Facts "Since startup of Beida Break Water Project, Dongjian Port area has cumulatively invested four billion yuan. By the end of 2007, it will form 16km2 of land area for the purpose of meeting demands of project building. Meanwhile, another 4km2 will be put into effect, enabling Dongjiang Bonded Port Area to complete the project phase I of water and electricity supply and communication. By 2010, Dongjiang is estimated to occupy 30km2."

(Enorth.com.cn)Dongjiang Port Area of Tianjin Port held a business invitation promotion on February 8. As the largest bonded port area with the highest level of openness in China and one of important area marking development and opening up in Binhai New Area, it drew well-known companies in fields of regular container ship, logistics, manufacturing and real estate development all over the world.

According to president of Tianjin Port Co., Ltd., with the inclusion of the development and opening up of Binhai New Area into overall arrangement of development strategies, Binhai New Area will be a new growth point to drive economic development in the area. As the most important part of the reform expeRimental area, Tianjin Dongjiang Bonded Port Area plays roles of container hub port, bonded area, export processing area and bonded logistic area. Tianjin port will take the lead to carry out and test operational modes and rules of international hub port, free port and free trade area, offering a good investment environment for investors, so as to keep on increasing its influence and driving force.

The State Council defines in the Comments on Relevant Issues Concerning Development and Opening up in Tianjin Binhai New Area that Tianjin Binhai New Area is approved to be a national comprehensive reform experimental area. It takes the lead to test some important measures of reform and opening up, of which one of key points of recent works is to establish Tianjin Dongjiang Bonded Port Area for the sake of further boosting opening up of Tianjin Binhai New Area. It focuses on develop business such as international transfer, international distribution, international procurement, international entRepot trade and export processing. Therefore, development and building of Dongjiang Bonded Port Area are important breakthroughs of carrying out and testing new measures. In addition, its taxation and foreign policies shall be conforming to the Reply of the State Council Concerning Yangshan Bonded Port Area. It can enjoy financial, land, fiscal and taxation policies endowed to Binhai New Area.

The Reply of Overall Plan (2006-2020) of Dongjiang Port Area of Tianjin Port of the State Council regulates that as the most important part of future development of Tianjin Port, Dongjiang Port Area is an important space carrier for Tianjin to build north international shipping center and international logistic center and develop port economy and ocean economy. Meanwhile, it is a large-sized comprehensive port area and bound to be a new port area with the highest level of openness in the 21st century. Therefore, it has multiple advantages in policy support, function configuration, location, traffic condition, customs clearance and biological environment, thus grow to be an investment space with the largest potential in the Bohai Economic Circle.

Dongjiang Port Area is divided into dock operating area, logistic processing area and port comprehensive supporting service area, thus giving full play to several functions. The dock operating area is located in the west of port area, having a capacity of holding the most advanced container ships, thus meeting demands of container development in Tianjin Port in the coming 10 to 15 years. The logistic processing area lies in the center of the port area, playing roles of goods processing, distribution and procurement, thus offering convenient full-range logistic service for logistic enterprises home and abroad. The comprehensive supporting service area is situated at the east of port area and divided into four large functional areas, planning to build the largest mother port of passenger liner in the north and setting matched facilities.

Since startup of Beida Break Water Project, Dongjian Port area has cumulatively invested four billion yuan. By the end of 2007, it will form 16km2 of land area for the purpose of meeting demands of project building. Meanwhile, another 4km2 will be put into effect, enabling Dongjiang Bonded Port Area to complete the project phase I of water and electricity supply and communication. By 2010, Dongjiang is estimated to occupy 30km2.

Dongjian Bonded Port Area includes logistic processing area and a part of dock operating area, covering an area of 10km2. The customs carries out supervision of full close, informatization and intensivism. It will build to be the largest bonded port area with the highest openness and century port island featured with scientific plan, complete functions, advanced facilities and effective supervisions. In a word, it is bound to be the core economic functional area of north international shipping center and international logistic center, experimental area of comprehensive supporting reform and important mark area of development and opening up of Binhai New Area.

During the business invitation, totally 25 projects in Dongjiang Port Area drew attentions from large global enterprise groups. Several well-known enterprises are actively seeking opportunities of operating with Tianjin Port, thus other influential container regular ship companies, logistics supplier and real estate enterprises also pay attentions to Dongjiang Port Area. All in all, Binhai New Area has become one of hot investment regions with most vigorous energy in the north of China on its way to become an enterprising paradise. As a result, Dongjiang Port Area is becoming a new highlight of development and fertile paradise attracting businessmen.

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In recent years, Tianjin port witnesses rapid development and growing size. In 2006, its throughput ranks the sixth and container throughput is listed in top 20 of container ports in the world. The port is capable of accommodating most advanced ships and mainstream bulk ships. Its functions are increasingly improved, building multiple distribution centers and Tianjin international trade and shipping service center in order to offering the port “one-stop” service to customers. Its foreign influence improve obviously, establishing trade relations with 400-odd ports in over 180 countries and regions.

During the “Tenth Five Year Plan”, the Tianjin Port will invest 36.7 billion yuan for the purpose of further boosting the core competition and striving for building a world first-class port. By the year 2010, it will be a container hub port facing northeast Asia and spreading over middle and west Asia, the largest mainstream port for bulks in the north of China, the hugest bonded port area with the highest openness and the largest comprehensive port in Bohai Rim. Its excellent development tendency and extensive development prospect offer important foundation for growth of Dongjiang Port Area.

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