Benxi Economic Development Zone
From China Liaoning Business Guide
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Overview
Liaoning Benxi Economic Development Zone (LBEDZ) is situated in the Shenyang Metro, or the cluster of cities in central Liaoning Province. It neighbors Shenyang to the north with a distance of 43 kilometers, and Benxi, its home city, to the south by 21 kilometers, covering a total area of 8.6 square kilometers. LBEDZ has established a modern transportation network by land, sea and air. The zone is 210 kilometers from Dadong Port of Dandong, 200 kilometers from Bayuquan Port of Yingkou, and 360 kilometers from Dalian Port. The annual cargo throughput of the above three ports are 8.5 million tons, 75.37 million tons and 170 million tons. LBEDZ has a distance of 30 kilometers from Shenyang Taoxian International Airport, which has now opened 74 domestic and international routes, connecting 55 cities and has an annual passenger throughput of 2.5 million and cargo throughput of 61,000 tons.
Industrial Environment
As a pioneering and demonstration zone for emerging sustainable industries, institutional innovation, scientific and technological progress, LBEDZ has grasped development trends and seized the opportunity of national preferential policies to build a modern Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Industry and Equipment Manufacturing Support Industry into its pillar industries.
Modern TCM industry
LBEDZ is using the TCM resources of Benxi City in scientific planning and sustainable development. Guided by the market and driven by innovations, the zone is optimizing the TCM product structure, improving technical levels, and expanding the industrial scale by developing competitive products and implementing large projects. To this end, the pace of upgrading the TCM industry has accelerated and the modern TCM industry was established, ultimately to become a sustainable industry in Benxi, guiding and leading the adjustment and upgrading of the TCM industry in the whole province.
Equipment manufacturing support industry
This sector is guided by the market, introducing projects in auto parts, machinery equipment and accessories, new hardware, new pipes and fittings and steel structure. It is forming a cluster of equipment manufacturing support industry.
Functional Parks
The Benxi Modern TCM High-tech Industrial Park consists of five functional areas: research and development incubator area, industrial area, education and training area, seedlings demo areas and business and logistics area. The LBEDZ endeavors to enable the Park to realize several first-class levers within 10 years. The North China modern TCM valley is to be established, which features vertical organic links and an effective integration of horizontal elements. The Park will be based in Benxi, integrate Liaoning, cover China and face the whole world.
The Equipment Manufacturing Support Industrial Park is to be built at Xiapingtai Village in the west of the LBEDZ. The Park will supply two types of products: (1) high-quality products to be supplied to equipment manufacturing industries such as autos and machine tools in Shenyang Economic Zone (SEZ), and (2) supporting products for large enterprises such as Benxi Iron & Steel (BXIS) and Beitai Iron & Steel (BTIS). LBEDZ has assisted local firms to cooperate with BXIS and BTIS and supply high-quality supporting products for SEZ and the two steel works. The firms in the LBETDZ are currently expanding their production scales and improving the quality of their products and service.
Contact Information:
Management Committee
Liaoning Benxi Economic Development Zone
Shiqiaozi Town, 117004 Benxi, Liaoning, China
Tel: +86 414 585 8072
http://www.benxi.gov.cn/wbj/kfqindex (Website in Chinese)
