Shenyang Investment Guide

Complete Transportation Facilities

Shenyang is the transportation hinge of Northeast China with smooth networks and well-developed transportations. The total freight of the city is more than 150 million tons and total passenger transport reaches about 100 million people each year. Shenyang has about 5,252 km highways among which there are 236 km super highways, forming a ring-shaped, radialized, high-class and high-density highway net and becoming the region with the densest highways in China. There are 6 railway mains able to go anywhere and the biggest grouping station in China ShengYang's aviation can reach more than 70 cities in China and 11 international cities.Tiaoxian International Airport is the biggest airport in Northeast China.

Rapidly Developing Post and Communications

The post and communications in Shenyang are rapidly developing. Shenyang has 23 kinds of post services, with total business of 9.9 billion YUAN, 25% increase than that in the last year, among which, 4.1% inc1cease in mails and 20.7% increase in expresses. The information transportation is also developing quickly. The total capacity of the telephone exchanger breaks through 3.03 million, increasing 155,000 than the last year. The fixed telephone users in the rural and urban areas have reached 2,736,000, 17,4% increase than that of the last year. Mobile phone users have reached 2.74 million, increasing 620,000 that that of the last year. There are 930,000 registered internet users.

Progressing Public Utilities

There are more than 3,300 buses,17,000 taxis and more than 140 bus routes totaling over 3,000km long in Shenyang. The total water supply pipes are more than 2,600 km long and each household can get convenient water supply. The heat supply area is 92,000,000 m² . The power supply is sufficient and the power for civilian life reaches 2.3 billion KW. The total gas tunnel is 1,385 km whose gas-supply scale and users are leading among the big and medium cities of China.

Booming Modern Services

As a center city, Shenyang has a lot of advantages and good conditions to develop modern services. Those new third industries such as finance, insurance, securities, real estate agency, tourism and so on are becoming the new economy increase points of Shenyang. The increase value of third industry takes up 50% of Shenyang ' s GDP and makes Shenyang after Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou in this aspect. In Shenyang, there are approximately 50% employees working in the third industry and the employees working in wholesale, retail and food take up half of the employees working in the third industry. The modern services such as chain operation, logistics, online sale and soon are very popular.

Bettering Living Surroundings

The environment of Shenyang is changing , the roads with pleasing sights are adding, the greenbelts of the city are enlarging, the water system construction is starting and "forest city" has shown something Shenyang has done a remarkable job industrial pollution, river pollution and air pollution. In 2003, the days with excellent air had met the national standards Shenyang is constructing itself to be a national environment protection model city So far, It has passed the national technology check and is marching toward the strategic goal to be "a city in the north of China with the most excellent investment".

Modernized Medical and Sanitary Conditions

The sanitation of Shenyang is healtily developing, the health level of the people is increasing, the reform on medical and healthcare system is progressing, the disease prevention and health protection are remarkable and the medical technology is furthered. By now, Shenyang has 731 medical and healthcare organs of each level, 63,000 healthcare staff and 3.02 healthcare worker per 1,000 people.

Shenyang has established preliminarily the public healthcare service system, the medical service system and medical supervision system that are harmonic with the market-oriented economy development, suitable for the health demand of the masses and consistent with the whole functions of the capital city, and formed a new medical service pattern of "slight diseases in the community and serious diseases in hospitals" that has reasonable layout and complete categories and can meet social multi-level and various demands. At present, in Shenyang, the regional comprehensive hospitals have reasonable layout, the specialized hospitals are complete, the western medical and the Chinese medical both are attached importance to and there are various advanced medical check equipment and technologies. Heart surgery, hand surgery, procreation medical and skin medical are leading in China. The average expected life-span of the people in Shenyang is 73.8.

Improving Civilian's Life

Recent years, the total life level and life quality of Shenyang civilians have increased, the incomes of the citizens are adding and the incomes of the farmers are steadily increasing. The consumption structure is improved, the consumption level is heightening, the cost on food is lowering, the cost on communication, entertainment, education and residence is ascending and the living condition is improved to develop form "people shall have houses" to "people shall have excellent houses".

Geographic Advantage

Shenyang is the distribution center of capital flow, info flow, goods flow and technology flow of Northeast China. The city cluster centered Shenyang in the center of Liaoning Province has formed the Pan-Shenyang City Economic Ring that has functional economic complementation and greatly related technologies. With the quickening adjustment on the old industrial base, this region will become the new major region where there will be quick economic increase.

Advantage to Welcome Industry Shift

During the big adjustment on the international industries, developed countries will shift the complicated mature technologies, capital-dense manufactures, the labor-dense procedures in the hi-tech industry and etc to developing countries. Shenyang, as the major equipment manufacture base in China, has obvious advantages to welcome the new round of international industry shifts.

Human Resources Advantage

Shenyang is the place gathering many talents. Shenyang has more than 30 universities and colleges, more than 200 science research institutes of various levels, more than 550,000 science and technology researchers, more than 1.10 million high quality and skillful workers Shenyang has established an industrial system including 6 hi-tech industries such as information, automation, new material, energy-saving and environmental protection, biological technology and pharmacy.

Broad Development Space

Shenyang provides the industry development with sufficient grounds, excellent infrastructure, perfect system circumstances, which make Shenyang obviously different from some cities with tense development space. In the south is the 120km² hi-tech industry zone; in the west is the 126km² advanced equipment manufacture zone; in the north is the 53km² agriculture hi-tech industry zone, inthe east is the 43.5km² automobile industry zone and in the center is the 36.6km² city center corridor of modem services.

Advantage of Earlier Reform

The auxiliary assets that the state-owned enterprise should spend on the middle and primary schools, hospitals and etc are separated completely. Shenyang has changed the ownership and system of all the medium and small enterprises in Shenyang. The system of unemployment insurance, life insurance and medical insurance has almost established to realize the goal that those who need insurances get insurances. All of these create good conditions and advantages to prosper Shenyang OldIndustrial Base.

Business Cost Advantage

Shenyang owns top-class labors. The labor cost belongs to the backward position among the cities of the same level, 1/15 that of South Korea,1/20 that of Japan, 1/30 that of Europe and 1/40 that of US. Including the surrounding city, Shenyang has more than 20 million direct consumers. Its retail total of social consumable is leading among the sub-provincial cities.Its currency return amount has been No.1 successively for 6 years among the big cities of china. The high quality and low-cost labors and the perfecting comprehensive services will lower the investment cost in shenyang.

Tiexi New Zone (Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone)

Tiexi New Zone of Shenyang consists of Tiexi District and Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, covering an area of 54 km² .It is planned as a modern trade, life and service Zone, a future industry shift zone, a zone With strict restrictions on industria1development, a key equipment manufacture zone and a preserved zone for industrial development-The key equipment manufacture zone - Shenyang Economic and Technological Development Zone is the state-level development zone that was founded in1988. Its planned area is 34.6 km² .Through the construction of more than 10 Years, now it is equipped With the excellent city function, management and service mechanism onforming to the international investment practices and the profound economic basis of sustainable development and has attracted the Investments of the enterprises from more than 40 countries and regions, including TOP 500 in the wor1d such as Coca Cala, BASF, Novo Nordisk, Michelin, Alcatel , ITT, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, Bridgestone, ABB, Sanyo, Hino, Lavalin and So on. The new Tiexi Industry strip has obvious advantages. Its fixed assets take up about 70% of that of shenyan, the big and medium enterprises more than 70%, production value 65% and science and technology talents 45%. Tiexi industry strip Will build up the equipment manufacture industry cluster of giant industrles, large logistics ,influential cultures, booming trades and excellent circumstances and a modern new zone with outstanding advantages, powerful R&D, effective collect1ons and distributions, advanced infrastructure, excellent sewlce circumstances and pleasing sights.

Hunnan New Zone (Shenyang National Hi-tech Industry Development Zone)

Human New Zone is the well-known hi-tech industry base and electronic and info product distribution center in China. There are more than 5,700 enterprises of each class and 700 foreign-invested enterprises here. The zone positions itself like this: Depending on the state hi-tech industry development Zone, following the construction target of "hi-tech, new industry; market-orientation, new system, internationalization, new rule and high-class", it will set up itself as the most energetic, attractive and competitive investment zone in the north of China. Its frame is "three zones, one city and one strip", that is to say, hi-tech industrial zone, high-class central business zone, high quality residence zone, high-class university city, Hui River tourism strip. Huinan New Zone will be built as an international and modern new zone centering on hi-tech industries and combining science research, education, finance, trade, life, residence and tourism.

Qipan Mountains Tourism Development Zone

Shenyang Qipan Mountains International Tourism Development Zone is located in the northeast of Shenyang, With total area of 203 km² , among which mountain forest area is 97 km² and water area 7km² . The scenic spot has excellent regional advantages, rich tourism resources and developed traffic. By now, the zone has had a certain scale. Firstly, the tourism items include water, land and air; secondly, the tourism service is prefect and thirdly, the infrastructure is complete. The zone receives more than 2.4 million tourists each year. The zone, with its goal to be an international holiday village, plans to set up as a modern and multi-functional international tourism and holiday village of holidays, recreation, tourism, sightseeing, conventions, exhibitions, cultures and sports.

Shenyang Finance and Trade Development Zone

Shenyang Finance and Trade Development Zone was founded ln1992. It is the only finance and trade development zone except Lujiazui in Shanghai and is the nucleus zone of Shenyang central Business Zone. It covers an area of 1.12 million m² , among which there is more than 600,000 m² onstructable. The total investment planned is more than 20 billion YUAN and more than 60 high- stories nternational and multifunctional symbol buildings are planned to build up .So far, the zone has transferred more than 400,000 m² ground, introduced over 40 big projects and actually made use of over 200 million USD foreign investment. It has become the sample zone of international finance and modern service trade and the regional finance, trade and Info center of Northeast China.

Shenyang Agriculture Hi-tech Development Zone

Shenyang Agriculture Hi-tech Development Zone is planned to have an area of 53 m² . lt leans on mountains and closes to waters and has beautiful view and rich ground resources, water resources and ecological tourism resources. Its forest coverage reaches 33%. It has natural wet grounds and is the production base of natural green food, the ideal place for ecological tourism, leisure and residence and the top choice for agricultural development It is planned to have 4 function sections, i.e. the science city, recreation and agricultural sightseeing zone, agricultural processing zone and modern sample zone. It has the biggest "milk city", hi-tech biological R&D research and so on. The zone, taking "creating value for investors "as the conception, "environmental protection, ecology and hi-tech "as brand, within 3-5 years, builds up it to be the base for the hi-tech talents at home and abroad, the hatching base of agriculture hi-tech projects, the base of agricultural hi-tech industries, the sample base of modern agriculture, and sets up it to be the new ecological zone of excellent social, ecological and social benefits and booming researches and industries, so as to set an example of agriculture in the city and be the "Agriculture Valley" of China .