《Report on the Urumqi Investment Environment in 2008》 mainly introduces the development environment of Urumqi city、 two state-grade development zones、the export processing zone  and four industrial parks in Urumqi, which includes the general situation of environment, environmental advantages, orientation of development, mode of development, level of development, ability of development, investment service, investment guarantee and so on.

Editor: The Urumqi Municipal Bureau of Commerce

Address: No.11 western Xinming street of Urumqi

Post code: 830092

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Contact department: the Foreign Capital and Economic Technology Cooperative Department

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Linkman: Long Feng   Chen Liao

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                               March of 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Geographic survey] Situated at the middle part of northern slope of Tianshan Mountains and at the sounthern fringe of Junggar Basin，Urumqi is a strategic passage linking Xinjiang with China eastern coastal areas、central Asia and Europe. It is the capital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and the political, economic, scientific and cultural center of Xinjiang Region. Urumqi is also the bridgehead of the second European-Asia Continental Bridge in western region of China, and the important passage in western China for opening door to outside. As the largest and most prosperous city in middle Aisa, Urumqi is named after “the center city of Asia”. Its geographical coordinate is 86°37′33"-88°58′24" east longitude and 42°45′32"-44°08′00" northern latitude.

[Adminsitration division] The total area of Urumqi is 14.2 thousand square kilometers, of which the constructed area is 235.9 square kilometers.

The layout of the city is “two centers and gathering together”. The south center is around Dashizi area and the north center concentrates around Weixing(satellite) square in Beijing Road. Urumqi city governs 7 districts and 1 county, two state-grade development zones and the export processing zone which includes Tianshan District, Shaybak District, Shuimogou District, Xinshi District, Toutunhe District and Dabancheng District, Midong New District, Urumqi County, the Economic and Technologic Development Zone, the New High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Urumqi Export Processing Zone. The TianShan District, Shaybak District, Xinshi District and shuimogou District compose the city center area, which concentrate on developing the tertiary industry. The Toutunhe District, DongShan District and so on form the city’s peripheral area, whose development object is the second industry. Urumqi is forming the development pattern of “one city and two development lines” and “one chief and many subsidiary” which regards the Urmqi city as the center, the Midong new district and Toutunhe district as the auxiliary center, and the no.312, no. 216 national highways as industrial development lines.

Tianshan District: It is the center of politics, economy, curture, education and finance of Urumqi, which aims to build modern commerce center. Tianshan District combine new-type and traditional commerce, large commercial establishment and small stores to form local special modern commercial culture. Relying on developing modern retailing, improving commercial establishment and perfecting serves, Tianshan District can show its advantages of commerce, trade, logistics and tour to shape commercial system with rational structure.

Shaybak District: It is one of center districts in Urumqi. In Shaybak District, the transportation is convenient and the communication is developed, where the railway, national highway and roads extend to all directions. The three Class-II Passes have been developed, which include the commercial Class-II Pass, the international passenger transport Class-II Pass and the postal international Class-II Pass. Relying on the strategy of “rich district with commerce, prospering district with science and education, managing district according to laws, optimizing district with environment”. Its aim is to become the center of commerce and modern service.

Xinshi District: It is also one of the center district in Urumqi, where located the Economic and Technological Development Zone, New High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Urumqi Railway Bureau, Urumqi International Airdrome and a series of institutes and colleges for example Xinjiang branch of China Science Institute, and some large industrial and mine enterprises. In recent years, Xinshi District gained a lot of titles such as “the state science and technology advanced district, the state science popularization demonstrate district, the state nationality comity advanced district, the state advanced district of managing according to laws, the state advanced district of community service and so on”, of which Beijing road civilization community was selected as demonstrate point by Central Propaganda Department. It takes emphasis on dwelling, sports, education, scientific research, foreign affair, machinery industry.

Shuimogou District: textile, coal, electric-power, light industry, tourism and dwelling.

Midong New District: it is the auxiliary center of Urumqi, the hardcore section of the largest manufactory base in Xinjiang Region, the important chemical city of Xinjiang, the important export processing base of Xinjiang, green food base of Urumai and the new district of important ecological dwelling.

Toutunhe District: metallurgy, machine and electronic product, green food and medicine.

Dabancheng District: tourism, dwelling, commerce.

Airport District: external transportation

Beizhan (north railway station) District: railway goods yard and material storage.

Xizhan(west railway station) District: railway transportation,  organizing into groups and engine repairing, oil storing and transportation.

[Climate] Urumqi belongs to temperate and semi-dry continent climate. The difference in temperature is large between day and night. The winter is long, and the spring and autumn are short. The average annual precipitation is 342.9mm. The annual average temperature is 7.3℃. Annual sunlight is 2775 hours and frost-free period is about 105-168 days. The dominating wind of the whole year is from northwest. It is the farthest city to the sea in the world.

[Reputation] Since the reform and opening to the outside, and carrying out the strategy of Great Development of Western Regions in the 21st century, Urumqi's national economy and social business have been continuously developing and the synthetic economic strength have been enhanced noticeably. The city’s GDP and other economic index have covered one third of that of Xinjiang Region, and the synthetic competitiveness is in the forefront of 12 capitals of the western provinces.

According to <China Investment Environment Investigation Report> in 2006, Urumqi was ranked as the 2nd in north-west of China and the 41st in total 120 cities for its investment environment. It also obtained the title of the fastest city to clear the custom on average of 9.8 days in north-west of China.

In the year of 2007, Urumqi was granted the titles of “China muslim cate capital” and “the National Model City of Supporting Army and Their Fmily” with consecutive 7 years.

[Development background] In 2007, the state council made a further development layout to support development of Xinjiang Region with new industrial policy and transfer of industries, technology, capital and information from costal areas. With the implementation of strategy of enlarging opening to the central Asia and Urumqi-Changji economic integrity, Urumqi's national economy and social business have been continuously developing and the synthetic economic strength have been enhanced noticeably. Urumqi will enter into important strategic period to expedite development.

[Orientation of development]  To build “Top Three Bases” and “Four Centers” toward central Asia: the International Advanced Manufacture Base, the Cooperation Base of Energy Sources and Natural Resource, the Export Processing Base; the Modern International Commercial Center, the Service Center, the Culture Intercourse Center and the Regional Liaison Center. We will spent 10 years to build Urumqi-Changji region to prosperous, affluent, harmonious, civilized place in western China and central Asia.

[Mode of development]  Relying on the two markets of domestic and central Asia, we will take emphasis on the development of advanced manufacture and modern service to let tour and foreign trade become corbelling industries of regional economy.

To develop “Top Three Bases”: to expedite industries development of energy sources and natural resource depend on industrial park. To support energy sources industry in eastern line and processing industry in western line through cooperation with national energy magnate enterprises. We will take emphasis on exploration and development and deep processing of oil gas, coal and nonferrous to extend their industry chain.

To develop “Four Centers”: foothold on Xinjiang, serving domestic enterprises, facing central Asia. Firstly to develop central commercial information center, then develop central Asia financial center, technology and science center, modern logistic center, trade center, exporting center toward west, mine resource processing center. We will start up key project such as Urumqi international exhibition center to hold important activities of politics, economy, trade, culture etc. to attract organizations such as “Shanghai cooperation organization”, liaison organization of central Asia, multinational headquarters and “forum of central Asia”.

 

 

[Region advantage] Urumqi has a good name of “the center city of Asia” and is the largest and most prosperous city in middle Asia in the scope of 1500 km around Urumqi.

Urumqi has convenient land transport. It is the land communication hub connecting central Asia, south and west of Asia, Middle East, Russia and Europe. It has become the hotspot of China for opening doors to outside, and the window of exchange of economic technology and culture. On the four geographic essential factors of “along the coast, along border, along river and along line”, Urumqi gets the advantages of along border and line. It takes up the foreland of great development in western China, and the advantageous position of bridgehead of new Asia-European continent bridge in western China. It provides a platform to decrease cost and shorten time for commodities from coastal areas to export to central Asia, south Asia, western Asia and Europe.

[Market advantage] Connected with 8 countries, Xinjiang Region is close to five countries of central Asia, south Asia, west Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Russia, which posses 17 class-I passes and 13 class-II passes. Located in middle of Asia, Urumqi is the largest and the most prosperous city in central Asia. There are two large markets on which the population is about 1.3 billion. One is domestic market in the east of China, the other is western market including central and south Asia and Russia. Since ancient time, Urumqi has being the important commence and business hub connecting the east and the west. It has relatively powerful radiation function to central Asia with an international airport as class-I pass, 7 class-II passes and railway station of the second new Euro-Asia continent bridge. As the largest commodities distribution in Xinjiang Region and important export and import trade distribution, Urumqi is considered as important platform for foreign investors to exploit central Asia market.

[Resources advantage] The variety and quantity of mineral resources in Xinjiang Region are enormous with broad future. The forecast reserve of oil is 20.9 billion tons which output have being ranked in the front of China in consecutive 8 years. The output of natural gas has being ranked the 2nd in consecutive 6 years. According to the forecast of specialist, Xiinjiang Region will become the largest land area of oil output in 2010. The forecast reserve of coal is 2.19 trillion tons which takes up 40% of the total national reserve.

There are many rare textile resources in Xinjiang Region such as long villus cotton, cashmere, flax and so on. Xinjiang Region is the most important cotton base which output takes up one third of China’s, especially the color cotton. Xinjiang Region is the largest production base of color cotton in the world, which output takes up 95% of China’s and above 30% of the world. The color cotton can be produced in red, blue and black with independent intellectual property rights, whose technologic level is up to par of world’s, and the “Tiancai” as the brand of color cotton is a name brand which enjoy great reputation.

Urumqi is rich in oil, gas. Situated in the middle of Jungar coal reserve belt, it has more than 10 billion tons of coal reserve, covering one fourth of the total reserve in Xinjiang Region. It is known as a “coal city in the oil sea”. It is also rich with non-ferrous metals and rare mineral deposit. There are 29 kinds of mineral resources, scattered in 129 mineral deposits, in which the large and middle sided ones are more than 30. The Tianger mountain and its eastern Bogada mountain on the upper reaches of Urumqi river and Toutun river, Tianshan mountain glaciers and permanent old snow are called “natural solid reservoir” whose reserves is 7.39 billion cubic meters. There are luxuriant natural forest and grassland and the forest covering rate is 3 times of the average rate of Xinjiang. The forest preserve is 4.84 million cubic meters and the wild plants that can be utilized are more than 300. It is also rich with lights, heat and wind resource and is praised as the “city of windmill”. The annual average speed of wind in Wulabo-Chaiwopu-Dabancheng valley is 6.2meters per second, the largest speed is 34 meters per second and the instant largest speed is above 40 meters per second. The wind power deposit per year is 25 billion KWH. Modern wind power generating electricity factory has been built up, which is the largest one in Asia and the second one in the world.

During the period of “The Eleventh Five-year Plan”, the first transformer substation of 750 thousand volt-amperes in Xinjiang Region will be built in Urumqi city. It is forecasted that the largest load of Urumqi electric network will be up to 1.58 million KW and the power supply up to 10.3 billion KWH in 2010, and in 2020, the number will be 4.05KW and 28.2 billion KWH respectively. During that time, Urumqi electric network will be the supporting point of Xinjiang’s and center hinge of connecting the north and south of Xinjiang.

[Culture advantage]Xinjiang is called “Xiyu” during past time. As a bright pearl on new north way of ancient “silk road”, Urumqi was a exchange center of economy and culture between the east and the west, which has done a lot to economic and culture exchange between China and other countries. It is also a culture gathering place with the characters of middle field culture, Indian culture, Islam culture, Europe culture and central Asia culture. There are 47 nationalities in Urumqi with special nationality customs, regional culture, architectural style, festivals celebrations, crafts and local specials, flavor food, entertainment custom. The Uygur folk artistic treasure--12 Mukamu is oriental music culture priceless treasure and elected as non-material culture heritage by UNESC.

[Policy advantage] Xinjiang Region is the key of major region in China for the strategy of great development in western regions. A series of preferential policies aiming at Xinjiang Region, especialy the No.32 file promulgated by state council, firmly supported the quick development of Urumqi. On the basis of enjoying various policies promulgated by the state and Autonomous Region, Urumqi government has drawn up a series of preferential policies about taxation, land etc. to support the development of non-public ownership economy, industry, agriculture, science and technology, foreign trade, tour and culture and so on.

 

 

[Population and nationality] by the end of 2007, the population of the whole city registered in police office was 2.1162 million, of which the urban population was 1.5874 million, which the natural population growth rate is 5.23‰. As one of city in China with the maximum number of nationalities, There are 47 nationalities such as Han nationality, Uygurs, Kazaks, Hui nationality, Mongols and so on.

[People’s living] The income of urban resident and peasant keeps growing, and the people’s living improves remarkably. In 2007, the per capita disposable income of urban resident was 11.373 thousand yuan, up by 9.02%; the per capita net income of peasant and shepherd was 4651 yuan, increasing 600yuan, up by 12.9%. The work of employment, reemployment and social security were carried out effectively. Relying on active employment policy and aid system, the labor employment is stable and the level of wages improved rapidly. By the end of 2007, the number of employee is 396.7 thousand, up by 1.05%. The 51,000 of persons obtain employment, and all kinds of professional education were 90,000 person times. In the whole year, the total amount of wages is 12.2 billion yuan, up by 26.15%. The annual average wages is 29,148 yuan, up by 25.38%.

 [City spirit] Urumqi is considered as the most vigorous city in central Asia with the city characters of open, warm, forthright and enterprising. In modern times, Urumqi reflects city sprit of self-reliance and pressing forward, comity and mutual love, open and tolerance, honest and harmony.

[Civilization construction] Vigorously carry out the construction of spiritual civilization and the activity of "Five Titles for Urumqi" to form a good social atmosphere of “everyone is image, everyone participating in”, and to build the capital to developing, opening, beautiful, harmonious city.

We will steadily develop cultural industry and continuously improve the level of urban civilization. The nonprofit culture and merchant culture go together. We would vigorously develop the dominant culture industry of press, publishing, radio, television, theatrical performances, cultural tourism, and the social culture industries such as culture and entertainment, sports recreation, art  training and art. We will build up culture industrial bases and characteristics culture industrial group, foster backbone enterprises and strategic investors, and protect cultural relics, historical sites and non-material cultural heritage to promote geographical and characteristic culture. In Urumqi, there are 20 art organizations, 2 mass art museums, 8 culture museums, 2 stadiums with better-equipped installations, 22 cinemas, 3 libraries with 1.36million books. It is famous as “the Singing and Dancing Home town” because of multiculture.

 

 

[      Circumjacent environment] Because of economic development, the market demand of central Asia increase continually. At present, the central Asia free trade zone has begun to come into being with the effort of Shanghai Cooperation Organization. We should make use of the geographic advantages as the bridgehead of opening to the west to enlarge the mutual trade.

[City construction environment] In 2007, we spent 3.61 billion yuan to improve the conditions of the infrastructure such as transportation, environment protection, irrigation etc. the layout of central cities in Urumqi-Changji area and “500” area namely the new industry city had finished.

Through the judging index system of city administration management, we can stengthen legal administrative management and digital city management to build up long time management system.

[Ecological environment] We achieved remarkable results on beautiful, clean, green and bright city. We carried out a lot of activities such as air pollution prevention, energy saving, decreasing pollution emission and recycling economy experiment to improve environment quality in the year of 2007. On the whole year, there were 252 days that air quality was 2 degree or better than that. The rate of grass cover in downtown is 35%.

In order to get the titles of garden city of Xinjiang Region, the nation sanitation city and environment protection model city, we will implement the tax policy of energy saving, architecture  rebuilding , energy saving of water and land, pollution prevention and ecological environment construction etc..

[Transport environment] As one of the five international airports in China and only Class-I Airport Pass in Xinjiang Region, Urumqi has opened direct flights with Bishkek, Alamtu, Islamabad, Moscow, Novosibirsk and other international cities and major cities of China. 13 domestic airlines and 11 international and regional airlines have launched regular flights in Urumqi, four international airlines opened unscheduled flights to Urumqi. At present, Urumqi have opened more than 117 flight courses, of which 47 international courses to 59 countries or cities, 70domestic courses to 62 cities. Urumqi airport has gradually became the international airport hub in the western China. A air silk road runs through north and south Tianshan. The railway station is general hub of Xinjiang railway and important distribution place of passengers and goods in China and central Asia. It has more than 20 pairs of international and domestic express. The highways extend in all directions and form transportation network connecting outside and inside and across from the north to the south. We plan to construct 12 highways in China border before the year of 2010, of which 5 highways built in recent time are located in Xinjiang Region, of which 3 highways will be started from Urumqi. We will take the lead of developing public transportation to perfect “nine transverse and four longitudinal” public transportation roads. The total of those build up a modern cubic silk road and erect a gold bridge between Urumqi and outside world.

In 2007 the whole city achieved 17.073 billion tons/km. of the volume of freight, rising by 9.07%, of which 6.548 billion tons/km. by railway, up by 4.9%; 10.434 billion tons/km. by highway, up by 7.87%; 90.1 million tons/km. by airplane, up by 1.84%. And also finished 15.33 billion persons/km. of the volume of passenger, rising by 10.79%, of which 2.052 billion persons/km. by railway, up by 6.3%; 5.584 persons/km. by highway, up by 8.38%; 7.694 persons/km. by airplane, up by 14.32%.

[Legal system environment] we will expedite the course of democracy and legal system, and push forward the administration according to law, just judicature and the activity of “peace capital”.  We try to maintain social stability, build up the idea of “stability is above everything”, and persist in high pressure to Three-evils to destroy their activities of pervasion and abruption before shaped. The activity of “peace capital” was started and criminal cases decreased with the activities of peace districts (counties), peace streets (villages) and peace communities.

We also try to perfect the democratic system of grass roots, push forward the course of the administration according to law, vindicate the high effect and just legal system through perfecting lawsuit, judging, supervising and duty went behind.

[Government affair environment] We try to change the function of government to set up ministrant government. We should improve working style, strengthen clean-fingered construction, boost management according to laws, set up license system of implementing, supervision and evaluation to continuously improve the level of management according to laws.

[Circulation environment] Commerce and circulation are continuously flourishing and the new-type logistic industry keep expanding. The 8 commercial cycles such as Zhongshan road and characteristic commercial streets were improved further and community convenient commerce get ahead. The structure upgrade of consume speed up, some commodities such as autos and house sell well, tourism leisure and information service increase notably. The department stores of commence and diet is 48 thousand. There are 193 special wholesaling markets, whose annual turnover are 31 billion yuan, of which the volume of 26 wholesaling markets exceeded 100 million yuan, 6 exceeded 1 billion yuan.

[Financial environment] The finance keeps stable and supports the development of economy. In 2007 the deposit fund balance of all the financial organizations in the city was 205.6 billion yuan, increasing 37.054 than the beginning of the year, up 21.98%, of which deposit from residents was 67.953 billion yuan, increasing 0.138 billion yuan, up by 0.2%. The loan balance of all the financial organizations was 114.554 billion yuan, increasing 10.01 billion yuan, up by 9.57%.

[Science, education, health and Sports] Science and technology make deep progress with continuously increasing of invest, result and patent. At present, there are 768 private technologic enterprises in Urumqi, whose annual profit were 1.169 billion yuan, all volume of tax were 0.354 billion yuan. The entire City had 106 science research and technology development institutes and 361 serving organizations to spreading science and technology results. There are also 17 post-doctor flow stations, 18 post-doctor science research and technology stations and 112 high-tech enterprises. In 2007, the outlay of science research and technology from municipal government was 800.9 million yuan. 63 items of science research and technology get prize of Autonomous Region grade, 29 items get prize of the municipal grade. The works of intellectual property rights was strengthened, 812 patents were applied and 501 ones were granted. The volume of technologic contract is 0.262 billion yuan, of which exchange volume is 0.255 billion yuan.

The basic education establishment was strengthened through developing professional education and “one charge” of compulsory education. At the end of 2007, there were 522 thousand students studying in different colleges and schools. In 2007, the number of students got free incidental expense was 12817.

The hygiene service system keeps improving continually. The urban resident basic medical insurance and new-type rural cooperation medical system covers almost all persons in Urumqi. The experimental works of protecting persons with low incomes and medical help keeps active progress. The hygiene service in community and rural areas were strengthened, and we built up medical control system for serious disease.

We made lot of results in sports. In 2007, a athlete of Urumqi get a great step to gain the golden medal of kickboxing on the 6th national city athletic meeting, and we got 2 sliver medals and 5 bronze medals at the same time. Body-exercise activities were further popularized. There are 230 thousand persons attending the 20 body-exercise activities in the whole year.

[Culture and public opinion] We can enhance the image of modern urban civilization through grasping nonprofit cultural undertakings and business cultural undertakings. We will vigorously develop the dominant culture industry representing by press, publishing, radio, television, theatrical performances, cultural tourism, and community cultural industries representing by culture and entertainment, sports recreation, art training and art. We also will train backbone enterprises and strategic investors, build bases and characteristics cultural industrial group, strengthen excavating and triming of the “xiyu” history and culture and other culture, protect cultural relics, historical sites and non-material cultural heritage, develop regional special culture to promote urban civilization and social harmony.

In 2007, the total industrial added value of “Three Zones and Four Parks” reached 7.999 billion yuan, increasing by 35.94%, which takes up 32.76% of 24.417 billion yuan of the whole city industrial added value above the level. The turnover finished by enterprises in “Three Zones and Four Parks” was 65.411 billion yuan, up by 31.73%; the tax 1.948 billion yuan, up by 90.1%; the volume of import and export 1.047 billion dollars, increasing by 16.59%. There are 4578 enterprises entering the “Three Zones and Four Parks”, of which three-funds enterprises 77, the number of employee 75862, and infrastructure investment 2.271 billion yuan and productive investment 30.476 billion yuan. In 2007, the total investment of 175 projects is 11.59 billion yuan, up by 14.6%.

In the future, Miquan-Dongshan and Toutunhe industrial parks will mainly develop energy sources heavy-industry, and the export processing zone and the other two zones take emphasis on extroverted processing and high-tech industries.

Situated at Diwopu area northwest of Urumqi, Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone (hereinafter called the Development Zone) was set up by the State Council’s formal authorization in 1994. Its total programming areas is 36.87 square kms. It is 10 kms from downtown Urumqi, 1.5 kms from Urumqi international Airport, 2 kms from northern railway station (freight), 3.5kms from the Euro-Asia continent bridge organizing station, 10 kms from railway passenger station. The first phase programmed area covers 4.34 square kms. With the approving by Xinjiang government in 2001, the Programmed area of the 2nd phase covers 9.87 square kms, whose extending district covers 5.57 square km. In 2006, the cooperating development zone was built up between division 12 of Xinjiang Corps and the Development Zone, which the first phase programming area covers 15 square kms, future programming area 100 square kms. The cooperating development zone were divided into three function section: the synthetic function section, ecological dwelling section, industrial function section which divided four parks namely logistics industrial park, energy equipment industrial park, green processing industrial park, modern manufacturing industrial park.

The Development Zone operates according to “Three Priorities, Two Endeavor and One promotion” which is put forward by the State Council, namely, giving priority to improving the quality of FDI, to developing modern manufacture and to optimizing structure of export; and making endeavor to develop new and high technological industries, to develop high added value industries; and promote the development zone to multiply function synthetical zone. We will exert its unique regional advantage, communication advantage, infrastructure advantage, concentrated industry advantage, talent advantage, service advantage and famous brand advantage in the national-level development zones. Clinging to the favorable opportunity of implementation of great development in western China, it has brought in a batch of industrial projects with high technological content and bright developing prospect to set up some pillar industries such as food, beverage, electric, machine, equipment manufacture, plastic, furniture and so on. The development zone co-operate with famous universities and institutes to set up Xinjiang Beijing University High-tech Industrial Park, the Scientific and Technologic Park of Xi’an Electronical Science and Technology University, the Development Center of Xinjiang Branch of China Science Institute. At same time, the Development Zone co-operate with private enterprises institute to set up the Industrial Demonstration Park of Taizhou Private Enterprises. Meantime, the Development Zone established post-doctor scientific and technological working station to attract outstanding talents, and high technological industry development fund to promote the development of preferential industry. In 2007, the Development Zone committee passed the ISO9000 and ISO14000 certification as the first organs of government who passed ISO9000 and ISO14000 certification. Passing quality and environmental management system certification is an important strategic measure to enhance management and service levels and make the zone attractive and competitive.

At present, the registered enterprises in development zone are 1827, industrial enterprises 220, of which foreign invested enterprises 104, the volume of investment 840 million dollars. The 9 enterprises of the world top 500 and 14 enterprises of the China top 500 have invested in the Development Zone.

The Economic Development Zone will be built as reform trial zone, extravert-typed economic demonstration zone, and new-typed industrialization kernel zone of Urumqi-Changji area so much as the whole Xinjiang Region. It will become the power of economic development of Urumqi city, the main base of science and technologic development and transferring, the base of industry manufactory and export, the undertaker of manufactory and investment promoting. Relying on wind power industrial advantage, we will vigorously promote the development of wind power equipment manufacturing industry to build wind power equipment research and development and manufacturing centre consisting mainly of wind power industrial park. We will take 10 to 15 years to build the Economic Development Zone to the new economic platform of China opening door to central Asia and other western region in 21^st century. And build “subarea of division 12 of Xinjiang Corps” as highlight of co-operation between local government and army on the course of Urumqi-Changji economic integrity.

The Development Zone takes emphasis on development of modern manufacturing and processing industries such as machinery manufacturing, electronics and information industry, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, new materials industries, downstream oil product development, new energy industries, export processing industry etc.. We will actively attract domestic and large enterprise groups, listed companies and multinational companies to set up regional headquarters and branches. We will attract the modern logistics industry, the market of production factors, consulting organizations and intermediary service, outsourcing services, institutions of higher learning, scientific research institutes to establish production bases in the zone, and other service industries such as national and regional-level scientific research bases, the international exhibition centre, the display of goods transaction center, luxury hotels, commercial centers to enhance services and create sound environment for development of the tertiary industry.

In 2008, according to wind development strategy of the state and the Autonomous Region, the Development Zone will forge "China Wind Valley". At present, the Development Zone has formed wind power industry clusters driven by the Jinfeng Technology Co. ltd and launched the construction of wind power industrial park. Four enterprises including Denmark LM, the Xi Zhi Xiang, Huitong and Xinfeng have come into the industrial park with the total investment of 280 million yuan. In 2010, the output of wind power industrial park will reach 10 billion yuan.

1, wastewater discharge: we implement the national standards of GB8978-1996 which applies to existing units of water pollutant emissions management, environmental protection facilities construction project design, emissions management after project checking and being put into production.

2, the integrated emission of air pollutants: we implement the national standards of GB16297-1996 which applies to air pollutant emissions, the project’s environmental assessment, design, environmental protection facilities and emissions management after project checking and being put into production.

3, air pollutant emissions of boilers: we implement the national standards of GB13271-2001 which applies to air pollution management of all kinds of boiler emissions using coal, oil and gas, except for pulverized coal power generation boilers and a single output more than 45.5 MV (65t / h). It also applies to the project’s environmental assessment, design and emissions management after project checking and being put into production.

 4, factory noise: we implement the national standards of GB12348-90 which applies to factories and borders of enterprises which may cause noise pollution.

Transferring mode and price of industrial land: in accordance with relevant state regulations, industrial lands are transferred by the ways of bidding, auction and hanging-out, the transferring fare  should be paid by once. The lands in development zone are divided into 11 grades, the benchmark price is 144 yuan per square meters, namely 96,000 yuan/mu.

Operating costs (reference)

Water: industrial water: 2.22 yuan/cubic meter; commercial and service water: 3.18 yuan/cubic meter; green, sanitation, fire water: 1.04 yuan/cubic meter; infrastructure water: 3.68 yuan/cubic meter;

Heating: 22 yuan/square meter; industrial steam engine: 120 yuan/ton

Gas: commercial and catering services and industrial gas: 1.876 yuan/cubic meter; natural gas by vehicles: 2.076 yuan/cubic meter (tax-inclusive price)

Administrative costs: in addition to administrative fees by the Xinjiang Region or municipal government or levied by the development zone on behalf of Xinjiang Region or municipal government, the zone administrative fees are exempted.

Human resources costs: 2000-5000 yuan/month for administrator; 1500-3000/month for skilled workers; 800-1500 yuan/month for ordinary workers.

Social insurance: basic social insurance includes endowment insurance, unemployment insurance, work-related injury insurance, medical insurance, maternity and children five medical insurance, which should be paid forcibly, and employing units, and employees must attend. The employer complementary insurance and personal savings insurance are on the principle of voluntary participation.

1. The enterprises in the development zone can enjoy related policy support from the state, autonomous regions and Urumqi.

2. The enterprises in the export processing zones can enjoy imports duty-free, bonded imports, and export tax relief.

3. The enterprises in the development zone can enjoy relevant policies such as: <the measures for use and management of science and technology development funding > and <the measures to promote the development of modern manufacturing > and <the measures to promote the development of modern service>, < the provisional measures of allowance from finance for corporate lending interest>, <the measures to stimulate import and export>

As the only state-level new high-tech zone in Xinjiang, one of 54 state-level new high-tech zone proved by state council, Urumqi New High Technological Industrial Development Zone (hereinafter called the New and High Zone) was set up in August, 1992. It has total programming area of 31.1 square kms with new added 28 square kms in “500 industrial park”. Since it founded, the New and High Zone vigorously develop the characteristics of high-tech industries relying on resources advantages in Xinjiang. The New and High Zone had primarily build up the important base and modern technologic city of high-tech industries in Xinjiang Region, and become a new bright spot for economic development and growth pole.

The New and High Zone insists strategies of advantage resource transfer to let industry-oriented and industrial features prominent, and take use of resource advantage of coal, natural gas, oil, wind energy, solar energy in Xinjiang to forge pillar industries group of energy conversion. At present it has initially formed the six industrial clusters of new energy, new materials, bio-pharmaceuticals, petrochemicals, machinery, electronics and special resources deep processing.

New energy, new materials

To strengthen the use of solar energy, wind power and other new types of energy. To form enterprise group based on nano-materials, composite materials, new building materials, chemical materials. For example, the Xinjiang New Energy Co. Ltd has built up the country's largest 150 KW photovoltaic power plants in Beitashan, as more than 90 percent of battery component products exporting to more than a dozen countries and regions. Currently, the company has 49 patents and was identified as one of three national pilot enterprises of the patent in the Xinjiang Region by State Intellectual Property Office.

Biomedicine

With characteristics Uygur medicine resources in Xinjiang, we will develop biomedicine industry. At present, 20 pharmaceutical enterprises have been introduced, including Jiuzhoutong Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Xinjiang Huashidan Pharmaceutical Co. ltd., Tefeng Pharmaceutical Co. ltd., Qikang Habo Uygur Drug Company, the Western Regions Medicine, Xuelian Uygur Medicine Biological Engineering Limited, Qikang Medicine, Taikun Group etc..

Petrochemical

Relying on resources advantages of oil, coal, natural gas in Xinjiang, geographical location, and favorable policies, we will attract large energy companies such as China Petroleum, Sino-Petrochemical, China joint oil to enter into the new high-tech zones. Depending on the Shenhua Group, Yankuang Group, Henan Coal Industry, and other key enterprises to develop coal chemical industry, nurture new energy industries such as coal transforming to electricity, coal to gas, coal to oil to establish branches parks of the new high-tech zone with Kelamayi City and Kuche County to vigorously develop the petrochemical industry.

Machinery and Electronic

Vigorously develop manufacturers in electronic information, vehicle and components, instrumentation production. The New High-tech Zone has introduced the No.1 Tractor Group, China Container Group, China General Passenger Group, Xuzhou Mine Group and other large manufacturing enterprises, and gradually form clusters of related industries.

Characteristics resources deep processing

With natural resources advantages of Xinjiang, some special resources such as tomatoes, safflower, Xuelian, lavender, Chinese wolfberry, hops, wind, and solar energy can be deeply utilized. For example, the natural colored cotton development by Xinjiang China Colored Cotton (Group) Co., Ltd., the lycopene source by the Xinjiang Jiangyu Green Nutrition Institute, lavender by Xinjiang Sweet Biotechnology Limited.

The New High-tech Zones aimed at large enterprises and groups to carry out “fine investment, industrial investment, point – to –point investment”. 21 of domestic top 500 enterprises have been introduced into the New High-tech Zone. In 2007, 10 of domestic top 500 enterprises such as China the First Tractor Group, China Steel Group have entered into the New High-tech Zone. The total sum of investment is over 4.5 billion, and some enterprises built their headquarters in the zone.

At present, there are 3206 enterprises, of which foreign-invested enterprises 41, high-tech enterprises 79. The municipal Science and Technology Progress Award are accumulated to 67, and the regional scientific and technological progress awards 23. In 2007, the total of 106 projects got supporting fund of 51.597 million yuan from the State, autonomous regions, municipalities.

To made full use of three main measures. First is to strengthen base construction, put up incubation platform of new-style enterprise and improve level of creative incubation. Second is to set up measures for constructing service platform of scientific pioneering. Third is to improve work system, put up cooperative platform of scientific talent exchange, construct work system of talent concentration depended on advantage of college and scientific research institution in State High-Tech Technological Development Zone, set up fund of talent exploitation, create talent highland of high-tech industries.

Planning in zone and land resources

Four main districts: The Diamond Town----central business district, owning beautiful environment, convenient communication and perfect service facilities; pioneering building and the first and the second sections----mature industrial sections; the northern part of the new high-tech zone----New-type industrial zone; Urumqi-changji industrial park. The usable land is 2.5 square kms.  

Wage level: senior clerk is 2500 yuan per month; technological staffer is from 1000 to 1200 yuan per month; normal worker is 700 to 800 per month.

Society insurance is based on gross wage.

Unemployment insurance: unit pays 2% of gross wage. Individual pays 1% of gross wage;

Retirement insurance: unit pays 20%, individual pays 5%; Industrial injury insurance: unit pays 0.4%;

Bearing insurance: unit pays 0.8%;

Medical insurance: unit pays 6.5%, individual pays 2%.

1. Since January 1, 2006, the new high-tech enterprises in the zone, are exempted from corporate income tax within two years from the profit year and pay income tax on 15% after the expiry.

2. Any entered enterprise, which was affirmed as high-tech enterprise by Science and Technology Department of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, commencing from the date of affirmation, shall be preferentially levied 15% of the enterprise income tax.

3. Newly established productive enterprise, once affirmed as a new high-tech enterprise by Science and Technology Department of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, shall enjoy three-year exemption of enterprise income tax and half of enterprise income tax for the next three years.

4. Any newly-established productive enterprise, in conformity with Xinjiang government file [2002] NO.29, shall enjoy five years exemption of enterprise income tax.

5. According to annual foreign exchange volume, export product category and origin, the Administrative Commission of New High-tech Industrial Zone shall award export enterprises through finance.

6. Any enterprise that make use of independent intellectual property to undertake pioneering research and technological transformation, shall get financial support from New High-tech Industrial Zone from technological innovation fund and supporting fund. Enterprises that have paid patent application fee and annual patent fee for their own intellectual properties, can be subsidized , by zone finance department.

7. Any enterprise that gained income from technology transfer shall be exempted from business tax for three years. Enterprise’s income which from technical transfer and relevant training, service and technical consulting etc, shall be exempted from enterprise income tax temporarily if annual net income is below 300 thousand yuan.

8. Any enterprise which is engaged in software development and production, belongs to ordinary tax payer and sells self-developed computer software products, shall be returned its value-added tax which beyond 3% of practical tax after being levied 17% statutory value-added tax. Small taxpayers of productive enterprises will be levied 6% of value-added tax. Small taxpayers belonging to commercial enterprises which sell computer software shall be levied 4% value-added tax and can let tax authority to make out value-added tax voucher according to different tax rating.

9. High-tech enterprises can enjoy the state's preferential tax policy if their high-tech products, which be assessed by the national or regional technologic agency, come to the international advanced level of similar products or fill the gaps of China and reach domestic advanced level of similar products or fill gaps of Xinjiang Region. The New High-tech Zone should support development of enterprise by the way of full returning local part of value-added tax.

10. In order to support and promote SME technological innovation, and support technological innovation by enterprises, promote the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and speed up the process of high-tech industries, according to the decision of CPC Central Committee and the State Council on strengthening technological innovation, development high technology, and realizing the industrialization, we set up technology innovation fund of the New High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Urumqi (Innovation Fund for short) to support respectively high-tech enterprises on loan interest subsidy, free sustentation, capital stock input etc..

11. The students abroad who stationed in the New High-tech Zone can enjoy related preferential taxation policies such as < notice on several preferential policies on corporate income tax> ([94] taxation 001) by the Ministry of Finance and the State Tax Administration, and <implementation notion on the preferential tax policies for western region development and relevant issues> (New government [2002] 29) by the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

12. In accordance with the<measure on investment incentives of Urumqi New High-tech Industrial Development Zone>, the committee of the New High-tech Zone would put a premium on the organization or individuals for their contribution to introduce investment. The incentives include: the introduction of the world's top 500 or holding enterprises, the introduction of domestic top 200 or holding enterprises, the introduction of listed companies or holding enterprises, as well as the introduction of high-tech manufacturing enterprises.

13. In accordance with the annual financial budget, the finance department of the New High-tech Zone set up a special fund of loan interest subsidy for the construction projects of industrial enterprises registered in the zone. The loan interest subsidy is prepaid and compensated after that, which means the loan interest subsidy is paid according to interest payments list from the bank. At the same time, the Credit Guarantee Corporation was set up to   help SME get financing services.

14. The high-tech enterprises can be compensated for introduction and use of high-level talent, which include 50,000 yuan of the installation grant and housing subsidies for the specialized technical personnel, a doctorate talent, and the talents with outstanding results, and 2,000 yuan on the living subsidies. The talents also can get priority on their spouses and children’ registering as resident of the city, employment, entering into nursery school. The innovative and technological projects with independent intellectual property rights can get support from the Innovation Fund. There is a biennial contribution prize of 50,000 yuan for the talents.

15. The industrial projects in the New High-tech Zone can be provided with tap water, drainage, roads, electric power, telecommunication, heating and trim field.

Note: there are some special preferential policies to support enterprises which make outstanding achievement on technology research, industry, taxation and so on.

Service of key project: we will assign person to provide investment service of the whole course for large-scale project.

“One hall style” service: we established twenty service windows in the hall on the principles of publicity, transparency, convenience and efficiency. The contents of approving, procedure, standard of charge and affairs deadline will be declared clearly. Affairs of approving will be treated by electronic government administration system.

Pioneering service: pioneering service center in the industrial zone has been affirmed by Ministry of Science and Technology of China. Pioneering center sticks to principles of developing high-tech and industrialization, build incubator base and perfect service function according to national standard.  Relying on pioneering park of student abroad, we can not only provides office, scientific research, production and place, but also human affairs service such as policy, financing, market information etc.

We can provide online declaration and online approving all day, open content of approving, procedure, standard of charge and affairs deadline, provide free information of capital and business invitation, co-operation on technology and talent exchange, offer free VIP mailbox, releasing of information about commerce and trade, and establish online complaint and supervision platform.

Situated in the second phase of the Economic Development Zone, Urumqi Export Processing Zone was proved by the State Council on March 10, 2003. Its total area is 3 square kms, of which the area of the first phase is 0.7 square kms and fencing area is 0.4 square kms. A permanent fence as isolation facilities was built up between Export Processing Zone and other area. The Export Processing Zone is special area where the Customs make 24-hour supervision for the import and export of related goods and related region, and provide prompt service of one time declaration, one time auditing, one time inspection and 24-hour customs clearance without going out the zone. The Export Processing Zone is 2.5 kilometers from the international airport, 1 km from the north railway station (freight), 2 kms from western railway station (marshalling yard) with transport convenience. The infrastructure is perfect which power supply, water supply and discharge, heat network  were built, roads extends all directions, and service facilities quite good such as postal services, program-controlled telephones, broadband network, natural gas etc..

1. Tax-free for the machinery, equipment, tooling and maintenance parts for production; the machinery, equipment and the necessary infrastructure materials needed by production plants and warehouse; office supplies for self-use by local administrative department. Bonded-tax for imported raw materials, components, parts, packaging materials and expendable materials by enterprises in Export Processing Zone.

 2. Drawback for required equipment, the raw materials needed by infrastructure from outside enterprise.

3. Vehicle, consumer goods imported on their own use should pay taxes according to the relevant provisions of importing goods. The goods produced in zone and services taxable san be exempted from value-added tax, consumption tax.

1. Exempting from export tariffs for the manufactured goods and residual materials and wasters sold outside the zone.

2. Committing processing outside the zone can be permitted with the approval of the Customs.

Business operations period: the enterprises can be exempted from administrative fare.

Foreign exchange management:

1. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange and its branch are the only authorities in the export processing zone.

2. Foreign exchange accounts of the enterprises in processing zone are unlimited on quota.

3. The cancel after verification of foreign exchange and Chinese-funded enterprises register are needless.

4. Other preferential policies such as purchasing foreign exchange.

      Enterprises and business can be permitted:

     1. Storage enterprises for processing enterprises in zone.

2. Transportation enterprises approved by Customs, which specialize in transporting goods into, out of the zone.

• one time declaration

• one time auditing

• one time inspection

• full-closed, 24-hour customs clearance

• convenient inspection and quarantine

• EDI declaration, computer networking between enterprises and the Customs.

• No margin account and abolishing the "registration handbook."

• electronic account management, computer rolling verification, auditing every half of year.

• record-keeping system for goods outside frontier and  customs system for areas of outside zone but in frontier.

Using straight-through-transport, declaration to customs of processing zones with identification on port.

Miquan-dongshan (Midong) district Chemical Industrial Park lies in the suburb of northeastern Urumqi, where is 30kms from city center of Urumqi and near No.216 national road. The Park runs across Miquan city and Dongshan district, starting from Qidaowan road in the southwest, extending to the grassland of Baiyang river in Miquan. Its total programmed area covers 110 square kms which including 53 square kms of processing section under construction, 30 square kms of oil chemical section and 27 square km. of chloride and alkaline chemical section being built.  It is a chemical industry base in Xinjiang Region of oil chemical industry, natural gas chemical industry, coal chemical industry, chloride and alkaline chemical industry, exquisite chemical industry.

In December 2004, the party committee and the people’s government of the Xinjiang Region made a strategic decision on Urumqi-Changji economic integrity and establishing Urumqi-Changji party committee. In April 2005, Miquan city of Changji autonomous prefecture of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and Dongshan district of Urumqi were merged into Midong new district, which was start-up district of carrying out strategy of Urumqi-Changji economic integrity, experimental field of pushing forward Urumqi-Changji economic integrity, and the first step of three steps course of Urumqi-Changji economic integrity. The developing strategy of Midong district by party committee of Urumqi-Changji are promoting urbanization with industrialization and developing coordinately each other. The way is to make industrial investment as breach to push the construction of infrastructure including water, electricity, road and communication, and to drive construction of the living facilities such as residence, life, culture and entertainment etc.. The Midong District will focus on construction of Midong Chemical Industrial Park.

As the extroverted, ecological and environmental protection park focusing on transformation of advantageous resources in Xinjiang and the export processing, it will be built into an important manufacturing base and petrochemical industry base in Xinjiang

It is to develop new-style industrialization and to form industrial groups. The first step is to make large oil chemical industry groups depend on Urumqi petrochemical company, Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Company and Xinjiang Lithium Plant etc.. The Second step is positively to push forward the transformation from coal resource advantage to economic advantage and industry advantage, and develop coal chemistry and coal electricity industry groups. The third is to make use of leading effectiveness of key construction material companies such as Yongchang Jishui Chemical Company to intensify new-style construction material industries.

At present, the area of 88 square kms has been developed with road, electricity, supply and drainage system, communication and natural gas. There are 227 industrial enterprises in the park such as Urumqi Petrochemical Company, Petrochemical General Plant, Xinjiang Huatai Heavy Chemical Industry Co. Ltd, Guotong Pipeline Company, Shenhua Xinjiang Energy Company. In 2007, the total industrial output was more than 30 billion yuan, and the added value 4.2 billion yuan. The Midong district is the experimental field of Urumqi-Changji Integrity, and the economy in the park has an unprecedented high-speed growth less than two years, where large enterprises has been entering into such as the Shenhua Group.

Adhering to the scientific concept of development, relying on land, resources, industrial development orientation and speedy development of Urumqi Petrochemical Company of Petrochina as one of the four major petrochemical industrial base in Xinjiang Region, we will vigorously promote the conversion of advantages resource and develop downstream industries linked extension projects closely around big aromatics, the polyester, the fertilizers, organic materials in Urumqi Petrochemical Base. We will construct ecological and environmental protection park with high and new technology industries as the leader, the cycle economy as stress, resources exploitation, processing and service as main content.

Key industries:

1. Petrochemical, natural gas chemicals, chlor-alkali, coal chemicals and fine chemicals;

2. New building materials, machinery manufacturing;

3. High-tech industries such as new energy resources, new materials and environmental protection;

4. Comprehensive development and deep processing of Xinjiang's advantage resource;

5. Export processing industry facing central and western Asia and the neighboring countries of Xinjiang;

6. Infrastructure, real estate, land development, afforestation of barren hills.

8 square kilometers of available land

1. The enterprises in Midong park which engage Urumqi unemployed and laid-off workers to required percentage, can enjoy employment-related tax policy of laid-off workers reemploy according to the new fiscal tax law (no. 12 of [2003] ).

2. In addition to the maximum charge relief, the administrative and business fees to the new projects which belong to encourage category, will be reduced to 30% of the minimum charge.

3. The well-growing enterprises can get loan interest subsidy from the finance.

4. The high-level personnel with a master's degree, a doctorate, the deputy high titles and above, and the high-level managers, can be directly employed by the employing units without recognized limit of professional and technical positions. Those with outstanding contributions can be unconventional recommended, assessed, given the corresponding duties. The high-level personnel can be re-identified and calculated the length of service.

5. The high-level personnel and their spouses and children can be registered as resident of cities and towns and only pay accounts charge.

6. The children of workers who works in Midong park, can enter into local nursery and schooling with Jiedu free with resident procedures or temporary resident permits.

The committee of Midong industrial park provides efficient services for foreign and domestic investors.

The New High-tech Industrial Park of Midong District was approved by Xinjiang Region in June 2007 with planning area of 189 square kilometers. It is the important northern industries area of Urumqi, eastern core industrial corridor in Urumqi-Changji area, and the important place of the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains.

In order to accelerating the process of industrialization, the party committee and the people's governments of Xinjiang Region and the Urumqi-Changji party committee decided to build up the New High-tech Industrial Park of Midong District surrounding areas in Ganquan Fort to nurture pillar industries, to promote the industrial concentration, and to enhance the overall competitiveness of Urumqi-Changji area.

To focus on modern logistics industry, modern manufacturing and new energy industry, and to develop specialty processing, precision processing, scientific research and education.

According to industry planning, we will select reasonable enterprises to entering into the park to promote industrial concentration and extend the downstream industries linked. The logistics industry, research and development industries, service industries are forming industrial system network. At the same time, according to the use of materials and energy, the members of the planning try to form on the upstream and downstream industrial chain to decrease waste material and energy.

Present situation

"500" reservoir is located on the fine soil plain areas of the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, which belong to the junction of the Fukang city and Midong district of Urumqi City. At present the first phase construction project of the reservoir has been completed with water into the reservoir in 2005. Its total area is 24.25 square kilometers with the 262 million cubic meters of water storage capacity, of which 170 million cubic meters for first phase. The long-term inputing water is 680 million cubic meters, of which 250 million cubic meters for Urumqi.

(1)Aviation: there are 30 minutes’ distance away from the Urumqi international airport through the Tuwuda expressway.

(2)Railway: Small Huangshan railway extends through the industrial park. The train speed is 80 kms/hour. There is rail freight yard in the park with eight railway lines, of which 3 lines of the 850 meters; 2 coal unloader line of 576 meters for 100 train wagons; one coke line of 576 meters for 50 train wagons; 2 chemical lines of the 494 meters for 100 train wagons. There is a special Railway Line Interface for Shenhua group. The design capacity of the freight yard is 10 million tons, so the annual shipment capacity is 4.38 million tons according to one daily batch operations, 10 million tons according to 2 batches of operating capacity.

(3) Highway: there are three highways passing through the territory of a country in the industrial park, and 102 provincial highway pass through to 216 National Road, the Tuwuda highway also pass through the park in the south.

(4) The 220KV high-voltage transmission lines from Urumqi to Jimusaer pass through the park.

The previous land had been developed completely, the new   lands are being planned.

The park enjoys preferential policies of development of the western regions by the state and the Xinjiang Regional investment. The committee of the new high-tech industrial park provides efficient services for foreign and domestic investors.

Toutunhe industrial Park which built in August of 1995, lies in the northwest of Urumqi and on the northern slope of Tianshan Mountains. It is the important joint of Urumqi city and Changji city and the concentrated industrial area where owned many enterprise about steel production, petroleum and relevant materials, passengers and goods transport of railway, big scale storehouse, cement manufacturing and logistics, and owned plain terrain and convenient communications. Up to 2006, there were 91 enterprises in the park where had been a set of mainstay of steel, construction materials, petrochemical industry, biological medicine, metal smelting, agricultural and side-line products and logistics. Powerful industrial park has been initially shaping and gradually become a secondary center of Urumqi city and a manufacturing base of Xijiang Region.

Over ten years of development, the infrastructure of the park has completed eight available and one leveling, that is, road, electricity, water, drainage, natural gas, post, telecommunication, traffic and network are available and the land is leveled. The green high-tech industries have been built in the park, which including new-style construction materials, biological medicine manufacturing, petrochemical industry, machinery manufacturing and food processing. Up to now, the development of first phase, the second phase and the fourth phase have been finished, the development of 2 square kms land in the third phase was also finished. At present, the planning and infrastructure of the fifth and the sixth phase are being started up.

Orientation of development

In order to promoting new-style industrialization, carrying out transformation strategy of resource advantage, and according to guiding of “strengthen the second industry”, we want to build importantly strategic replacement district of the second industry in Urumqi, to build important energy base to develop coal electricity industry and coal chemical industry relying on coal resource in Liuhuanggou. Relying on present 5 guiding industries of food processing, biological medicine manufacturing, new-style construction materials, metal manufacturing, machinery manufacturing, We also want to develop high-tech industry to foster ten industrial groups and build the important manufacturing base of Xinjiang and Urumqi city.

According to the principle of “south controlled, north widened, east extended, west pushed”, we will quicken construction of vice center of city, build up class--II port of railway international logistics park to extend urban space and create new modern industrial zone.    

   Biological medicine, new-style construction materials, metal manufacturing industry, equipment manufacturing and logistics.

    The planning area is 46 square kms, of which 5 square kms developed, 6.6 square kms for investors.

Toutunhe district is rich in professionally educational resource, owning three professional schools such as Xinjiang steel and iron technical school, Bingtuan advanced technical school, etc. Xinjiang modern professional education institution has been building. The first and the second phase in the Toutunhe industrial park will be used as training base of professional education of Xinjiang Region and Urumqi city.

     On the basis of enjoying various policies on inviting investment made by the State, the Autonomous Region and Urumqi, Toutunhe industrial park has made preferential policies on supporting enterprises, highly awarding people who have invited capitals, enthusiastically supporting development of non-public-owned economy.

      1. If the total sum of added-value tax, sale tax and income tax is less than 0.5 million Yuan, the enterprises can get support of 20% of the total sum.

     2. If the total sum of added-value tax, sales tax and income tax is more than 0.5millionyuan (including 0.5million yuan)and less than one million Yuan, the enterprises can get support of 30% of the total sum.

      3. If the total sum of added-value tax, sales tax and income tax retains is more than one million yuan(including 0.5million yuan)and less than five million yuan, the enterprises can get support of 40% of the total sum.

      4. If the total sum of added-value tax, sales tax and income tax is more than five million yuan (including 5million yuan), the enterprises can get support of 50% of the total sum.

      5. Some special preferential policies can be granted to the enterprises whose investment volume reaching 100 million yuan, with advanced technology, or large logistics enterprises or enterprises contributing a lot to Xinjiang.

      6. Except the basic cost, the enterprises can be levied 90% of the lowest standard of administrative fare. Local administrative departments levied according to the lowest charging standard.

7.Other kinds of enterprise except for foreign-invested enterprises, enterprises group, listed company, is authorized to register in Toutunhe branch administration for industry and commerce.

8. Private company whose registration capital is below 500 thousand yuan can pay by stages within two years if its registration capital cannot pay right now. The first investment capital should pay not less than 50 thousand yuan for producing company, wholesale and retail enterprises, not less than 20 thousand yuan for company of investment, consulting and service. Registration capital should pay beyond 50% after registration date beyond one year.

9. The procedures of enterprises starting business, changing registration, annual inspection, putting contract on record, circulating assets mortgage registration and mark registration can be applied on phone and handled by Administration for industry and commerce on spot.

10. Enterprises more two years is free once for annual inspect if without illegal record,.

11. Charges about enterprise starting business, changing registration, annual inspection, contracting signature, circulating assets mortgage registration and mark registration are all free.

12. Enterprises can preferentially take part in actions organized by Administration for Industry and Commerce such as “crediting enterprises”, “consumer believing enterprise”, “recommended products of consumers association”.

From January 1, 2006, any registered enterprise in the Toutunhe district shall be awarded 200 thousand yuan for gaining the titles of Chinese famous production or Chinese famous trademark; 100 thousand yuan for gaining the titles of Xinjiang famous product or Xinjiang famous trademark; 10 thousand yuan for acquiring national invention patent; 5 thousand yuan for obtaining national new-type practical patent; 1 thousand yuan for national appearance designing; 20 thousand yuan for acquiring the titles of new high-tech production in Xinjiang.

The committee of Toutunhe industrial park can provide service on the course of project talks, project execution, producing and management of enterprise, and set up free-disturbance system, simplify approval procedures, carry out standard service rules and time limit rules.

In order to building urban manufacture industrial park and promoting employment and re-employment, the employment and re-employment pioneering park of Shuimogou district was established in 2003. Its gross planning area is 13.5 square km. where was divided into section A and section B, which is the nearest industrial park from Urumqi city. The communication in the park is convenient and the park is three km. from municipal government, eight km. from the railway station, ten km. from airport. Two main communication line, Suzhou road and Henan road, connected section A with section B. Special railway line of coal mine is adjacent to section A .Liudaowan freight transport station has been set up in the park. There are many buses from downtown Urumqi passing by, where are near several large professional markets.

Infrastructure in the park, such as electricity network, water network, telecom, natural gas and sewage treatment, has been completed. Enterprises have entered in section A and have been starting to construct. Some of enterprises have begun to produce. Five thousand mu of land in the section B has been leveled. Its infrastructure, “six available and one leveling”, has been building smoothly. Over 55 enterprises have entered into the park which is gradually shaping its scale with urban industrial characteristic. In September, 2004, the park was confirmed as re-employment base of Xinjiang.

It will develop environmental protection industry and quicken development of circulatory economy which focus on processing manufacture industry (divided into professional textile and clothing section, wooden articles processing section, printing section, food section) and the warehouse storage is auxiliary.

Taking the coal plants, life garbage and harmless treatment plant as leading, we will strive to attract high-tech and non-pollution enterprises into the park relying on scientific cooperation base of Xinjiang and Shanghai. It aims to form a center of production, circulation and logistics depending on Hualing materials market and Wangjialiang production materials market to promote merging of talent, logistics, capital, information and technology, and to attract enterprises to register in the park, to form economic situation of “shop is in front of plant”.

2 square kms of land is available.

1. Any introducer who newly brought in enterprises which make a contribution to district finance more than 1 million yuan, shall be awarded lump-sum 5% of contribution amount.

2. Any enterprise which is newly brought in makes a contribution to district finance more than 100 thousand yuan (including 100 thousand yuan) and less than 1 million yuan, shall be awarded 25% of contribution amount to support extended reproduction.

3. Any enterprise which is newly brought in makes a contribution to district finance more than 1 million yuan (including 1 million yuan), shall be awarded 40% of contribution amount to support extended reproduction.

4. District government will establish several especial contribution prizes for annual outstanding introducers or legal representatives of enterprises who shall be awarded by lump-sum more than 10 thousand yuan and less than 100 thousand yuan.

1. New and high-tech enterprises which have entered the zone with annual tax volume of over 5 million yuan and have been confirmed by science and technology department of Xinjiang Autonomous Region, can pay 50%of land transfer fare. A premium from finance is drawn as a prize to award the enterprises so as to motivate them to expand reproduction.

2. Apart from enjoying preferential policies mentioned above, the joint ventures, cooperative enterprises, national famous enterprises, special enterprises with international famous brand products and world leading skill, shall be allowed to mutually discuss in detail for extra preferential support.

3. Newly-established enterprises with name brand of the provincial level, can get premium of 10 thousand yuan; enterprises with national name brand in the zone can be awarded a premium of 50 thousand yuan by the regional finance.

4. High-tech enterprises or enterprises entered the zone with newly-established high-tech items, can be granted with one-year interest deducted from the three kinds of subsidies for science and technology by the regional government. The Technique Creative Fund can support to some extent the important projects of technique alteration, technique innovation and high-tech industrialization.

5. The enterprises of clothing, adornment or making shoes can enjoy “Urumqi preferential policies on industry of clothing adornment and making shoes”, which means that enterprises can enjoy special preferential policies except for enjoying all preferential policies of Great Development in Western Region, Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Urumqi.

(1) Credit. For creditworthy enterprises, the administrative commission of the park sets aside the guarantee fund to support  financing of medium and small enterprises, the industrial enterprises development fund to preferentially arrange interest subsidy, foreign and the trade development fund to support exporting enterprises.

(2) Charge. Charges for external construction of war defense, compensating of war defense office and enterprise registration are all free. The charges can be levied by half for engineering dealing and administrative service during approval process.

(3) Management of industry and commerce. Any fine, special, excellent and leading products which gaind the trademark, will be  network members of checking fakes and protecting rights by the industry and commerce management department.

(4) Service. Government will appoint somebody to assist enterprise when enterprise handling relevant procedure, will carry out the whole process service with the approval deadline less than 35 days.

[Policy environment]

1. The foreign-funded and domestic enterprises engaging in the industries encouraged by the state, during the period of 2001 to 2010, can be levied enterprise income tax according to 15% of tax rate.

2. The domestic enterprises engaging in the industries encouraged by theXinjiang Region, during the period of 2001 to 2010, can be levied enterprise income tax according to 15% of tax rate

3. The productive enterprises invested by investors outside Xinjiang Regions are exempted from corporate income tax, vehicle using tax and property tax for five years since the date of production and management, and can be levied enterprise income tax according to 15% of tax rate in a certain period after the expiry, and are free for land-use tax during the construction.

4.The non-productive enterprises invested by investors outside Xinjiang Regions are exempted from corporate income tax for three years since the date of production and management, and can be levied half of enterprise income tax for three years after the expiry; the enterprises invested by investors outside Xinjiang Regions which dealing in infrastructure construction, the ecological environment and high-tech projects, are exempted from corporate income tax, vehicle using tax, property tax and land-use tax for eight years since the date of production and management, and can be levied enterprise income tax according to 15% of tax rate in a certain period after the expiry, and are free for land-use tax during the construction.

5. The enterprises invested by outside investor belong to agricultural industrialization, leading processing enterprises, are levied value-added tax by 13%, which subsidized by the Finance for overrun.

6. The advanced technology enterprises invested by foreign investors are also the advanced technology enterprises after the period of tax exemption, can be levied income taxes by half the rate for more three years. In accordance with the provisions of the tax exemption, the export enterprises, after the expiry of preferential income tax, the volume of exports more than 50 percent of product value, can be levied income taxes by half the rate. For enterprises whose income tax has been 15 %, can be levied income taxes by 10% rate.

7. The high-tech enterprises invested by foreign investors in the development zone are also the high-tech enterprises after the period of tax exemption, can be levied income taxes by half the rate for more three years.

8. The foreign-funded enterprises engaging in the industries which belong to encouraged category and restricted B category in < Guidance Catalogue for Foreign Investment in Industry>, are  exempted from tariffs and import items of value-added tax.

9. Foreign-invested enterprises which import raw materials, assistant materials, parts and packaging materials for the production of export products, are exempted from import tariffs and import items of value-added tax.

10. The foreign-invested enterprises in China reinvest in the Urumqi city, if the ratio of foreign reinvestment is more than 25 percent, the enterprises can enjoy the treatment of foreign-invested enterprises.

11. The foreign-funded enterprises are exempted from the city real estate tax for five years, can be levied half of the tax from the No. 6 year to No. 10 year.

12. The foreign-invested enterprises are exempted from vehicle license tax for 10 years since getting the administrative license.

13. The foreign-invested enterprises can be levied the cost of urban infrastructure facilities by half.

14. The foreign-invested enterprises can enjoy the same treatment with the state-owned enterprises on various fares to paid during production

15. In addition to the basic fee, other administrative fees and charges will be reduced by half according to the low limit of charges.

16. The foreign-invested enterprises engaging in the encouraged, if the actual amounts are over 5 million yuan, can get financial subsidies not more than 10 percent of the paid value-added tax in five years from the date of production.

17. The workers, investors or their relatives of the productive foreign-invested enterprises which operated more than year, can get one city resident quota for every 100,000 yuan of the actual input capital.

一、To apply for examining and approving of projects in Development and Planning Committee of Urumqi city.(Approved within five workdays)

二、To get enterprise name registration table from Urumqi Administration for Industry and Commerce.(Instant proceeding)

三、To examine and approve the contract and constitution of foreign-funded enterprises, and constitution of foreign-owned enterprises in Urumqi Municipal Bureau of Commerce.(Approved within three workdays)

四、To get export and import enterprise code in Technology Supervision Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. (Instant proceeding)

五、To get foreign investment enterprise approval certificate in Foreign Economy Trade Bureau of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Approved within three workdays)

六、To apply for foreign investment enterprise’s business license in Urumqi Administration for Industry and Commerce. (Approved within seven workdays)

七、To handle taxation registration in taxation department(five workdays); Open foreign exchange account in foreign exchange administration department (Five workdays); handle customs registration in Customs (Three workdays).

八、Procedure about starting work, putting into use and producing

1. Opinion document of selecting project site that is approved by Urumqi Urban planning Bureau. Urumqi Environmental Protection Bureau examines and approves impact statement, then to be Department of Aerial Defense, Foreign Affairs and Afforestation Committee for other procedures, to be Urumqi Municipal Bureau of State Land and Resources for antecedent examination of construction land. (Twenty workdays)

2.To be Urumqi Urban planning Bureau for planning license of construction use of land, be Urumqi Municipal Bureau of State Land and Resources for appropriation of construction use of land, examining and approving biding, auction and suspension of operating land by negotiation and transfer, and authorized scheme which was designed by construction unit.(Eleven workdays)

3. Authorized construction blueprint was designed by construction unit. (The same time)

4. Procedure including occupation of urban roads, demolishment of house and supply and drainage system. (Two workdays)

5. Construction planning license is to be examined and approved jointly by Urumqi Urban planning Bureau, Construction Committee, Fire prevention Bureau, Environment Protection Bureau, People’s Aerial Defense, Foreign Affairs department and Forestry Bureau. (Twenty workdays)

6. To be Development and Reform committee for investment license. (Instant proceeding)

7. Pay fees including civic auxiliary equipment, labor insurance and quota measure etc．

８.Procedure of quality and security supervision.(Instant proceeding )

 9. Construction license is to be approved by Urumqi Construction Committee. (Instant proceeding)

 1. Report on the setting up of project.

 2. Feasible research report of project.

 3. Joint venture (cooperative) agreement of contracting parties.

 4. Chinese cooperator authorized letters that is given by foreign enterprise for dealing with relevant affairs of certain project.

5. Foreign cooperator passport and Chinese cooperator copy of ID card.

 6. Agreement on land leasing or factory houses.

 7. Foreign investor’s capital identification (original document), and translate it into Chinese (signature of translator or translation company).

 8. Examination opinion report on project safety affairs which are provided by Urumqi Foreign Affairs.

(一) Materials need to be submitted when draws registration table of enterprise name.

1. Name registration application.

2. Approving document of report on the setting up of project. (Approved by Urumqi Municipal Development and Reform Committee, Urumqi state high-tech Industrial Development Zone or Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone)

3. Legitimate starting business identification that should be provided by government of foreign investor homeland. Foreign investment enterprise’s name must be approved by relevant department. The enterprise that is named after China, Chinese or no any province should be approved by State Administration for Industry and Commerce after first approval of registration department, named after Xinjiang province should be approved by Xinjiang Province Administration for Industry and Commerce after first approval of city Administration for Industry and Commerce.

（二）Materials should be submitted for applying for business license.

1. Foreign investment enterprise registration application that was signed by chairman and vice-chairman of enterprise.

2. Approving documents of the setting up of report.

3. Approving documents of contract and constitution which are to be approved by Urumqi Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Urumqi State High-tech Industrial Development Zone or Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone.

4. Approving certificate of foreign investment enterprise. (Approved by Xinjiang Foreign Economy and Trade Cooperation Bureau)

5. Contract.

6. Constitution.

7. Member list of board.

8. Appointment document of Chinese member of board. (Chinese investor’s signature and seal)

9. Appointment document of foreign member of board. (Foreign investor’s signature and seal)

10. Appointment document and private identification of the chairman, vice-chairman, general manager and vice general manager.

11. Registration table of legal representative.

12. Registration table of representative of enterprise.

13. Duplicate copy of 《business license of legal representative of enterprise》of Chinese investor.(Sealed original registration department seal)

 14. Legal starting business identification should be signed by foreign investor’s homeland government.

 15. Certificate of capital credit of contracting parties.

 16. Certificate of site use.

 17. Notification of pre-checking registration of foreign investment enterprise name.

 18. Foreign investor should provide notarization of homeland government and investor’s qualification or status verification. Investors who belong to HongKong, Macao or Taiwan regions should provide notarization of local department or status verification.

19. 《Letter of authorization for transferring of legal files》should be signed together by foreign investor and authorized agent whose address and contact way must be written clearly.

20. Other materials should be submitted.

 (一) Materials should be submitted for applying for setting up of joint venture enterprise and cooperative enterprise.

 1. Project suggestion book and approval of feasible research report of Urumqi Municipal Development and Reform Committee. (Original documents)

 2. Application of setting up joint venture enterprise and cooperative enterprise. (Three original document and writes clearly agent and contact telephone)

3. Copy of project suggestion book and approval of feasible research report.

4. Agreement, contract and constitution joint venture enterprise and cooperative enterprise. (Original document and signature)

5. Member list of board. (Original documents and signature and writes clearly Chinese and foreigner’s position)

6. Passport copy of foreign legal representative and capital credit verification of enterprise.

7. ID card copy of Chinese legal representative and copy of business license.

8. Foreign investor should provide notarization of homeland government and investor’s qualification or status verification. Investors who belong to Hongkong, Macao or Taiwan regions should provide notarization of local department or status verification.

9. 《Letter of authorization for transferring of legal files》should be signed together by foreign investor and authorized agent whose address and contact way must be written clearly. (Original document)

10. Appointment files of directors of contracting parties of joint venture enterprise and cooperative enterprise.

11. Copy of enterprise name registration table approved by Urumqi Administration for Industry and Commerce.

12. Authorized documents. (Authorization happened and original document)

 13. Importing equipments list. (Import happened)

 14. Other materials should be submitted.

 15. Please clip well and submit to Urumqi Municipal Bureau of Commerce.

 (二) Mater, ials should be submitted for applying for setting up of foreign investment enterprise.

1. Project suggestion book and approval of feasible research report of Urumqi Municipal Development and Reform Committee. (Original documents)

2. Application of setting up foreign investment enterprise. (Three original document and writes clearly agent and contact telephone)

3. Copy of project suggestion book and approval of feasible research report.

4. Constitution of foreign investment enterprise. (Original document and signature)

5. Member list of board. (Original documents and signature should be provided if board has been built)

6. Passport copy of foreign legal representative and capital credit verification of enterprise.

7. Foreign investor should provide notarization of homeland government and investor’s qualification or status verification. Investors who belong to Hongkong, Macao or Taiwan regions should provide notarization of local department or status verification.

8. 《Letter of authorization for transferring of legal files》should be signed together by foreign investor and authorized agent whose address and contact way must be written clearly. (Original document)

9. Copy of enterprise name registration table approved by Urumqi Administration for Industry and Commerce.

10. Importing equipments list. (Import happened)

11. Authorized documents. (Authorization happened and original document)

12. Other materials should be submitted.

13. Please clip well and submit to Urumqi Municipal Bureau of Commerce.

(三) Time limit of approval.

    It is decided to approval or not within three workdays after receiving accurate and all materials.

四、Xinjiang Foreign Economy and Trade Cooperation Bureau ：materials for 《foreign investment enterprise approval certificate》.

1. Approving documents of contract and constitution which are to be approved by Urumqi Municipal Bureau of Commerce, Urumqi State High-tech Industrial Development Zone or Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone. (Original documents)

2. Given code notification of import and export enterprise.

3. Copy of all documents when submitted contract and constitution. (Putted on record by Xinjiang Foreign Economy and Trade Cooperation Bureau)

 

 

 

Registration process of enterprise

The setting up of joint venture, cooperative enterprise      The setting up of exclusive foreign-funded enterprise

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Signing cooperation intention document                         ↓

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Contract and constitution of joint venture   constitution of exclusive foreign-funded cooperative enterprise                     enterprise

（Municipal Bureau of Commerce）          (Municipal Bureau of Commerce)

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Social investment, approval of record and registration

（Urumqi Municipal Development and Reform Committee）

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Opinion of project site（Planning Bureau）→ Evaluation of environmental effectiveness(Environmental Protection Bureau)→ Department of Aerial defense, foreign affairs, Afforestation committee, health→ Pre-approval of land for construction(state land bureau)          

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Planning license for construction (Planning Bureau) → Design scheme authorized by construction unit itself → Appropriation of construction use of land, approval on business incitation, auction and suspension of operating land by negotiation and transfer. (State land bureau)                                 

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               Working drawing authorized      Occupation of city road, digging

by unit itself                  and house demolishing, supply and drainage      

                             Estate Bureau, Water Affairs

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Planning license of construction engineering

(Planning Bureau)← Working drawing Approved by

Construction committee, fire prevention,

environmental protection, aerial defense,

foreign affairs, forestry, etc.                        

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Investment license approved                                                   

(Municipal Development and Reform Committee）                                                

  

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Working license

(Construction committee)← Relevant fee including    ←   Procedures of quality and

                       civic auxiliary equipment,      labor security supervision

insurance and fixed measures.   (Technology Supervision Bureau and supervision bureau of safe production)

                          

 

In 2007, the overall economy of Urumqi maintained fast growth momentum. The GDP was 78.2 billion yuan, increasing 15.2% according to the same price, with 1.2 percentage points more than the previous year, of which the added value of the first industry 1 billion yuan, up by 8.1%; the added value of the second industry 29.5 billion yuan, up by 15.3%; the added value of tertiary industry 47.7 billion yuan, up by 15.2%. The three industries respectively spur economic growth 0.14, 5.38, 8.48 percentage points. The industrial structure adjust from 1.34:37.50:61.16 of the previous year's to 1.28:37.72:61, the proportion of the secondary industry in the regional GDP rose by 0.22 percentage points.

[Main industrial groups]

 The top 10 industrial groups include petrochemical industries, ferrous metal smelting and metal products industry, the energy industry, pharmaceutical manufacturing, electronics and information, building materials industry, textile industry, food and beverage industry, machinery manufacturing, light industry (clothing, furniture, plastics, etc.)

The regional finance has shown a rapid growth. In 2007, the local financial revenue was 8.71 billion yuan, up by 39.27%, of which local general budget revenue 6.735 billion yuan, up by 24.68%. The local expenditure was 7.493 billion yuan, increasing 36.72%, of which local general budget expenditures 5.956 billion yuan, up by 23.75%. The tax revenue kept rapid growth. In 2007, the state tax departments achieve tax revenue 6.829 billion yuan, up by 29.84%; the local taxation departments achieve tax revenue 6.024 billion yuan, increasing 24.36 %.

The scale of investment in fixed assets continuously expanded and the investment structure was further optimized. In 2007, the fixed assets investment was 28.606 billion yuan, increasing 15.23%.  of which the investment in the first industry 37 million yuan, down 74.4 %; the investment in the second industrial 9.942 billion yuan, increasing 34.68%; the investment in the tertiary industry 18.627 billion yuan, up by 7.67%. The investment in real estate kept strong increasing. In 2007, the investment in real estate was 7.771 billion yuan, increasing 47.35%. The main projects were developed smoothly. In 2007, the total investment of 120 key projects such as the Urumqi-Banfanggou Road, the north and south road of Xinhua were13.859 billion yuan, increasing 1.17 times

 

The consumer price index（100% for last year）
Category	units	2007年	2006年
The consumer price index	%	104.6	100.1
Food	%	112	102.9
Foodstuff	%	105.2	104
Grease	%	134.7	98
Meat, poultry and products	%	126.2	97.3
Eggs	%	127.6	90.1
Aquatic products category	%	108.8	96.8
Alcoholic drinks and tobacco and supplies	%	104.3	100.4
Clothing	%	99.3	93.6
Household appliances and maintenance services	%	100.2	96.8
Health care and personal products	%	100	96.3
Transport and communications tools	%	98.5	99.3
Recreation, education and cultural products and services	%	99.3	98.4
dwelling	%	106.2	107.1

 

The agriculture made steady development. In 2007, in order to increase peasant income and promote the industrialization of agriculture, we implemented a series of favorable policies to support agriculture, vigorously develop the planting of new varieties, new technology and new technics. The annual added value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fisheries was 1 billion yuan, up by 8.1 percent. The planting acreage was 45.53 thouand hectares, same with last year’s. In 2007, the amount of the city's livestock amounted to 786,300, and the annual meat production was 33,300 tons, up by 4.39%. The investment in fixed assets kept rapid growth in rural areas. Annual investment in fixed assets amounted to 668 million yuan, increasing 1.76 times. The rural infrastructure was further strengthened, and the agricultural production conditions continuously improved.  By the end of 2007, there are 566 large and medium-sized tractors, the total power of agricultural machinery reached 193,800 kilowatts, rural electricity consumption reached 110 million kilowatt hours. The production of the farmers and herdsmen has been improved remarkably, the cash income of farmers has doubled over the previous year. A new socialist countryside was come into being steadily, and 14 model villages are brand new.

The Urumqi-Changji integrity promotes the rapid development of Urumqi-Changji area. At present, there are three industrial zones or parks including the high-tech zones, the economic and technological industrial zones and the Miquan-dongshan industrial parks and two industrial corridors of manufacturing, coal electricity and coal chemical industry.  A lot of large enterprises such as Huadian, Shenhua, Luneng and the State Investment Corp etc. have been entering into Urumqi-Changji area to provide development blueprint of new-type industrialization and lead the whole of rapid economic development of Urumqi-Changji area.

Relying on Urumqi-Changji integrity, we will vigorously pro mote the process of new-type industrialization to accelerate the construction of the industrial park, strengthen the function of leading industry and improve the benefits of key enterprises. The adjustment of the industrial structure made remarkable progress, the overall quality has been further improved, and the industrial output maintained a rapid growth momentum. In 2007, the above-scale industrial output value was up to 83.527 billion yuan; the industrial added value was 24.8 billion yuan, increasing 17% with 0.8 percentage points more than the previous year. The degree of New-type industrialization was up to 83.3%, which was 13.4% higher than the average level of Xinjiang Region. The light and heavy industries kept synchronous growth. The shareholding and the state-owned enterprises maintained rapid growth. The industrial added value of the three sectors which included oil and gas mining industry, ferrous metals smelting and pressing industry, and thermal power production and supply takes up nearly 80% of the above-scale industrial added value. At present, there are 126 high-tech enterprises in Urumqi and the added value of high-tech enterprises was 3.52 billion yuan, accounting for 17.51% of the whole city. The proportion is expected to reach 20% at the end of the "11th Five-Year Plan".

The construction industry kept steady development. In 2007, the output value of construction enterprises was 16.7 billion yuan, increasing 8.1%. The area of housing construction was 9.77 million square meters, increasing by 2%. The completed housing area was 4.72 million square meters, increasing by 5.3%.

The trading of consumer goods was active, urban and rural resident consumption concept gradually updated, and the amount of retail sales of consumer goods grew rapidly. In 2007, on the base of high CPI, the consumption prices also kept high in Urumqi. The consumer price level of the year was 104.6%, up 4.6 percentage points than the previous year. In 2007, the retail sales of social consumer goods reached 32.229 billion yuan, up 18.24%, of which the wholesale and retail sector contribute 81% to the total retail volume of social consumer goods. At present, all kinds of trading market in the city were 193 with 31 billion yuan trading volume, of which 26 markets whose annual turnover exceeding 100 million yuan and 6 markets whose annual turnover exceeding 10 billion yuan. The circulation pattern initially shapes of major wholesale market as a leader, specialized wholesale markets as the backbone, and bazaars as base.

We improve the reputation of Urumqi through all kinds of recommending activities. In 2007, 8.7 million time domestic and foreign tourists visited the city, up by 11.5%, of which foreign tourists were 195 thousand, up by 3%. The total revenue of tourism and commodities was 8.5 billion yuan, up by 11.57%, of which revenue from foreign tourists was 0.455 billion yuan, up by 2%.

The conference and exhibition economy develops vigorously. The total contract volume was 2.225 billion dollars on the 11th China International Investment and Trade Fair, and the total contract volume was 81.6093 million yuan on the 16th Urumqi Trade Fair. Through some conferences and exhibitions such as the Urumqi Silk Road International Clothing and Adornment Cultural Festival, Xinjiang Ice and Snow Folk Customs Fair, Hualing International Construction Material Exposition, Hualing International Autos Fair, we improve the reputation of Urumqi city.

In 2007, the import and export volume of foreign trade in Urumqi continued to increase, the proportion of foreign trade on GDP increased significantly. The general trade and border trade went hand in hand and the processing trade maintained growth. The traditional trading markets were consolidated and the new international markets were developed strongly. The export structure has been continuously optimized and foreign trade operating team continues to expand. The annual total volume of foreign trade was 5.67 billion US dollars, increasing 26%, accounting for 41% of the Xinjiang Regional total import and export volume, of which 4.949 billion US dollars for exports, 721 million US dollars for imports. The volume of foreign investment kept rapid growth. In 2007, we approved 48 foreign-invested enterprises with 276.481 million US dollars of total investment and 83.68 million US dollars of actual foreign investment, up by 61%, accounting for 67% of Xinjiang Region’s. In 2007, the external investment of Urumqi made the best level in history and we signed 16 external investment projects with 250.83 million US dollars of total investment, up by 13 times, accounting for 95% of the Xinjiang Region’s, of which 250.125 million US dollars of Chinese investment, up 14 times, accounting for 96% of the Xinjiang Region’s.

We achieved a major breakthrough in investment. In 2007, relying on the new-