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SHANGHAI, Sept. 23, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

Twelve major industrial projects totaling an investment of nearly 10 billion

yuan ($1.48 billion) were signed at a conference to promote industrial economy

on Shanghai's Changxing island held in the municipality on Sunday.

A string of policies to boost high-quality development of industrial economy on

Changxing were also unveiled at the conference themed "new smart manufacturing,

new driving force, and new start".

Wu Qing, vice-mayor of Shanghai and head of the management committee of

Changxing island, made a remark at the conference held by the management

committee of the development and construction of Changxing island as well as

the district government of Chongming, of which Changxing is a part of.

Chen Mingbo, deputy secretary general of the municipal government, and Li Zheng,

party chief of the Chongming district, unveiled the nameplate of the Shanghai

Changxing Industrial Investment Promotion Office at the conference. Wu Jincheng,

director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization,

and Miao Jing, district governor of Chongming, unveiled the nameplate of the Eastern

Center of Chongming District's Administrative Service Center.

The Changxing Industrial Park signed the twelve major projects with

institutions, including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and China United

Investment Holding Co., Ltd., covering areas of marine equipment, smart

manufacturing, new materials, energy conservation and environmental protection,

integrated circuit, biomedicine, and financial services.

The park has 10 major industrial projects totaling around 12 billion yuan

currently under construction. The district government believed that such new

propels will energize the area's development to a new height.

Also at the conference, the Changxing Island Development Office signed

collaboration framework agreements with the Shanghai Investment Promotion

Center of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the

Shanghai branch of Huawei. The office, Chongming district government, and the

Export-import Bank of China's Shanghai branch signed a three-party strategic

framework collaboration agreement.

Li said that riding the wave of the opportunities of the change in management

systems of the development and construction of the Changxing Island and the

inclusion of the island in the municipality's metro network, the island is expected to

undergo a new round of high-quality major progresses and upgrades in the upcoming years.

He said that by adhering to ecological priority and green development, the

district authority will strive to build Changxing into a carrier of Shanghai's

manufacturing namecard, a leader in marine technology innovation, a growth pole

for industry-city integration, and an area with its own characteristics,

functions, international competitiveness, and market influence.

Miao published the string of policies to boost high-quality development of

industrial economy on Changxing. Chen Bo, deputy director of the Changxing

Island Development Office talked about the development and construction

situations of the island. Yu Cong, chairman of the Shanghai Changxing Marine

Equipment Industrial Park, introduced situations about the industrial park.

Huang Wenfei, general manager of Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd.; Chen

Jianliang, chairman of Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co., Ltd.; Lin

Zhongqin, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president

of Shanghai Jiao Tong University; and Lin Baojun, chief designer of the

Beidou-3 satellite, gave keynote speeches at the conference.

Covering an area of 162 square km, Shanghai's Changxing island is at the mouth

of the Yangtze River. The island functions as a reservoir for the world's

marine equipment, Shanghai's ecological water source, and a destination for

sightseeing. It is known as a national model base for new industries and a

national-level demonstration zone for marine economy development.

The Yangtze River tunnel and bridge enables the Changxing island to be a key

link between the city of Shanghai and the city clusters north of the Yangtze

River and an important doorway for the integrated development of the Yangtze

River Delta region.

Changxing island is only 25 km from the Lujiazui financial area and the metro

line from downtown area to Chongming island, which will go through Changxing,

will make the island a part of city life in Shanghai that is easily accessible

within 30 minutes.

Possessing rare deep-water seashores reaching 22 meters at the deepest point,

the island has a particular advantage in the industrial development of marine

equipment. Qingcaosha Reservoir at the northern part of the island is a main

source of tap water for Shanghai.

Playing up its advantage in the industry of marine equipment against the

background of the development of the municipality, the Yangtze River Delta

region, and the Yangtze River Economic Belt over the years, the island has

attracted leading enterprises in high-end manufacturing and technological

innovation, such as Jiangnan Shipyard, Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai

Zhenhua Port Machinery (Group) Co., Ltd., and China Cosco Shipping Corporation

Ltd over the past years.

The island authority said that after the change in management systems of the

development and construction of the Changxing island early this year, the

development office of the island was relocated to the island. At the meantime,

the Changxing branch of district environmental authority, the Shanghai

Changxing Industrial Investment Promotion Office and the Eastern Center of

Chongming District's Administrative Service Center were established on the

island to further enhance the local governance capacity and optimize the

comprehensive business environment, and thus promote a new round of development

and construction of Changxing island.

The district government underscored three facades for Changxing's development

for the next phase: embracing new smart manufacturing, playing up new driving

force, and trailblazing a start for a new voyage.

The local industries should focus on the digitized, intelligent, and green

development of marine equipment and marine economy so as to be integrated into

the industrial chain of the world's marine equipment. They shall look for more

opportunities for international collaboration and boost their international

competitiveness, the district government said.

New technologies, including artificial intelligence, industrial internet, and

new materials, shall be more availed of to prompt the local industrials and

probably create cross-disciplinary combinations to drive the upgrade of modern

industrial system, and thus reinvigorate the economic and social development of

the Changxing island.

Service packages for business development and talent attraction should be taken

into consideration at this hard-win opportunity regarding the island's

development. World-class business environment, innovative industrials parks

with their own characteristics, and talent for innovation and entrepreneurship

will help build a batch of industry-leading enterprises featuring high

technologies, according to the district authority.

Government officials from the city's authorities, executives from State-owned

enterprises based in Chongming, and representatives from local towns,

industrial parks, companies, and industrial associations attended the signing ceremony.

Source: The Government of Chongming District