Haicang District
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Haicang is one of the six county-level districts
in the municipal region of Xiamen
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, and one of the four located on the mainland proper, as opposed to on Xiamen Island.
. Since then, Haicang has developed into a world class port, which serves as an industrial and agricultural base for exports.
, to the west of Xiamen Island. The left bank provides 5 kilometers of coastline with shallow water of 10 meters.
The urban (eastern) area of the District is separated from Xiamen Island by an 870-meter stretch of water crossed by the Haicang Bridge
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Subdistricts
District (China)
The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China....
in the municipal region of Xiamen
Xiamen
Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a major city on the southeast coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of and population of 3.53 million...
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Fujian
' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...
, and one of the four located on the mainland proper, as opposed to on Xiamen Island.
Liberation
In May 1989, the Chinese government established the Haicang investment zone as a petrochemical industrial area within Xinglin District for Taiwanese business magnate Wang YongqingWang Yung-ching
Wang Yung-ching was an influential entrepreneur who founded a large business empire in Taiwan. According to the 2008 Forbes survey, he was the 178th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$5.5 billion...
. Since then, Haicang has developed into a world class port, which serves as an industrial and agricultural base for exports.
Geography
The Haicang District Investment Zone is located on the lowermost left (or northern) bank of the Jiulongjiang RiverJiulong River
The Jiulong River or Jiulong Jiang is the largest river in southern Fujian, and the second largest in the province. Like all Fujian rivers but one, it flows into the Taiwan Strait....
, to the west of Xiamen Island. The left bank provides 5 kilometers of coastline with shallow water of 10 meters.
The urban (eastern) area of the District is separated from Xiamen Island by an 870-meter stretch of water crossed by the Haicang Bridge
Haicang Bridge
Haicang Bridge is a suspension bridge located in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China. Built in 1999, it has a main span of 648 meters.Haicang Bridge is a very important bridge that links Xiamen island with Haicang district located on the mainland....
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Administration
The Haicang District was established in 2003 on the bulk of the territory of the old Xinglin District, which had already pipelined a Taiwanese-invested Investment Zone (台商投资区).SubdistrictsSubdistrict (China)The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...
- Haicang Street Committee (海沧街道)
- Xinyang Street Committee (新阳街道)
Others
- Haicang Govt Farm (海沧农场)
- Number One Govt Farm (第一农场)
- Tianzhu Mountain Govt Forest (天竺山林场)
Investment Zone
During its planning, the district executive divided its Investment Zone into functional areas:- Haicang Port covers an area of 12.4 square kilometers. Developmental focus is on port transportation, the energy industry and warehousing (bonded storage). As many as 36 storage facilities capable of handing over 10,000 metric tons will be built (ten facilities in the first phase). The port railway spur of the Yingtan-Xiamen Railway was completed in 1999. The 5 kilometer deep water port is predicted to handle 90 million tons of goods annually.
- Southern Industrial Area (南部工业区) is a flat region that covers 17.7 square kilometers and is adjacent to the port area. Developmental focus is on technology, especially capital-intensive heavy industry - machinery, electronics, metallurgy, and chemical fibre industries. Middle and downstream petro-chemical projects are especially favoured.
- The Residential Area has a planned area of 27.6 square kilometers, and will be a major suburb of Xiamen. Developmental focus is on real estate and tertiary industry. There are already facilities such as banks, commerce and trade centers, tourist locations, public communication areas, primary and secondary schools, professional training centers, hospitals, hotels, recreation, entertainment and cafes.
- Xinyang Industrial Area (新阳工业区) is a key industrial area for both Haicang and the whole Xiamen municipal region. The planned area is 29.6 square kilometeres; developmental focus is on capital, technology, and small to medium industries - machinery, electronics, fine chemicals, plastic, rubber and new building materials. Infrastructure facilities, including roads, water supply, power supply, post, drainage and waste discharge, are top-notch. There are commercial, real estate and public facilities. Over a hundred projects have planned in the area, and over thirty are in production; when all have reached full production, their total value will be around 10 billion yuan.
- Dongfu Industrial Area (东孚工业区) and Xiamen Export Processing Zone (AEPZ, 出口加工区) have subsidiary, special roles in the District's Investment Zone plan.