climate, with long and severely cold winter, short and burning hot
summer, greatly variable spring and autumn. Annual average temperature
in South Xinjiang is 10℃,
that in Junggar Basin, North Xinjiang, 5.0 -7. 5℃,
that in Altay and Tacheng 2 . 5 -5.0℃.
Xinjiang is an arid area , withinsufficientand uneven distributed
precipitation of 150-200 millimeters in North Xinjiang and less
than 1 0 0 millimeters in South Xinjiang.
In winter, it is often snowy in Xinjiang .
In the plains i n North Xinjiang , thereis always snow with a depth
of 20-30 centimeters, maximum 80 centimeters ; about 1 0 centimeters
in South Xinjiang. In South Xinjiang,
the frost-free period is 180-220 days, that in North
Xinjiang is 140-185 days.
(iii) Population and Nationalities At the
end of 2005, XPCC had a total population of 2.5698 million, including
an urban population of 673,400, farm population in farming and animal
husbandry regiment of 1.8964 million, respectively covering 26.2%
and 73.8% of the total population.
XPCC is a place where 38 nationalities gather,
including Han, Uygur, Kazak, Hui, Mongolian, Sibo, Tadjik, Russian,
Uzbek, Tatar and Manchu. At the end of 2005, XPCC Han population
was 2.2573 million, that of Uygur 178,700, that of Kazak 43,100,
that of Hui 65,200, that of Mongolian 6,500, that of other nationalities
18,900.
(iv) Infrastructure and Transportation
Aviation
Xinjiang has now 12 civil airports, 127 airlines
including 82 domestic airlines and 45 international airlines, with
an air route in use of 119,500 kilometers, forming an airline network
structure with Urumqi Airport
as regional hub and becoming international gateway in the western
part of China. Xinjiang General Aviation
Company under the jurisdiction of XPCC has 35 airplanes, mainly
used in agricultural production, resisting against natural calamities
and rushing to deal with emergencies.
Railways
North Xinjiang Railway, South Xinjiang Railway
and Lanzhou-Xinjiang Railway pass through the entire area. With
a business mileage of 2,925 kilometers, Xinjiang has greatly improved
its railway transportation ability.
Highways
With a traffic mileage of 89,500 kilometers
(including 31,700 kilometers under jurisdiction of XPCC), Xinjiang
has formed a highway traffic transportation network consisting of
Turpan-Urumgi- Dahuang High-grade Highway and Urumqi- Kuytun Expressway
with Urumqi as center. 7 national highways function as primary skeleton,
linking Gansu and Qinghai provinces in the east, various countries
in Central Asia and West Asia in the west, Tibet in the south, and
68 provincial highways, which link prefectures and cities, counties
(regiment farms) and townships (companies).
In 2005, XPCC had 251,830 vehicles of various
kinds including 62,689 civil vehicles, 27,770 transport business
vehicles, 41,665 employees engaged in transportation completed 76
graded passenger stations, 1 graded freight terminal and 4 logistic
centers, with XPCC North Urumqi Logistic Center as an important part of Urumqi highway hub.
There are 29 independent accounting transportation enterprises including
3 with foreign transportation management qualification. Xinjiang
Passenger Transportation Group Company includes 12 passenger transportation
enterprises, with class 2 qualification of national passenger transportation
enterprise.
Telecommunication and Internet
Xinjiang has rapidly developed data communication
network and multi-media network, completed ATM broadband networks
covering various prefectures, divisions and cities, carried out
construction of IP broadband network and metropolitan area network,
initially formed an integrated modernized communication system consisting
of stored program controlled switching, opticalfiberc ommunication,
digital microwave, satellite communication and mobile communication.
At the end of 2005, the entire region had 6.122 million fixed telephone
users, 5.313 million mobile telephone users and 1.0578 million Internet
users.
Finance
Xinjiang has hadsteady operation of finance.
In 2005, it had a deposit balance of 35.817 billion Yuan, including
enterprise deposit of 7.725 billion Yuan, residents saving deposit
of 18.014 billion Yuan. Agriculture Bank of China XPCC Branch network
is mainly distributed in cities such as Urumqi, Shihezi, Korla, Aksu, Kashi, Yining
and Wujiaqu, and XPCC divisions and their farming and animal husbandry
regiment farms. This branch administers 1 business office, 2 secondary
branches, 7 directly affi liated subbranches, 24 county-level sub-branches
and 264 basic business networks.
Insurance
Xinjiang has steadily expanded its insurance
market. It now has 1,313 insurance organs at various levels, inc
luding 3 7 subsidiary companies with their business spreading in
25 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions. In 2005, the
insurance business realized an income of 10.542 billion Yuan.
(v) International Fairs
Since 2002, XPCC Bureau of Commerce and Mechanical
and Electrical Department of the Ministry of Commerce of People's
Republic of China jointly held China Mechanical and Electrical
Products Exposition and China Commodity Trade Fair and Asia Commodity
Trade Fair in Kazakhstan in succession. Asia
Commodity Trade Fair is the largest fair for trade and investment
in various countries in Central Asia and West
Asia. Successful fairs have much influence in Central
Asia, and have become an important platform for enterprises of China
and Kazakhstan as well as peripheral
Central Asian countries to carry out economic and trade cooperation
and exchanges.
(vi) Higher Education and
Scientifi c Research In 2005, XPCC had 3 regular
higher educational institutions, including 2 undergraduate universities
and 1 college, 1 polytechnic, 1 independent school run by a regular
university, 4 doctorate stations, 58 mastership stations. It has
now 29,000 enrolled undergraduate students, 13,000 current PhD/MS
students, 2,341 full-time regular university teachers.
School Survey:
Index
|
School
quantity
|
Enrolled
students quantity
|
Newly enrolled
students
|
Teachers and
employees
|
Full-time
teachers
|
Graduated
students
|
In total
|
6
|
42,949
|
14,779
|
4,961
|
2,893
|
12,817
|
Regular colleges and universities
|
4
|
30,663
|
9,428
|
4,023
|
2,341
|
6,136
|
Adult colleges and universities
|
2
|
12,286
|
5,351
|
938
|
552
|
668
|
XPCC Scientific Research
By 2005, XPCC had had 126,400 technical personnels
of various professions, 5,383 personnels engaged in scientific and
technologicals activities. XPCC and its divisions have 17 independent
scientific research institutions, 15 technology development organizations
of large and medium-sized industrial enterprises. XPCC has formed
a contingent of scientists with strong research, development, application
and promotion abilities.
At present, XPCC has 7 key labs jointly established
by province and ministry, 6 post-doctorate workstations, 2 state
recognized technology centers of enterprise, 1 state-level agricultural
scientific and technological garden, 3 XPCClevel agricultural scientific
and technological gardens, 12 experiment and demonstration centers
of various kinds.
Since 1978, XPCC has obtained 1,317 state-level,
province and ministry level (including XPCC level) scientific and
technological rewards (items/times), including 5 achievements, including
China Merino (Xinjiang Corps Cultivation type) breeding system,
Polyethylene mulching film and mulching planting technology,
Development, making and promotion of mulching film cotton planting
machinery, obtaining fi rst Prize of National Science & Technology
Advance (see attached table). In 2005, contribution ratio of advance
of science and technology to XPCC agriculture reached 51%.
Awarded Achievement
|
Date and Level
|
Achieving Orgnization
|
Japonica rice heterosis utilization
research
|
China Science Congress Prize in 1978
|
Xinjiang Agricultural
Cultivation Bureau
|
Sugar beet fine variety�� Shitian
No.1��
|
China Science Congress Prize in 1978
|
Shihezi Agricultural Science
Institute
|
Breeding and improvement of
Xinjiang fine fleece sheep for fleece and mutton
|
China Science Congress Prize in 1978
|
Shihezi No. 151 Regiment
|
Breeding of Xinjiang budge
sheep
|
China Science Congress Prize in 1978
|
Shihezi No.150 Regiment
|
Improvement of heavy alkaline
land
|
China Science Congress Prize in 1978
|
Xinjiang Bayinguolin Prefecture No.29 Regiment
|
Breeding of new variety of
China
merino
|
First Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1987
|
Ziniquan Sheep Research
Institute
|
Polyethylene mulching film
and mulching planting technology
|
First Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1987
|
XPCC
|
Imine method entire cotton
stick papermaking technology
|
First Prize of National Spark
Science & Technology Prize in 1988
|
No.147 Regiment of Agricultural
No.8 Division of XPCC
|
Sheep cestodiasis prevention
and control research
|
Third Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1989
|
Xinjiang Agricultural Science
Academy Husbandry Research Institute
|
Sheep Sperm Freeze technology
study and promotion
|
Third Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1989
|
Xinjiang Agricultural Science
Academy Husbandry Research Institute
|
China Merino (Xinjiang Corps
Cultivation type) breeding system
|
First Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1991
|
Xinjiang Agricultural Science
Academy Husbandry Research Institute
|
Research, making and promotion
of mulching fi lm cotton planting machinery
|
First Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1995
|
Agriculture Bureau of XPCC
|
Breeding selection of Altai
fi ne fl eece sheep for mutton
|
Third Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1996
|
Xinjiang Agricultural Science
Academy Husbandry Research Institute
|
Liquid ammonia fertilization
technology study and promotion
|
Third Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1997
|
Agriculture Bureau of Agricultural
No.8 Division of XPCC
|
Research and promotion of
pipeless submersible pump
|
Third Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1998
|
No.121 Regiment of No.8 Division
of XPCC
|
Comprehensive prevention and
curing research on popular severe sheep parasitic disease
|
Third Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 1999
|
Xinjiang Agricultural Science
Academy Husbandry Research Institute
|
Research and demonstration
of cotton under-fi lm drop irrigation comprehensive matching
technology
|
Second Prize of National Science
& Technology Advance Prize in 2004
|
Water Conservancy Bureau of
XPCC
Xinjiang Agricultural Science Academy
|
(vii) Tourism
Xinjiang is rich in natural and artificial
tourist resources. According to resource classification of�� Criterion
of General Investigation of Tourism Resources in China, Xinjiang has 56 of Chinas
68 kinds of tourist resources, ranking first in China. Xinjiang has unusual natural
landscapes, with icy peaks and fire land coexistence, desert and
oasis neighboring, rough natural views, unique landscape combination.
The ancient Silk Road scenic spots
and historic resorts, colorful ethical elegance and cultural arts
attract numerous domestic and international tourists.
At the Central Entertainment Square of Shihezi
Cith of Xinjiang, there is a series of sculptures, named No.1 Plough
of XPCC. Dating back to 1950��s, the fi rst generation of XPCC, answering
the call of CPC, decided to settle in Xinjiang, station troops to
guard the frontier and cultivate the frontier areas, successfully
turning the wilds into fertile land. In order to remember this history,
the No.1 Plough of XPCC Sculptures series were established, which
now becomes a renowned tourism site together with Sculpture of General
Wangzhen and Sculpture of New Rhythm of Frontier Life.
North Lake Park
North Lake, 18 km away in the north of the Shihezi,
is a bright pearl on Manasi River, which combines functions of
tourism destination, aquatic breeding and irrigation as well. North Lake is located at the spring spill
belt of alluvial fan of Tianshan's north foot with ravine crisscrossing
and the mouths of springs clustering around. Therefore, it was formerly
called Great Spring ravine. The current North Lake covers a wide water area of 11 km2 with blue
waves rippling and boats dotting on the surface of the lake. Sweethearts
walk along the causeway with weeping willow on the lakefront. The
North
Lake lives
dozens of waterfowls such as swan and wide goose, as well as different
kinds of fishes, shrimps and mussels. The North Lake, also known as south of the Changjiang River
in the desert occupies an area of 21 km2 with more than 20 scenic spots such as rockwork,
Lansheng pavilion and Xiaoyao pavilion.
II . Economy
(i) GDP Data
In
2005, XPCC realized a total output value of 33.112 billion Yuan
including an output value of primary industry of 13.064 billion
Yuan, that of secondary industry of 8.335 billion Yuan, that of
tertiary industry of 11.713 billion Yuan with the proportion of
the three industries as 40:25:35, per capita total output value
as 12,900 Yuan.
(ii)
Natural Resources
Land
Resources XPCC has a total acreage of 7.45627 million hectares,
including land for agricultural use of 4.19264 million hectares,
land for construction use of 0.20989 million hectares, unused land
of 3.05374 million hectares. Land for agricultural use includes:
farmland of 0.10465 million hectares, garden plot of 0.06358 million
hectares, woodland of 0.14216 million hectares, pastures of 2.4269
million hectares, other land for agricultural use of 0.21935 million
hectares.
Mineral
Resources
Xinjiang
has minerals of complete types and large reserves, broad development
prospect. Out of the 171 known kinds of minerals in China, Xinjiang has discovered 138 kinds
with verified resource reserves of 117 kinds, including 5 kinds
of reserves ranking fi rst in China, 24 kinds in the first five places
in China, 43
kinds in the first ten places in China, 23 kinds ranking first
in the northwest. Xinjiang has rich reserves of petroleum, natural
gas, coal, gold, chromium, copper, nickel, rare metals, salt minerals,
bentonite, building materials and nonmetallic materials. According
to forecast, Xinjiang has forecast coal stock size of 2.19 trillion
billion tons, covering 40% of the total amount in China, ranking
fi rst; that of oil 20.86 billion tons, covering 30% of the total
land oil stock size in China, that of natural gas 10.3 trillion
cubic meters, covering 34% of the total land natural gas stock size,
and other famous resources since ancient times such as gold, gem
and jade.
Water
Resources
Xinjiang
has annual surface water resources (utilization of surface water)
of 8.9 billion cubic meters, exploitable ground water resources
of 5.2 billion cubic meters, an effective irrigated area of 1 million
hectares, and water-saving area of 53.9 hectares. By the end of
2005, XPCC had 114 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 3.163
billion cubic meters, including 11 large-scale reservoirs with a
storage capacity of 1.876 billion cubic meters, 27 mediumsized reservoirs
with a storage capacity of 1.109 billion cubic meters, 76 small
reservoirs with a storage capacity of 216 million cubic meters,
irrigation canals with a total length of 99,400 kilometers including
26,700 kilometers under penetration protection, drainage channel
with a total length of 42,600 kilometers, 102,400 channel buildings
of various kinds, 10,600 electromechanical pump wells including
10,200 with support facilities and with a water furnishing ability
of 299.03 cubic meters per second, a water lifting quantity of 1.45
billion cubic meters, 115 locations of 10,000-mu irrigation areas
including 7 locations of 500,000-mu irrigation areas, 11 locations
of 20,000-30,000-hectare irrigation areas. It has embankment with
a total length of 2,107 kilometers, a population of 1.44 million
under protection, farmland with an area of 0.3678 million hectares
under protection. It constructed 90 sluices on the river including
3 large-scale sluices, 26 mediumsized sluices and 61 small sluices.
XPCC has a total irrigated area of 1.17112 million hectares, water
conservancy projects with an annual water supply of 13.06 billion
cubic meters, including 11.755 billion cubic meters for agricultural
water supply, 70 million cubic meters for industrial water supply,
148 million cubic meters for urban and rural domestic water and
87 million cubic meters for ecologic use.
Biological
Resources
Situated
at the communications center of Eurasia
with combination of East and West animal and plant varieties, and
diverse and unique physical geographic conditions, Xinjiang is extremely
rich in biological resources.
Xinjiang
has complete temperate zone crops, with wheat, corn, paddy rice
as main crops. In most areas it is suitable to plant miscellaneous
grains such as sorghum, barley, soybean, pea, mung bean, broad bean,
millet, millet and sweet potato. The Ili River valley is always known as Xinjiang
granary.
Tianshan
snow rice is as clean as pearl bead, with fine texture and fragrant
taste. Economic crops include cotton, beet, rape, sunflower, hops,
aspic, flax, tobacco and medicinal materials. XPCC upland cotton,
long-staple cotton and color cotton kapok, beet, oil-bearing crops,
hops and ketchup ranking first in both output and quality in China's agricultural cultivation,
cotton yield of per unit area and per capita occupancy ranking fi
rst in China.
Xinjiang
is known as home-town of fruits and melons. The common fruits
and melons include: melon (Hami melon), watermelon, apple, bergamot
pear, grape, apricot, peach, plum, red jujube, pomegranate, cherry,
fig, walnut and almond, vegetable crops are quite rich, including
cabbage, spinach, coriander, wild cabbage, yellow radish, green
radish, potato, spring onions, kidney bean, tomato, onion, red pepper,
eggplant, celery, Chinese chive, cucumber, bottle gourd, balsam
pear, pumpkin, sponge gourd, wax gourd. Various temperate zone fruits,
vegetables and melons can be seen everywhere.
Xinjiang
is one of the five big pastoral areas with many animals with sheep
ranking first in quantity, followed by horse, cattle, goat, donkey,
camel, mule, pig and deer, fowls including chicken, duck and goose,
Ili horse, Yiwu horse, Yanqi horse, Balikun horse, Shihezi land
reclamation fine-wool sheep, Altay fatrumped sheep, Xinjiang brown
cattle, Kuqa black budge sheep, and ili dairy and beef cattle quite
famous. XPCC meat output ranks fi rst in output in China's agricultural cultivation.
Xinjiang
has 90 kinds of fish, including quite precious Buluntuo Lake and
Erqis River sturgeon, salmon, River perch, Silver prussian carp,
siberian roach, Pikeperch, Gold Crucian Carp, Leuciscus idus, Burbot,
European bream, and loving Buluntuo Lake and Erqis River River perch,
Culter, Bositeng Lake pipefi sh, Barbless carp, Ili River Carp and
Perch.
In
terms of wild plants, there are edible, medicinal, technical, sandfixation
and appreciation plants of 132 species, 856 families, nearly 4,000
kinds, including over 1,000 kinds of economic and medicinal plants,
over 100 kinds of rare plants, such as liquorice, Fritillary Bulb,
Safflower, Snow Lotus, Desertliving Cistanche, Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber
, Chinese Angelica, Tangshen Root, Chinese Asafoetida, Desertliving
Cistanche, gentian, Ephedra Herb, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit and medlar.
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has its licorice ranking first
in terms of both area and yield in China��XPCC has a licorice area
of 26,700 hectares.
Furthermore,
Xinjiang has diversiformleaved poplar, narrow-leaved oleaster, wild
apple, wild walnut, wild apricot, wild almond tree, wild Chinese
hawthorn, shiny-leaved yellow-horn, wild rose, bluish dogbane, rubber
grass, reed, splendid achnatherum and sacsaoul grass. Xinjiang's
diversiformleaved poplar area covers 95% that in China. XPCC administers a diversiform
-leaved poplar area of 40,000 hectares.
Xinjiang
has 580 kinds of wild animals including over 340 kinds of birds,
over 130 kinds of mammals with over 80 kinds listed as rare animals
under national protection. 20 kinds are of fi rst category animals
under national protection, mainly including wild horse, wild yak,
wild camel, Tibetan wild ass, Mongolian wild ass, Xinjiang tiger,
snow leopard, Tibetan antelope, saiga, beaver, wolverine, white
stork, black stork, white crane, black-necked crane, whiteshouldered
vulture, spot-billed pelican, Tibetan snow cock, peregrine falcon
and Horned Grebe .
Xinjiang
has 67 kinds of animals under national second category protection,
mainly including brown bear, sable, lynx, red deer, ibex, swan, jade belt sea vulture.
In addition, there are many common wild animals such as Bositeng
Lake and Tarim riverside muskrat, oasis and desert
hare, Tianshan and Altay pasture marmot, Mongolian gazelle, wolf,
fox, Huocheng Horsfield's tortoise including red deer, muskrat,
snow cock and mink, which are successfully tamed and reproduced
in XPCC reclamation area and becoming important materials to earn
foreign exchange through export.
(iii)
Animal Husbandry Development
XPCC
has agriculture as its economic foundation and superiority, and
agricultural modernization take lead in China. With farmland of 1.05
million hectares, sown area of 0.98 million hectares, gardening
production area of 140,000 hectares. XPCC is China's most important high quality
cotton production center and biggest watersaving agricultural irrigation
area, with a cotton output of 0.987 million tons, covering one sixth
of China's total
cotton, export covering a half of China's total cotton export.
XPCC has its Jin Brand, Yinli Brand and Beijiang Brand cotton rank
the first three places among China's top ten brands, Xinnong Brand among
the top ten best sellers at China's cotton market. XPCC has
had its cotton, grape, tomato, bergamot pear, red deer, dairy products
and feed form specialized production, processing and industrialized
production management, processing tomato productivity reach 600,000
tons ranking second in the same trade in the world and the products
sell well in more than 40 countries and regions. grape wine productivity
reached 120,000 tons, with alcohol brewing grape planting area of
150,000 mu ranking first in China
and Asia. Its 6 pillar industries, namely, cotton industry,
grain, oil and sugar processing industry, fruits and vegetables
processing industry, livestock products, alcohol industry and seed
industry rapidly developed.
In
2005, XPCC had a total agricultural output value of 27.352 billion
Yuan, and continued to adjust crop planting structure. It had a
sown area of 985,800 hectares, including grain sown area of 228,000
hectares, cotton sown area of 471,700 hectares, oil sown area of
46,500 hectares, beet sown area of 20,500 hectares. The output of
main agricultural products such as grain, cotton, beet and fruits
greatly increased, with cotton output creating a historical new
record.
Main
Agricultural Products Output:
Product
Name
|
Absolute
Number
|
Cereals
|
143.48
|
Wheat
|
65.78
|
Corn
|
46.28
|
Bean
|
5.00
|
Oil
plants
|
9.53
|
Rapeseed
|
2.77
|
Sunflower
seed
|
6.27
|
Cotton
|
98.68
|
Sugar
beet
|
130.85
|
Fruit
|
45.90
|
Vegetables
|
284.52
|
Artificial
afforestation area of 21,800 hectares completed, including 9,700
hectares returning land for farming to forestry.
Amount
of livestock on hand at the end of the year: 7.8318 million, main
livestock products such as meat, wool and milk with a comprehensive
output increase.
Aquatic
products output in 2005: 20,000 tons. Total power of agriculture
machinery in 2005: 2.493 million KW.
Husbandry
Production:
Unit: 10,000 pieces, 10,000 tons
Index
|
Number
|
Amount
of livestock on hand at the end of the year
|
783.18
|
Cattle
|
42.38
|
Pig
|
88.13
|
Sheep
|
644.56
|
Amount
of slaughtered livestock
|
569.44
|
Total
meat output
|
22.89
|
Wool
output
|
1.39
|
Poultry
and egg output
|
3.79
|
Milk
output
|
25.84
|
Agricultural Mechanization:
Index
|
Number
|
Large
and intermediate agricultural tractor
|
2.12
pieces
|
Small
tractor
|
3.43
pieces
|
Agricultural
irrigation and drainage machinery
|
2.07
pieces
|
Farm
electric power consumption
|
16.01
billion kWh
|
Effective
irrigation area
|
1,164.5
million hectares
|
Animal Husbandry Center
High
quality commodity cotton production center
XPCC's
various reclamation areas useable for cotton production have a typical
temperate zone continental climate, long sunshine time, rich light
resources, dry nature and few rainfall , centralized precipitation,
which benefi ts growth of thermophilic crops such as cotton. For
half a century, developing cotton through science and technology,
XPCC has successively created a breakthrough of cotton planting
forbidden area of latitude 44 N, and made miracles of large area
high production of cotton in the Manas River basin; developed over
30 improved seeds such as Junmian 1, long-staple cotton Junhai 1,
Xinluzao 1, summarize short, dense, drought and membrane comprehensiveand
complete high yield technology, introduced and successfully promoted
miracles of mechanical cotton picking technology, had cotton output
covering one sixth of China's total cotton, export
covering a half of China's total cotton export,
with first class cotton rate of above 85%. XPCC is China's most important high quality
commodity cotton production center.
Important
grain and oil production center
XPCC
adopts advanced precision agriculture planting technology, vigorously
develops high quality special-purpose wheat, high quality paddy
rice and oil-bearing crops and enhances market competitive force.
It has its products such as Tianshan Snow,Yihe Double Six rice,
Dali, Saimolin, Chengmian, Qiaoerma Teyi flour, Lingyangmai,
Jintun and cooking oil obtaining green food authentication.
Important
livestock product center
XPCC
has rapidly developed its animal husbandry and made it an important
part of agricultural economy, constructed high quality livestock
product center with high quality dairy cattle center, beef cattle
center, mutton sheep center, fi ne-wool sheep center and red deer center as main and cultivated
international leading fine-wool sheep new variety-China's Merino
sheep.
Licorice
production center With a total area of more than 300,000 mu, including
more than 60,000 mu for man-power planting, this center has formed
industrialized production with licorice slice and licorice extract
as main products.
Breeding
of better stocks and characteristic fruits and melons
Breeding
of better stocks
XPCC
has vigorously selected breeds, introduced crop varieties including
more than 700 from abroad, and more than 120 self-cultivated varieties.
XPCC has constructed 2 state-level better stock breeding centers,
11 high quality better stock cotton breeding centers with a seedselecting
working rate of 95% or more. Improved seed selective breeding has
greatly promoted XPCC agricultural economic development.
The
3 enterprises of XPCC, namely, Xinjiang Kangdi Agricultural Science
& Technology Development CO. Ltd., Tianhe Seeding Co. Ltd. and
Jinbo Seeding Center, have become among China's top 50 seeding enterprises.
Characteristic
fruits and melons
Xinjiang
is always praised as hometown of fruits and melons. XPCC has its
centers of high quality characteristic fruits and melons spread
north and south Tianshan. XPCC Agricultural No.2 Division has had
its Elliman brand Korla bergamot pear win Gold Medal of the Second
Agricultural Exposition, Famous Brand Product of China International
Agriculture Exposition, China Green Food Kunming Exposition Best-selling
Product Award, and obtain China Green Product Reasoning; No.143
Regiment of Agricultural No.8 Division has been appointed as hometown
of flat peaches by organizational committee of recommendation and
publicity activities of China Special Product Economic Commission
and China Special Product Hometown, No.83 Regiment of Agricultural
No.5 Division has been appointed by Economic Forestry Society of
State Forestry Administration as hometown of Medlar, Agricultural
No.13 Division has been appointed by Economic Forestry Society of
State Forestry Administration as hometown of China's famous, excellent and
special economic forests.
Agricultural
Industrialization
XPCC
has 29 leading agricultural industrialized enterprises including
8 state-level enterprises.
Fast-rising
red industry. Chalkis Tomato Product Co., Ltd. is a state-level
leading agriculture industrialized enterprise with a tomato sown
area of 36,300 hectares and an annual output of 2.69 million tons.
XPCC has tomato products of more than 30 varieties and an annual
ketchup and its product productivity of 600,000 tons, export covering
50% of China's total export amount,
has formed an industrial chain with vat ketchup as initial product,
tomato cubes, peeled entire tomato, small package tomato products
as middle product, lycopene and other products with high added value
as terminal. XPCC has had its products passed 7 authentications,
namely, ISO9002, ISO14001 and HACCP, Judaism, European Food Organization,
non-transgene variety authentication and Islamic food authentication.
The products sell well in more than 70 countries and regions.
Vigorously
developing brewing industry. Xinjiang is one of the high quality
grape production areas in the world. Relying on the superior climatic
characteristics of rich heat resources, long sunshine time, big
diurnal amplitude and small precipitation north and south of Tianshan Mountains, XPCC vigorously develops
grape planting and brewing center.
Suntime
International Wine Co., Ltd. is a state-level leading agriculture
industrialized enterprise, the largest monomer wine plant in Asia,
with 6 wine plants and an annual high quality grape wine productivity
of 120,000 tons, a daily filling ability of 200 tons, with its products
selling well at domestic and international markets, constructed
a 150,000-mu high quality winemaking grape center, the largest in
Asia. Suntime series grape wine has obtained green
food certificate and qualification of National Products Exempt from
Inspection from National
Green Food Development Center, in 2005 obtained China famous
brand product certificate from General Administration of Quality
Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, won multiple gold and silver
medals at the second, fourth and sixth international grape wine
and liquor appraisal meeting and at Asian grape wine quality contest
respectively.
Xinjiang
Yilite Industry Co. Ltd. is a state-level leading agriculture industrialized
enterprise, mainly producing Yili Tequ Liquor, Yili Lao Jiao Liquor,
Yili Brand Liquor and other products of more than 100 varieties,
in 9 series. The products sell well in many foreign countries such
as Australia,
Commonwealth of Independent States, Japan and Republic of Korea.
Yili trademark has been evaluated by Administration for Industry
& Commerce of People's Republic of China as China famous trademark and the company has
become among China's top ten liquor enterprises.
China's
largest Tiancai color cotton production center; In 2005, it had
an ordering purchase area of 70,000 mu. Forming agricultural industrialized
scale, rainbow color cotton holds an important share at the international
and domestic raw material market, and product varieties are complete.
XPCC
has the center for production, processing, scientifi c research,
international trade and breeding of hops, melons and vegetables
of improved varieties, which has become the largest fragrant hops
export center in China. The center enterprise
has established hops planting, melon and vegetable breeding centers
in 12 farming and animal husbandry regiments, 21 organs in south
and north Xinjiang through methods such as order entrust production,
land tenancy production and buying shares with land, with a hops
planting area of 20,000 mu and an annual average hops processing
capacity of 3,000 tons. Hops sell to Japan,
Germany and other
countries, melon and vegetable improved varieties sell to US, Holland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Chile and other countries.
XPCC
dairy industry has formed an industrial structure of farmer plus
center plus market, Yinqiao International (Kuytun, Xinjiang) Dairy
Co., Ltd. has its first period construction scale as 300 t/d fresh
milk processing, mainly produces full cream evaporated milk powder,
full cream sweetened milk powder and formula milk powder.
(iv)
Industrial Development
Having
its industry take agricultural and subsidiary product processing
as main body, energy and basic industry as matching, XPCC has constructed
a resource-based industry structure system with textile, food, papermaking,
leather, steel, electric power, coal, building materials, chemicals,
machinebuilding and electronics as backbone, adapting to practical
situation of Xinjiang and XPCC. In 2005, XPCC had an industrial
added value of 5.65 billion Yuan, a gross value of industrial output
of 17.564 billion Yuan including light industrial output value of
9.293 billion Yuan, heavy industry output value of 8.271 billion
Yuan, realized an industrial sales output value of 16.89 billion
Yuan, industrial product sales rate of 96.2%.
Chemical
industry
XPCC
enterprises fully used their rich mineral resources in Xinjiang
such as coal, salt and limestone according to circular economic
type constructed a new type industrial garden with an annual production
of 360,000 tons of polyvinyl chlorides, 280,000 tons of caustic
soda, 200,000-kilowatt matching self-supply power plant, 300,000
tons of calcium carbide, 300,000 tons of cement, and formed an interior
organic circulation within the group from mineral resources to chemical
products, from chemical products to watersaving equipment, from
water-saving equipment to highly effective ecological agriculture.
XPCC
has had its agricultural watersaving equipment production reach
an annual capacity of 6 million mu, with its technical level, scale
of production and market taking lead in the world.
Textile
industry
XPCC
has 0.95 million cotton textile spindles (ring spindle) with its
products exported to various places in the world.
Electric
power industry
In
2005, XPCC had an electric-power output of 3.609 billion kWh. Its
Xinjiang Tianfu Thermoelectric Co., Ltd. is the first listed company
of combined thermal power generation in the Northwest, with a total
installed capacity of 263.55 megawatts, an annual electric-power
output of 1.7 billion kWh, electricity supply capacity of 1.7 billion
kWh, heat supply capacity of 10 million GJ, 31 110-kilovolt and
35-kilovolt transformer substations, 480-kilometer 110 kilovolt
transmission lines, 440-kilometer 35 kilovolt transmission lines,
a power supply radius of 150 kilometers, a heating radius of 8 kilometers,
a heating area of 7 million square meters.
Architectural
industry
In
2005, XPCC had an added value of architectural industry of 2.685
billion Yuan, a total output value of construction enterprise architecture
industry of 9.858 billion yuan, a staff technical equipment rate
of 5,928 yuan/person, a labor productivity of 89,748 yuan/person,
a power equipment rate of 3.99 kilowatts/person.
XPCC possesses a 400,000 t/a coke center.
(v) Commercial Development
Foreign trade According to the customs, in 2005,
XPCC had a total import and export amount of 3.105 billion US dollars
with the increase ranking first in China. XPCC has already conducted
trade with 135 countries and regions with over 3,000 varieties of
import-export goods. XPCC has now 690 various enterprises with foreign
trade rights. Various divisions and private enterprises rapidly
increase their import and export trade, which is a bright attraction
in the development of foreign trade. Foreign trade is growing in
a proper way. XPCC has now 10 enterprises with an annual import
and export amount of 100 million US dollars, 40 with an annual import
and export amount of 10 million US dollars. Foreign trade enterprise
sales income and total profit maintain a growth of two digits. 6
enterprises have successively become among China's top 500 importexport
enterprises.
Foreign capital introduction
In 2006, XPCC approved 17 foreign capital projects,
had a contract foreign capital amount of 55 . 46 million US dollars,
actually used a foreign capital of 43 million US dollars, three
types of foreign-funded enterprises had an import and export amount
over 13 million US dollars. The investment involved in textile,
food, light industry and agriculture.
Foreign economic and technical cooperation
In 2005 , XPCC had its foreign contract projects
complete a turnover of 29.19 million US dollars, and sent out 603
service personnel under foreign contracting projects, month-end
number of service personnel abroad as 426. XPCC has had a foreign
investment accumulative authorized amount of 15.30 million US dollars.
XPCC has had its enterprises gain success in Cuba and Mexico in investment construction
for agricultural comprehensive development project, making project
countries demonstration project. XPCC has had its enterprises
gain outstanding achievements in Algeria, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Mongolia and The United Arab
Emirates in housing, roads, hydroelectric power stations and post
- disaster reconstruction . XPCC has its enterprises seek for agricultural
comprehensive development in Volgograd State, Russia.
Circulation of commodities
Domestic trade in 2005, XPCC had social consumable
total volume of retail sales of 9.338 billion Yuan, wholesale and
retail sales trade retail turnover of 7.303 billion Yuan, food and
beverage retail turnover of 1.242 billion Yuan, annual entire social
commodity purchase total amount of 35.824 billion Yuan, commodity
total sales of 36.931 billion Yuan including above quota wholesale
and retail trade commodity purchase total amount of 28.258 billion
Yuan, commodity total sales of 28.82 billion Yuan. The consumption
structure unceasingly improves, expenditure diverse tendency is
obvious.
Construction of commodity market system
XPCC has formed commodity trade and exchange market
system with comprehensive market as main, specialized market as
auxiliary. XPCC has now 232 commodity markets of various kinds,
including 190 comprehensive free markets of agricultural products,
28 industrial consumable markets, 7 vegetable and agricultural and
subsidiary product wholesale markets, 7 markets of other kinds,
11 commodity trade markets each with an annual wholesale amount
of over 100 million yuan. Department stores, supermarkets, large-scale
comprehensive supermarkets, shopping centers and stores in a storehouse,
specialized shops and groceries, and other commercial facilities
develop in good order.
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 Desertifi cation
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 Systemhttp://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.
Industries encouraged for investment:
1. High quality tomato and medlar planting and fi ne processing;
2. Returning land for farming to forestry and grass, natural forest
protection and other national key ecological engineering follow-up
industrial development;
3. Development and application of water-saving irrigation technology;
4. Beet sugar processing and sideline product comprehensive utilization;
5. Natural spices and edible fungus planting and processing;
6. High quality wine-making grape center construction and high quality
grape wine brewing;
7. Cotton seeds, sunfl ower, saffl ower fat fi ne processing;
8. Flax planting and product production;
9. High-grade cotton wool product upgrading transformation;
10. Copper, lead, zinc, nickel and other non-ferrous metal ore exploration
and development;
11. Vermiculites, soda nitrate, mica, asbestos, bentonite and other
non-metallic mineral comprehensive utilization;
12. Coal processing application technology development and product
production;
13. High-grade leather product manufacture;
14. Ethylene downstream fi ne processing product and fi ne chemical
product production;
15. Natural gas downstream chemical industrial product production
and development;
16. Uygur ethical characteristic medicinal plant processing and drug
manufacture new technology development;
17. Development and application of biological drugs with cattle and
sheep internal organs as raw materials;
18. Ethical special required products, arts and crafts, packing vessel
material and daily use glass product production;
19. Urban gas and heat supply, water supply and draining pipeline
construction and management (in case of big or media-sized city,
the Chinese party holds stock);
20. Scenic spots (attractions) development and matching facility
construction, protection and management;
21. Highway passenger transportation.
(ii) Procedure of setting up enterprise
Condition for setting:
To set up a foreign investment enterprise, it is necessary to submit
the following materials:
1. Report of application for establishment of foreign investment
enterprise;
2. Approval document of foreign investment project;
3. Contract and rules of foreign investment enterprise;
4. Name list of foreign investment enterprise legal representative
(or candidates of board of directors);
5. Appointment letter and resume of member of board of directors
of the enterprise to be established;
6. Foreign investor's legal documents (business license and ID) and
credit certifi cation;
7. Name prior approval registration;
8. List of materials and equipment to be imported;
9. Workshop rent or purchase contract;
10. List of equipment and materials to be imported by the enterprise;
11. Environmental protection appraisal certifi cate;
12. Other supplement materials required by examination and approval
authorities.
Formality procedure:
(iii) Residential environment
Entry-Exit rules:
If a foreigner enters China, he must apply to China's
diplomatic representative institution, consul institution or other
institutions stationed abroad authorized by the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs for entry visa. The foreigner holding invitation letter
from China's domestic authorized organization, and ordinary passport
issued by a country with diplomatic relation or offi cial trade
with China, because of the following matters: temporarily invited
by the Chinese party to trade fair, to participate in the bid or
official economic and trade contract signing, to supervise loading
for export, import commodity inspection or participate in contract
approval according to agreement, participate in equipment installation
or project emergency repair, requested by the Chinese party to solve
claim problem, to provide technical consultation and other reasons
making him have to come to China without time to apply to
the above Chinese institutions for entry visa, may apply to port
visa institution authorized by the Ministry of Public Security for
entry visa.
If a foreigner holding connected international flights and having
his seat confirmed to take an international flight to transit directly
from China, he can stay at the transit city for not more than 24
hours, and does not need to apply for transit visa if he does not
leave the airport, and needs to apply to the frontier inspection
station for temporary stay permit if he intends to leave the airport.
In case that a foreigner leaves China, he must submit effective passport
or other valid identifi cations for examination, as well as visa
or residence credential permitting his stay in China.
Work and residence permission
In
case that an employer hires a foreigner, the employer must apply
for employment permission for the foreigner, the employer is not
allowed to hire the foreigner until the foreigner is approved and
obtains People's Republic of China Foreigner to Get Employed Permission
Certificate. A foreigner employed in Xinjiang should enter China
holding occupation visa (in case of agreement on mutual exemption
of visa, observe the agreement), and should not be employed in Xinjiang
until he obtains Foreigner Work Permit and foreigner residence
credential. Any foreigner without residence credential (i.e. F,
L, C or G visa holder), studying in Xinjiang, cadet or occupation
visa holder's retinue family members should not get employed in
Xinjiang.
A foreigner conforming to any of the following conditions may be
exempted from applying for employment permission and work permit:
(1) foreign specialized technical and management personnel directly
engaged and funded by our government, or by state organs and institutions,
with senior technical title or special skill credentials confirmed
by his country or international authoritative technical management
organ or professional association, and foreigner with certifi cate
of foreign experts issued by State Administration of Foreign Experts
Affairs; (2) Foreigners conducting business literary performance
in Xinjiang holding license for temporary business performances
and approved by the Ministry of Culture, China.
A foreigner conforming to any of the following conditions may be
exempted from applying for employment permission, and directly apply
for work permit with occupation visa and related certificates after
entry: (1) engaged to work in China according to agreement between
Chinese and foreign governments, international organizations, to
carry out Chinese-foreign cooperation or exchange project; (2) Chief
representative or representative of China offi ce of a foreign enterprise.
In case that a foreigner gets employed in Xinjiang, he must meet
the following requirements: (1) 18 years old, healthy; (2) with
specialized skill and corresponding experience; (3) Clearance; (4)
with specifi c employer; (5) with effective passport or other international
travel credential which can substitute passport.
In case that a foreigner travels, does business or works in Xinjiang
and applies for visa, he must provide: (1) effective passport and
copy; (2) evidentiary materials related with visa application; (3)
fill in Visa and Residence Permit Application Form, provide a
2-inch half-length positive bareheaded photo.
In case that a foreigner travels, does business or works in Xinjiang
and applies for residence permission, he must provide: (1) effective
passport and copy ; ( 2 ) evidentiary materials related with residence
permission application; (3) fill in Visa and Residence Permit Application
Form, provide a 2-inch half-length positive bareheaded photo; (4)
medical certificate; (5) Foreigner work permit or foreign expert
certificate or approved document from the Ministry of Culture, Department
of Culture of the Autonomous Region for performance and official
letter from the employer; (6) students in China must provide official
letter indicating study term and "Admission Notice" from the college
or university.
A foreigner making investment in Xinjiang or conducting economic,
scientifi c and technological, and cultural cooperation with enterprises
and undertakings in Xinjiang, and needing to stay for a long time
in Xinjiang for any other reasons according to Chinese law, can
get 1-5-year permanent residence qualification credential from the
public security organ, and can get permanent residence qualifications
credential from the public security organ if he has made outstanding
achievements.
A foreigner settling down in Xinjiang must provide the local police
station with residence permit for examination once a year at a designated
time.
Urban living environment
XPCC has very good social order and exquisite residential environment,
has its urbanization rate increased from 32% in 2000 to 40.8% in
2005, had a per capita public green space area of 6.2 square meters,
running water diffusion rate of 92%, industrial waste emissions
qualification rate of 61%, industry redundant water rate of 65%
in 2005. Exquisite Shihezi is national park city and China excellent
comprehensively managed city, has obtained UN Human Habitat Model
Award, with an afforested coverage of 40%, and other cities with
an afforested coverage of 32%.
Xinjiang has constructed 28 nature reserves of various kinds, including
8 state-level nature reserves (respectively as Kanas, Peak Pobeda,
West Tianshan, Tarim diversiform-leaved poplar, Swan Lake in Bayinbuluke,
Ganjiahu saxoul forest, Lop Nor wild camel and Mt. Altun), with
a total area of 218,300 square kilometers, covering 13 . 1 % of
the total area of Xinjiang, 8 authorized state-level ecological
demonstration zones with a total area of 127,600 square kilometers,
2 state-level ecological function reserves with an area of 180,900
square kilometers.
Medical Care
XPCC has now 673 medical institutions of various levels, 24,332 medical
personnel of various professions including 225 hospitals with 16,654
beds, 80 third-class disease prevention and control institutions
and 20 sanitary supervision organs.
Driving license
According to "Law of the People's Republic of China on Road Traffi
c Safety" and "Regulations for Vehicle Driving License Application
and Use" and other related laws and regulations, the traffic control
department of the public security organ releases vehicle driving
license to foreigners working in embassies and consulates to China
and international organization offices in China upon applied according
to diplomatic principle of reciprocity. Foreigners should apply
for vehicle driving license in the place of residence.
In case that a foreigner holding overseas vehicle driving license
applies for vehicle driving license, he must fill in Vehicle Driving
License Application Form and submit the following certifi cates:
(1) applicant's identification; (2) physical condition provided
by a medical institution at county level or above; (3) vehicle driving
license held. In case that the certifi cates are not written in
Chinese, it is necessary to submit Chinese translation. In case
that foreigners working in embassies and consulates to China and
international organization offices in China holding overseas vehicle
driving license apply for vehicle driving license, they must fill
in "Vehicle Driving License Application Form" and submit the following
certifi cates: (1) applicant's identification; (2) vehicle driving
license held. In case that the certificates are not written in Chinese,
it is necessary to submit Chinese translation.
In case that a foreigner holding overseas vehicle driving license
applies for vehicle driving license, he should take a test of subject
1, and subject 3 if he applies for a license driving large passenger
bus, trailer, minibus or heavy lorry. In case a foreigner of temporary
entry intends to drive any vehicle, he must apply to his initial
entry or original vehicles control department of the public security
organ for temporary driving license of the People's Republic of
China.
(iv)Reference Prices of Basic Elements :
Price list of water and electricity in some cities:
City
|
Power
supply (Yuan/kWh)
|
Water
supply (Yuan/m3)
|
Industry
|
Business
|
Industry
|
Business
|
Life
|
Alaer
|
0.28-0.4
(within
5 years after production)
|
0.75
|
0.98
|
1.50
|
0.90
|
Wujiaqu City
|
0.172-0.46
|
0.667-0.677
|
2.6
|
2.6-6
|
1
|
Shihezi
Development Zone
|
average
0.3338
|
0��819
|
1.78
|
3.7
|
1.58
|
Directory price list of labor wage at labor market in some cities:
Unit:Yuan/person.month
City
|
Price
level
|
Executive
|
Manufacturing
|
Construction
|
Textile
|
Transportation
|
Meal
|
Property
management
|
Shihezi City
|
High
price
|
1,600-6,600
|
1,000-2,000
|
900-2,450
|
960-1,250
|
700-2,200
|
700-2,300
|
1,000-1,600
|
Intermediate
price
|
900-3,500
|
820-1,460
|
800-1,800
|
810-1,000
|
630-2,000
|
600-1,500
|
880-1,300
|
Low
price
|
600-2,100
|
610-920
|
680-980
|
590-900
|
560-1,800
|
560-860
|
760-1,000
|
Wujiaqu City
|
High
price
|
1,300-3,400
|
800-950
|
900-1,500
|
��
|
��
|
700-1,530
|
920
|
Intermediate
price
|
880-2,010
|
630-750
|
800-1,200
|
750-800
|
600-830
|
600-1,200
|
600-850
|
Low
price
|
640-1,500
|
540-650
|
640-880
|
680-700
|
530-700
|
530-830
|
530-750
|
List
of benchmark land prices in some cities Unit:
Yuan/m2
IV
. Development Zones
(i) State-level development Zone - Shihezi Economic Development
Zone
Established with the approval from the People's Government of Xinjiang
Uygur Autonomous Region in 1992, established as a state-level development
zone with the approval from the State Council in 2000, Shihezi Economic
Development Zone is an important zone supported by the autonomous
region and XPCC, hosting many famous brand enterprises such as Taiwan
Master Kong instant food, Tingjin Drinks, Bingxin Paper, Wang Wang
Food, Wahaha drink, Xiongfeng Cotton Textile, Hisun Weaving, Jiangsu
Yurun Meat Products, Xinjiang Tianye Group. It is one of the development
zones developing at the highest speed, attracting the largest amount
of foreign capital, gathering the largest group of famous domestic
and international enterprises in Xinjiang.
In 2005, this zone had a total output value of 2.05 billion yuan;
in-place funds through foreign investment promotion and capital
attraction of 2 billion yuan. At present this zone hosts 550 domestic
and international enterprises including 60 key industrial enterprises,
each of which has an annual production of 5 million yuan or more,
17 enterprises of which has an annual productivity of over 100 million
Yuan, 24 enterprises of which has an annual productivity of over
10 million yuan, initially forming an industrial group with high
interrelatedness and strong matching ability.
In the new development, Shihezi Development Zone will depend on
resource superiorities, vigorously expand and develop the four important
industries of cotton textile, green food, modern agricultural equipment
and heavy chemicals, develop new & high-tech industry and high
added value service industry, build itself into a technologically
advanced environmentally fi ne comprehensive industrial zone.
(ii) Newly Built Cities
Shihezi City
Established in February 1950, with a total area of 7,529 square
kilometers, a total population of 569,600, Shihezi City has an urban
area of 460 square kilometers, an urban population of 250,000. During
the past 56 years, Shihezi Reclamation Area has become a new type
oasis taking the modernized agriculture as foundation, the light
industry as main body, combination of industry and agriculture,
urban area and rural area, comprehensive operation of agriculture,
industry, commerce, trade and garment, coordinated development of
science, technology, education, culture, health and sports. Premier
Zhou Enlai Memorial Hall, Army Wasteland Reclamation Museum and
Ai Qing Poetry Hall have made it famous land reclamation city. Shihezi
City has transport facilities, advanced communication, with Eurasia
continent bridge and No.312 National Highway crossing from it respectively
in the north and south. In the 21st century, Shihezi City will keep
its great reputation, and make more achievements in various circles.
Alaer City
Located at the source of the Tarim River, intersection of juncture
of the Hotan River, the Yeerqiang River and the Aksu River, on the
south foot of Tianshan Mountain, with an urban area of 4,196 square
kilometers, constructed urban area of 33 square kilometers, and
a total population of 240,000, Alaer is especially famous for cotton
with an annual production of ginned cotton of 230,000 tons, long-staple
cotton export amount covering 70% of the total amount of China,
hosts the 3 listed companies of Xinjiang Tarim Agricultural Comprehensive
Development Co., Ltd., Xinjiang Qingsong Building Materials and
Chemicals (Group) Co., Ltd. and Xinjiang Tarim River Seeding Co.,
Ltd., China's only long-staple cotton breeding center and agricultural
science research institute, and China's largest long-staple cotton
production center as well as transformation and valueadding demonstration
center of Xinjiang characteristic agricultural and subsidiary products.
City positioning: cotton textile city, agricultural and subsidiary
product production and processing collection and distribution city,
green ecological sightseeing city, wasteland reclamation cultural
city, South Xinjiang petrochemical processing city.
Tumshuq City
Located at the northwestern edge of Tarim Basin, Xinjiang, with
a total area of 1,901 square kilometers, an urban planned area of
92.7 square kilometers, a total population of 150,000. It has now
a cultivated area of 1,100,000 mu, land resources to be used of
750,000 mu, rich primary diversiform-leaved poplar forests, Xinjiang
poplar, natural pastures, wild licorice, bluish dogbane and bitter
bean of 1,200,000 mu of very high economic development value.
Tumshuq City has the largest plain reservoir in the Northwest ,
namely, Xiaohaizi Reservoir, and Yonganba Reservoir with a storage
capacity of 700 million cubic meters, useable water surface of 155
square kilometers. Tumshuq City borders Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Uzbekistan, Pakistan and Afghanistan, has 4 first or second category
trading ports, Kashi International Airport, South Xinjiang Railway,
No.314 National Highway and other channels, enjoying transport facilities.
Key industrial development orientation: cottontextile, food, building
materials, electric power energy, tourism and other industries.
Wujiaqu City
Located at northern suburbs of Urumqi City, borders Changji City,
Miquan City, Fukang City, with an urban area of 710 square kilometers
and a population of 116,000. It has now a cultivated area of 2,580,000
mu, pastures of 5,490,000 mu, forest land of 300,000 mu, waters
of 410,000 mu, 17 reservoirs or lakes, adoptable ground water amount
of 540 million cubic meters.
Wujiaqu City has a bright mineral resource development prospect,
15 coal mines with a total reserve of 295 million tons, out of which
the coal and coke center of Dahuangshan Coal Mine has an annual
coal and coke production of 3 million tons and 700,000 tons respectively,
salt pond geological reserve of 9,828,000 tons, mirabilite reserves
of 2.62 million tons, pyrophyllite reserve of 1.5 million tons,
and other minerals such as chromite, quartz sand and pearlite. It
has Qingeda Lake Scenic Spot, Xiaxing Lake, Fengqi Lake, Aquatic
Paradise and other tourist resources, with lake and mountain scenery
complementing wild animals and plants and forming unique oasis scenery.
City positioning: a garden ecological city and modern satellite
city within Urumqi city circle.
(iii) Related Organs
Entry-Exit management organs (including port management organs)
[Urumqi Customs ] Entry-exit supervision and administration organ
of the state established in Xinjiang, has 11 customs in Xinjiang such
as Alashankou Customs, Kashi Customs, Horgos Customs, Tuergate Customs,
Kunjirap Customs and Yining Customs.
[Xinjiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau] comprehensively
undertakes Xinjiang entry-exit quarantine, quarantine of animals and
plants, commodity inspection, appraisal, authentication and supervision
management has 14 inspection and quarantine branch offi ces in Xinjiang.
[Xinjiang Public Security Frontier Detachment] administers 12 frontier
inspection stations and 12 frontier brigades, observes national entry-exit
law and regulations and implements the following responsibilities:
1. Conductfrontier inspection of entry-exit personnel and their articles
of luggage, transportation tools and shipped cargo. 2. Carry out supervision
over entry-exit transportation tools according to relevant national
stipulations. 3. Carry out security for defi ned port area, maintain
entryexit order. 4. Carry out other responsibilities entrusted by
competent departments and stipulated by rules and regulations.
[Port Office of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region] permanent organ
of the port leading group of the autonomous region, specifically responsible
for port comprehensive coordination and supervision of the autonomous
region. [Port Transportation Administration Office of Xinjiang Uygur
Autonomous Region] established in March 1990, a department-level organ
under Communications Department of the Autonomous Region, works together
with Highway Transport Administration of the Autonomous Region, has
set up port transportation management station in various open ports
specially responsible for port entry-exit motor transport on-spot
organization, supervision and management.
(iv)Relevant Website
Appendix
Main Hotels and Guest Houses:
Inquiry and Emergency Phones:
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