Shaanxi - Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone (Yangling AHIDZ)

Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone (Yangling AHIDZ)

Facts and Figures (2007) 

Source: Administrative Committee of Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone

Introduction

Constructed by nineteen Ministries (commissions or state bureaus) and the Shaanxi Provincial Government, the Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone (Yangling AHIDZ) was approved by the State Council in July, 1997, as the only state-level agricultural high-tech industries demonstration zone in China.

The Administrative Committee of Yangling AHIDZ is authorized with prefectural-level power in administrative affairs and provincial-level power in economic management.

Investment Climate

In 2007, Yangling AHIDZ realized GDP and GDP-per-capita of RMB 2.6 billion and RMB 16,284, up 17.1% and 25% year-on-year, respectively.

Within the same year, three pillar industries of Yangling AHIDZ, namely, biopharmaceuticals, food processing and environmental protection industries, realized total industrial output of RMB 2.5 billion, accounting for 92% of the zone's total in terms of industries above designated scale.

Investment Costs

Utility Costs

Source: Administrative Committee of Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone

Labor Costs

Source: Administrative Committee of Yangling Agricultural High-tech Industries Demonstration Zone