
段塘街道地處浙江寧波市區南端,行政區域面積5.97平方公里,北接南門和白云城區,南連鄞州區石矸鎮, 是杭甬高速公路進入寧波市區的第一站,道路四通八達。下轄4個行政村、8個社區,是個典型的城郊結合型街道,是海曙區的南大門,也是海曙經濟的南大門。
段塘街道轄區內各類企業眾多,大小企業有近500家,其中大型企業如中華紙業、新樂電器、東方宏業、太平鳥集團等遍布街道各處。幾年來通過街道各級的努力引進、積極引導、合理布局和完善服務,不斷擴大針織服裝企業規模,努力提升企業檔次,形成了以東方宏業、太平鳥集團為龍頭的服裝針織特色產業。隨著寧波交通網絡體系的不斷完善,汽車逐步進甬城尋常百姓家,街道利用環城西路得天獨厚的南大門交通便利優勢,建立汽車銷售商貿一條街,采用內聯外引、以大帶小、連鎖經營等方式,不斷把汽車銷售企業集中到這一地帶,并提供積極的政策支持,促使他們規模經營。隨著汽車行業的蓬勃發展,街道看準時機不斷發展關聯配套企業,完善汽車銷售中的汽配、裝潢、維修等服務行業,使得汽車行業成為段塘又一大特色經濟板塊。
以“破舊創新、發展為民”為理念,段塘街道2004年經濟保持“快速、穩步、健康”的發展態勢,取得了長足的進步,全年累計引資超4億元,稅收入庫近億元。
作為海曙區工業發展重要區域之一,段塘街道目前正面臨著前所未有的良好機遇。隨著城市化的進一步推進,街道適時引導企業加快產業結構調整的步伐,改變以引進工業企業為主的發展思路,促使企業騰籠換業,鼓勵企業建造商務辦公大樓,積極引進各類三產服務類企業。特別是一些成熟型企業的落戶和建設,產生了較好的社會與經濟效益,帶動和加快了街道產業結構的調整,進一步改變了二、三產業的比重。

面對城市化所帶來的新機遇和新挑戰,段塘街道提出“經濟發展上去,社會穩定下來”的思路,根據“引進與發展并重”的要求,大力做好“引進、開發、調整”文章。以完善引進政策和激勵機制為保證,以優化企業的前置審批、后續服務等服務模式為重點,做好引進工作;以配合鄞奉路改造、西區開發及村級發展用地等重大項目的開發啟動為契機,以加快樓宇經濟發展、加強對企業的開發和盤活為目標,努力進行開發提升;以充分發揮轄區資源優勢為宗旨,以產業結構的優化、逐步形成商務氛圍為方向,積極進行結構調整。段塘街道將以繁榮區域為理念,著眼于增強經濟實力,著眼于營造一流的區域環境,努力打造一個經濟強街道,成為真正的海曙經濟的南大門。
Duantang: South Gateway to Haishu, Ningbo
Story and Photographs by Chen Jianghua
Duantang Neighborhood lies in the southern end of Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. It occupies an area of 5.97 square kilometers and is the first entry of the Hangzhou-Ningbo Expressway to the downtown Ningbo. With 4 administrative villages and 8 communities under its jurisdiction, Duantang is a typical area where the urban and rural areas meet. It's the gateway to Haishu District of Ningbo.
Duantang is home to nearly 500 enterprises of different sizes. Among giant manufacturers in the area are those of textile and garment. Another prominent business feature is automobiles sales and auto parts business. Car dealers, aftermarket decorators, auto parts shops, and car garages gravitate toward West City Ring Road.

In 2004, an accumulative total of more than 400 million yuan was invested in Duantang. As one of the key industrial areas of Haishu District, Duantang sees unprecedented opportunities for economic growth. As urbanization grows the Neighborhood Committee comes up with policies to encourage businesses to quicken the pace of industrial restructuring and to attract more service businesses.
The local government wishes to gear its urban development with the development of service businesses. To reach this goal, the government offers preferential policies for investors, simplifies the approval and registration procedures for investors to set up businesses more easily in the area, provide better services so as to ensure that businesses can operate smoothly, and seek real estate investors to join hands in urban development programs.
The blueprint for Duantang is to develop the well-balanced local economy, and build and provide a first-class environment for an all-round prosperity, and function well as the south gateway to the economic prosperity of Haishu District.