The trans-century development objective of Jiaxing is to build it into a
modernized port city and an industrial and trade city to the south of
Shanghai. By 2000, its GDP per capita will reach 18,000 yuan; All people
of the city will live well-off lives; The system of socialist market
 economy will be established in the main. A complete and perfect open-type
economic system will be set up; The economic and social structures will
be modernized; Marked progress will be made in culture and ideology. By
2010, modernization shall be realized in the city. The major economic
and social development targets of Jiaxing will reach the level of a
medium-developed country. Its GDP will be made twice as much as that in
2000. The GDP per capita will reach 55,000 yuan. In a word, Jiaxing will
enter upon a new phase in which the economy will be prosperous, science
and education will be highly developed, people will become wealthy, the
environment will be beautified, coordinated development will be achieved
between the economy and the society, and Jiaxing's economy will grow with
historic leaps.
The general strategy for the trans-century development of Jiaxing is to bring Jiaxing into line with Shanghai, develop Port Zhapa and set up various economic development zones or belts. To bring Jiaxing into line with Shanghai is to be in line with the practices of Shanghai in industry, agriculture, foreign economy and trade, commerce and trade, communication, tourism, science and technology, talents, information and structures and systems in order to develop Jiaxing's economy. To develop Port Zhapu is to develop and build the whole coastal area with Port Zhapu as the center. The port will be able to handle up to 30 million tons by the beginning of the next century and 50 million tons in the year 2010. By then, the port will become a real distributary port for Shanghai Harbor, a major access to the sea in the northern part of Zhejiang and an important member of the groups of ports on the Changjiang River Delta. To set up economic zones or belts is to establish an economic belt along the coast, an economic corridor along the main communication artery and economic development zones around the city to form a well-ordered and mutually-connected structure for economic development. Economic specialization and cooperative relations will be established between Jiaxing and Shanghai and other surrounding cities to achieve common development. The functions of its status as a cachievinthshoulde advang the oveentral city will be strengthened so that the central city may take the lead in rall development in the area. Efforts shall be made to give full play to tages of its agriculture, to the leading role of its industry. Attention also be paid to the development of the tertiary industry which is taken as the new growth points of the economy. Coordinated development should be achieved among agriculture, industry and the tertiary industry. Common development should be achieved in state-owned economy, collective economy, foreign-invested sector of economy and private sector of economy. The tendency for Jiaxing's economic development will be: first, to strengthen the foundation of agriculture, develop agriculture with high quality and production and low consumption, speed up the industrialization of agriculture, quicken the change of traditional agriculture to modernized agriculture, and form gradually a modern agricultural production system featuring in modern equipment and intensive production; second, to optimize the structure of the second industry, reconstruct and improve traditional industries, greatly develop new industries and high-tech industries, continuously develop its six pillar industries: silk, mechanical and electronic, chemical, household appliances, paper-making and building industries and enlarge the economic scale; Third, greatly promote the development of the tertiary industry so that it may develop together with the first and the second industries. The guide to investment in Jiaxing will be: To encourage investment in projects for basic facilities, such as energy resources, communication, ports, docks and municipal works, encourage investment in high-tech projects, encourage investment in crop cultivation, aquaculture and other processing projects, encourage investment in developing projects of tourist and scenic spots, recreational projects, communication and transportation projects, warehousing projects, freight forwarding projects and information and advisory services. At the beginning of this year, the Jiaxing Municipal Government again formulated a series of preferential policies and measures to encourage further investment with a view to attracting a large number of investors with more preferential policies, better environment and more excellent service. Both domestic and foreign experts, guests, businessmen and friends are warmly welcome to come to Jiaxing for a visit frequently. It is sincerely hoped that you can, as always, support Jiaxing's economic construction, offer counsel on Jiaxing's economic and social development, and make investment and run enterprises. Let's join hands to create a better future in Jiaxing.
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