TAIZHOU is located on the northern side of the lower reach of the Yangtze River and in the middle of Jiangsu Province,with an area of 5793 square kilometers and a population of 5.04 million. With a history of over 2100 years,Taizhou enjoys the reputation of "Ancient City of Han and Tang Dynasties and Famous District alongside in the Huaihai Region". It was ever a political,economic,cultural and traffic center in Central Jiangsu.
Close to river and sea,with flat land,Taizhou enjoys a faverable geo grophicol location.In the past 20 years,Taizhou economic growth has remained at the average speed of over 10%. It has being one of central cities inside the Yangtze River Delta for its developed industry,convenient traffic and prosperous commerce. In the year of 2002,the GDP reached 50.4 billion Yuan,the fiscal revenue 5.3 billion Yuan.
With the improvement of the investment environment,Taizhou??s export-oriented economy has made great progress. Till 2002,there were about 1,400 foreign Britain,France,Netherlands,invested enterprises. The investors from 30-odds foreign countries and regions like America,Germany,Japan and South Korea,etc. have invested in Taizhou. Some famous multinational companies including MITSUI & CO.,YAMAHA,LG,GMT and KOBUDA have set their plants here. Taizhou City has already realized the total trading volume up to over 5 billion USD; self-import and export have reached 1.5 billion USD,among which the self-export has reached 1.1 billion USD. There are four enterprises have obtained the qualification of international economic and technology cooperation,and has completed the turnover of 270 million USD. Some local enterprises have set up business offices or production bases in foreign countries. Friendly exchanges and cooperation between Taizhou and foreign countries are increased actively. Up to now,Taizhou have 6 sister cities in the world.
TAIZHOU is a newly developed industrial city. There are 2880 industrial enterprises,among which there are 187 large or medium scale enterprises. The net value of industrial fixed asset is 12.1 billion yuan,floating assets 22.1 billion-yuan. The pillar industries have come into being. Motorcycles and automobiles industry and its spare parts producing,Machinery and electronic industry,Chemical and pharmaceutical industry have been the leaders of industrial economy. The industrial output value of the above covers 45% of the economy of the whole city. The automobile,motorcycle,machinery,domestic electrical appliance,chemistry,food have been the main products of the industrial economy,among which the production scale and the market-holding ratio of more than 50 kinds of products have been the leader of the similar products,and ranked the first in the same fields in china. Among the 76 key enterprises,65 enterprises??output value exceeds 100 million-yuan,and 56 enterprises??sales income is over 100 million-yuan.
Taizhou is rich in its products. It is an important national production base of marketable grain and cotton. Taixing gingko,sesame oil and Zhongzhuang liquor-saturated crabs are well known both at home and abroad.
TAIZHOU is an open city with excellent environment of investment. The city has been developing rapidly its science and technology,education,medical treatment,mass media,cultural and social undertakings. The city has a well-developed communication system and provides comprehensive services of finance,insurance,negotiable securities,information,customs,commercial inspection and foreign trade. Which build a solid foundation for the development along the Yangtze Rive in Taizhou.The three provincial development zones of Taizhou are: Taizhou,Taixing and Jingjiang,which focus on the development of petrochemicals,textile and dyeing,new building materials,because these industries requiring great transportation and a huge amount of water,could give a full play of its geographical advantage.
TAIZHOU is located on the northern side of the lower reach of the Yangtze River and in the middle of Jiangsu Province,with an area of 5793 square kilometers and a population of 5.04 million. With a history of over 2100 years,Taizhou enjoys the reputation of "Ancient City of Han and Tang Dynasties and Famous District alongside in the Huaihai Region". It was ever a political,economic,cultural and traffic center in Central Jiangsu.
Close to river and sea,with flat land,Taizhou enjoys a faverable geo grophicol location.In the past 20 years,Taizhou economic growth has remained at the average speed of over 10%. It has being one of central cities inside the Yangtze River Delta for its developed industry,convenient traffic and prosperous commerce. In the year of 2002,the GDP reached 50.4 billion Yuan,the fiscal revenue 5.3 billion Yuan.