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Dalian High-tech Industrial Zone
China Knowledge Press, June 2011, Pages: 25
Dalian High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Dalian HIDZ) rated “AA” by China Knowledge in a research report on China’s industrial real estate published today. The HIDZ surrounds by universities and other education institutions. It consists of six areas: Qixianling Base, Digital and DNA Port, which is known as Double D Port, Pioneering Park, Software Park, Lushun Software Belt and Longtou Industrial Park. The park is within half an hour’s drive of downtown Dalian.
Dalian HIDZ has convenient transportation. It is 13 km from Dalian Port, which is the nation’s eighth-largest seaport by container traffic. Dalian utilizes trains for delivering bonded freight to Harbin and Shenyang. The rail distance from Dalian to Shenyang is 400 km. It is 950 km to Harbin and 1,070 km to Beijing.
The HIDZ is 20 km from the Shenyang-Dalian Highway and 10 km from Dalian International airport. In 2010, its cargo throughput reached 140,000 tons. In the first seven months of 2010, the gross industrial output from Dalian HIDZ rose 22.3% year on year, reaching RMB 11.33 billion. The pillar industries of Dalian HIDZ include software and information services, biotechnological research and production, and medicine and new materials.
Software is the most important industry in Dalian HIDZ. Due to the preferential policies in effect in Dalian HIDZ, investment has poured in. Dalian HIDZ and Singapore-based Ascendas Group jointly invested US$200 million to set up a software park in the HIDZ.
By the end of the first half of 2009, over 630 enterprises engaged in software and service outsourcing industries in the zone. Examples of these companies include Genpact, IBM, HP, Accenture, Panasonic, Sony, Hitachi, NTT and NCR.
The fact that a large number of universities are located near Dalian HIDZ has proven useful for software development companies looking to recruit new employees who can speak Japanese, Korean or English.
In the first half of 2009, the software and service outsourcing industries of Dalian HIDZ generated revenue of RMB 17.7 billion, accounting for 90.3% of Dalian’s total. The export value from the software and service outsourcing sector in Dalian HIDZ rose 34.9% year on year and exceeded US$510 million.
Biotechnology and medicine constitutes another pillar industry of Dalian HIDZ. Located in Double D Port, Dalian Biological Medicine Industrial Park was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology as a national biotech and medicine industrial base. Zhenao, Yawei, Meichuang and Huiren are the major investors in this sector.
Dalian HIDZ has strong research and development capabilities. It has the only national IC design base in Northeast China. There are 95 R&D institutes in Dalian HIDZ. Each year, over RMB 150 million has been invested in Dalian HIDZ, making it the leader in R&D in Northeast China.
Industrial parks rated AA are highly attractive and are highly recommended. However, in comparison with industrial parks given the AAA rating, these industrial parks still lag behind in some areas. The most typical disadvantage is the smaller economic size as reflected in the GDP or FDI, high investment costs and limited land resources. Together with AAA-rated industrial parks, these industrial parks are considered first-tier. There are 24 with “AA” rating among 254 national or municipal level industrial parks rated by China Knowledge since 2003.
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