Fangchenggang City: Port City of Happiness

Fangchenggang City: Port City of Happiness

Fangchenggang City is located at the coast and border junction at the southwest end of China mainland coastline. It is the Joint Point of the Economic Circle of Southwest China, the Economic Circle of the Pan-Pearl River Delta and the ASEAN Economic Zone. Fangchenggang’s jurisdiction area includes Port District, Fangchenggang District, Shangsi County and Dongxing City (county-level) with 24 towns, 2 sub-district offices, 282 village committees and 40 neighborhood committees.

An International Passage Hub

As the only city in China bordering the ASEAN countries by sea, water and land, Fangchenggang has its geographical advantages, hence becoming the most convenient gateway city and the thoroughfare to the ASEAN countries from China’s inland hinterland.

The China Railway High-speed from Nanning to Fangchenggang City connects the National railway network. Its expressway stretching to Nanning City, Qinzhou City and Chongzuo City connects to the national expressway network and links highways in Vietnam to its west by Dongxing Port and then connects the Pan-Asian road system. Dongxing City, under the jurisdiction of Fangchenggang City, connects Mong Cai City, the largest special economic zone in North Vietnam, by a river. Fangchenggang Port is the largest in West China and one of China’s 12 major hub ports along the coast.

Ports with Handling Capacity of 100 Million Tons

As a port city, Fangchenggang has a lot of advantages such as a natural harbor with deep water, harbor of refuge with little deposition, and a coastline as long as 106.3 kilometers. This is suitable for building ports with over 200 deep-water berths of 10,000-ton handling capacity. The total potential cargo handling capacity of these ports is over 1 billion tons. At present, it has 115 berths. The city has navigation ties with over 250 ports in more than 100 countries and regions. In 2012, its handling capacity hit over 100 million tons, accounting for nearly 60% of the total of Guangxi coastal ports.

Dongxing Key Experimental Zone for Development and Opening-up

Dongxing Key Experimental Zone for Development and Opening-up lies in the southwest of Guangxi, connecting the Beibu Gulf to the south with a coastline of 580km and bordering Vietnam to the southwest with a borderline of 100 km. In this 1,226-sq-km experimental zone, everything is on the way of rapid development. Per capita GDP, per capita fiscal revenue, and per capita income of urban and rural residents rank among the top in Guangxi. It has won the titles of a model city for scientifi c urban development, model city for economic transformation and one of the top 10 Chinese cities for improving the people’s livelihood.

Investment Advantages

Investment in Fangchenggang will bring about obvious advantages for investors in making full use of resources from both China and ASEAN countries, developing the market of each country, and conducting economic and trade cooperation.

Geographical Advantages

As the pivotal intersection point of southcentral China, south China, southwest China and the ASEAN economic circle, Fangchenggang is the only city of China that connects other ASEAN countries through sea, land and river transportation, and also a great channel and main gateway from the inland hinterland to ASEAN countries.

Port Advantages

The maritime transportation of Fangchenggang is featured by the lowest tariffs, tight schedules, fast departures, short-term shipments, as well as the shortest distance to ports of ASEAN countries, Middle Eastern countries, Oceania, Europe and America. Besides, Fangchenggang has an advancedland transportation system with highway and railway links to Fangchenggang Port. Hence, it is the most convenient city for southwest China to do business with ASEAN countries and other countries around the world.

Political Advantages

Fangchenggang also enjoys multiple preferential investment policies of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, coastal area and border area, national minority, West Development strategy, Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, the “pilot projects” of Guangxi Dongxing Key Experimental Zone for Development and Opening-up. It is the only Chinese city that enjoys multiple and most concentrated investment preferential policies, which cover such sectors as industrial support, finance and taxation support, support in land use and sea use, financial support, foreign trade, and attracting professionals.

Investment Projects

1. Ocean park project

Construction site: Jiangshan Peninsula

Project description: This development intends to build a large theme park, containing both an aquarium and an amusement park, which will combine tourism, entertainment and popular science. Total investment and amount of planned foreign capital intake: Above 600 million yuan ($98 million)

Cooperation mode: Sole proprietorship, cooperation or joint venture

Contacts: Administration Committee of Jiangshan Byland Tourism Resort

Tel: 0770-3398088, 3398011

Validity period of project: From year 2014 to 2016

2. Healthcare and medical treatment project

Construction site: Jiangshan Peninsula

Project description: The direction and target of the development is focused on building high-end medical examination centers, healthcare centers, medical colleges, star-rated hotels and conference centers. It is an international complex project covering healthcare services, medical treatment, medical education and tourism industries.

Total investment and amount of planned foreign capital intake: Above 700 million yuan ($115 million)

Cooperation mode: Sole proprietorship, cooperation or joint venture

Contacts: Administration Committee of Jiangshan Byland Tourism Resort

Tel: 0770-3398088, 3398011

Validity period of project: From year 2014 to 2016

3. Production project of valves used in environmentally acceptable nuclear power

Construction site: Fangchenggang Qisha Industrial Zone

Project description: The project plans to produce 4,000 nuclear grade ball valves and 4,000 nuclear grade butterfly valves annually.

Total investment and amount of planned foreign capital intake: 200 million yuan ($32.8 million)

Cooperation mode: Sole proprietorship

Contacts: Fangchenggang Merchants Promotion Bureau

Contact persons: Lao Yongjian, Huang Hongyan, Wang Qiuzhen

Tel: 0770-2217509

Program of project completion: Project proposals completed

Validity period of project: from year 2014 to 2017