bisexual常熟经济技术开发区英文介绍CEDZ Critical Data

Changshu Economic Development Zone

Critical Data

Jun, 2009

1 CEDZ Brief

CEDZ is a provincial-level development zone established in 1992, and approved by

Jiangsu

municipal

government

to

enjoy

the

same

incentives

as

a

state-level

development zone in August of 2002 as a result of its sound development. In June of

2005, a state- level export processing zone of CEDZ was approved by state council

while in May of 2007, a chemical zone of CEDZ was approved by Suzhou municipal

government.

Thus

far,

there

are

more

than

300

Foreign

Investment

Enterprises

(FIEs)

from

23

countries or regions settled in CEDZ, with total investment of USD 10billion. Out of

which, 22 FIEs are invested by Top 500 Companies. Besides, 21 FIEs

’

investment is

more than USD100million. Industries of top-grade paper making, power, fine chemical,

auto

parts,

new

materials

for

construction

and

steel

deep

processing,

etc.

have

clustered,

and

other

emerging

industries

are

also

rising

like

precision

machinery,

biologic pharmaceutical , equipment producing and new materials, etc..

2 Investment Environment

2.1 Easy Access

CEDZ is situated in the center of Yangtze River Delta neighboring Shanghai in the east

(90km), Suzhou in the south (40km), Wuxi (40km) in the west and Nantong across the

Yangtze River.

2.1.1 Ground transportation

Name

Route

Situation

Away from

CEDZ

Sujiahang

Expressway

Changshu -Suzhou - Jiaxing

–

Hangzhou

In use

Across CEDZ

8km

Expressway

Riverside

Expressway

Can

Shanghai

–

Changshu

–

Nanjing

In use

connected

to

Sujiahang

Expressway

Highway

Riverside Motorway

Shanghai-Changshu

-Jiangyin

In use

Across CEDZ

Due

Railway

Hutong

Railway

Shanghai

–

Changshu

–

Nantong

to

be

5km

started

at

the

end of 2008

Bridge

Sutong Yangtze

Bridge

Changshu

–

Nantong

In use

Across CEDZ

2.1.2 Air Transportation

Shanghai Pudong Airport

140km distance away

one and half an hour drive

Shanghai Hongqiao Airport

90km distance away

one hour drive

Wuxi Shuofang Airport

60km distance away

one hour drive

2.1.3 Water Transportation

Changshu port is an open port of state first-level and one of ten biggest domestic ports,

located in CEDZ. It routes to over 255 ports of 53 countries worldwide. And Changshu

Port is entitled as the biggest transshipment port in China for steal products

’

import and

export and the biggest feeder port in East China for pulp and paper products

’

import and

export. In 2008, Changshu Port recorded a total throughput capacity of 40,200,000 tons

and container handling capacity of 305,300 TEUs.

Changshu Port can call 50000-ton vessels. So far, there are 8 public wharfs including 7 of

10,000 tons and above.

2.2 Infrastructures

The

infrastructures

of

CEDZ

are

complete,

that

is

called

“

nine

connections

and

one

leveled

”

which means roads and pipes for tap water, sewage, drainage, power, telecom,

steam, NG and industrial gases are connected to the site, and in the meantime, the land is