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City Introduction of Guangdong, China: Zhanjiang

Published: 10 Apr 2009 16:39:35 PST

Zhanjiang

Major Economic Indicators (2007)

Land Area	12,490 km²
Population	6.8 million
GDP	RMB 89.2 billion (US$11.9 billion), 13.0% up
GDP Composition
Primary Industry (Agriculture)	19.8%
Secondary Industry (Industry and Construction)	47.4%
Tertiary Industry (Service)	32.8%
GDP Per Capita	RMB 13,217 (US$1,757)
Unemployment Rate	3.1%
Fixed Asset Investment	RMB 24.3 billion, 17.4% up
Utilized FDI	US$151million, 186% up
Total Import and Export	US$2.6 billion, 19.9% up
Export	US$1.5 billion, 19.2% up
Import	US$1.1 billion, 21.0% up
Sales of Consumer Goods	RMB 10.2 billion, 14.2% up

Source: Zhanjiang Economic and Social Development Report 2007

Introduction

Zhanjiang, located on the eastern coastline of the Leizhou Peninsula, is at the intersection of Guangdong Province, Hainan Province and Guangxi Province. Situated in the south-west of Guangdong Province, the city is adjacent to the South China Sea in the east, Beibu Gulf in the west, and separated from Hainan Province by Qiongzhou Strait. The city has a subtropical marine climate, with sufficient sunlight and rainfall. It is occasionally hit by typhoons in the month of May. With a population of 6.8 million, it is a populous city in Guangdong Province.

Zhanjiang has a 1,500-km coastline. Zhanjiang Port has an annual cargo throughput of 60 million tons, a 300,000-tonnage crude oil dock and a 200,000-tonnage iron ores dock. Zhanjiang Airport offers daily routes to Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Changsha, Haikou and other major cities. Litang-Zhanjiang Railway, Zhanjiang-Shanya Railway, Foshan-Maoming Railway all intersect in Zhanjiang, while Guangzhou-Zhanjiang Highway and Chongqing-Zhanjing Highway join in the city.

Zhanjiang has rich talent resources. It has sixteen colleges and universities, and over forty research institutions, such as Zhanjiang University, Zhanjiang Ocean University and Zhanjiang Normal University. The natural resources in Zhanjiang are also rich; South China Sea has large oil and gas reserves, while the city itself has twenty-five kinds of mineral resources.