West Triangle Economic Zone

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West Triangle Economic Zone
西三角经济区
West Triangle Economic Zone.jpg
The locations of the three cities which form the Economic Zone. Chongqing Municipality is shaded red.
Province Chongqing (municipality)
Sichuan
Shaanxi
Major Cities Chongqing
Chengdu
Xi'an
Nanchong
Xianyang
Government
 •  Mayor of Chongqing Huang Qifan
 •  Governor of Sichuan Wei Hong
 •  Governor of Shaanxi Lou Qinjian
Time zone UTC+8 (CST)
Map of Chengdu showing infrastructures and land use, made by the CIA in 1989; about half of the city's current size. Chengdu 1989 CIA.jpg
Map of Chengdu showing infrastructures and land use, made by the CIA in 1989; about half of the city's current size.

Chengdu has been officially designated China's western center of logistics, commerce, finance, science and technology, as well as a hub of transportation and communication. [6] It is also an important base for manufacturing and agriculture. [7] It is a highly economically competitive city within China; according to a Taiwanese report, Chengdu is the second most attractive city for business in China, [1] and the World Bank's 2007 survey report on global investment environments declared Chengdu "a benchmark city for investment environment in inland China". [8] Important locally based companies include Chengdu Sugar and Wine Co. Ltd., Chengdu Food Group, Sichuan Medicine Co. Ltd., Chengdu Automobile Co. Ltd. etc., which support the city's food, medicine, machinery and information technology industries. [9]

Many companies have invested in Chengdu. [10] Among the world's 500 largest companies, 133 of them have subsidiaries or branch offices in Chengdu. [10] These corporations include Intel, Cisco, Sony and Toyota that have assembly and manufacturing bases. Also, Motorola, LM Ericsson, and Microsoft have R&D centers in Chengdu. [10]

Chengdu's foremost industry is information technology, and has long been established as a national base for the electronics and the IT industry. As one of the 8 major communication hubs of China, Chengdu is the node of the nationwide fiber-optic communication network. [11]

Furthermore, Chengdu has also attracted many other major global corporations, including Citigroup, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, JPMorgan Chase and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ in the banking sector. [9] It is expected that by 2012, value-added financial services will make up 14% of the added-value service industry and 7% of the regional GDP. By 2015, those figures are expected to grow to 18% and 9% respectively. [12]

Chongqing

Commercial skyscrapers and high-rise buildings around the People's Liberation Monument in downtown Chongqing. CQ WTC.jpg
Commercial skyscrapers and high-rise buildings around the People's Liberation Monument in downtown Chongqing.

Chongqing was separated from Sichuan province and made into a province-level municipality in March 1997. [13] in order to accelerate its development. It was also hoped that China's relatively poorer western areas would be further developed as well. [5]

As well as being an important industrial area in western China, [14] Chongqing is also rapidly urbanising. For instance, new construction added approximately 137,000 square meters (1.5 million square feet) daily of usable floor space to satisfy demands for residential, commercial and factory space. [15] More than 1,300 people move into the city daily, bolstering the economy by approximately 100 million Yuan. [16]

With an annual output capacity of 1.2 million automobiles, Chongqing produces 15% of China's total output. [17] Changan Automotive Corp (China's fourth largest automaker), Lifan Hongda Enterprise, and Ford Motor Company all produce automobiles in Chongqing, with the US car giant having 3 plants. [18]

The municipality is also one of the nine largest iron and steel centres in China and one of the three major aluminum producers. Important manufacturers include Chongqing Iron and Steel Company and South West Aluminum, Asia's largest aluminum plant. [19] Manufacturing industries are supported by abundant natural resources including large deposits of coal, natural gas, and more than 40 kinds of minerals such as strontium and manganese. Coal reserves amount to approximately 4.8 billion tonnes, [20] while Chuandong Natural Gas Field is China's largest inland gas field with deposits of around 270 billion m³ - more than 1/5 of China's total. [21]

Chongqing was ranked among the top ten most attractive cities to investing by a Taiwanese report, and is also one of the National Central Cities. [1]

Xi'an

CBD, Tangyan Road, Xi'an. Xi'ancbd2.jpg
CBD, Tangyan Road, Xi'an.

Xi'an is the largest economy of Shaanxi province, with a GDP of 324.1 billion Yuan in 2010. [22] On average this value increases by 14.5% annually, and accounts for approximately 41.8% of Shaanxi's total GDP. [22] [23] At least fifty-eight countries have established over 2,560 enterprises in Xian, including nineteen of the Fortune 500 enterprises. These include ABB, Boeing, Coca-Cola, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and Toshiba. [24] As part of the Western Development policy, Xi’an became a major target for accelerated attention. [4] From 1997 to 2006, the industrial output value of Xi’an's service industry increased at an annual average rate of 13.74% representing a growth from US$8.113 billion to US$25.85 billion. [23]

Xi'an is also one of the first service outsourcing cities in China, with over 800 corporations in the industry. [22] The city's output value from this sector exceeded RMB 23 billion in 2008. [22] Employment in the sector doubled from 1997 to 2006, from a base of 60,000, and computer consulting also doubled from 16,000 to 32,000. [23] As a result of the importance of the software-outsourcing industry, the city planned construction of a Software New Town, which was scheduled to be completed in 2015 with an investment of 30 billion Yuan. [22] Other major export goods include lighting equipment and automobile parts, while its major import goods are mechanical and electrical products. Internationally, Xi'an's largest trade partner is the United States. [22]

Other important industries include equipment manufacturing and tourism. [25] The manufacturing industry has an annual output of 36.5 billion Yuan, accounting for 44.5% of the city's total. [22] Furthermore, as one of China's four ancient capitals, [26] Xi'an's many cultural sites, including the Terracotta Army, the City Wall of Xi'an, and the Famen Temple, make tourism an important industry as well. In 2010, 52 million domestic tourists visited Xi'an, earning a total income of RMB 40.52 billion. [22] On average, revenue increases by 36.4% per year, and foreign-exchange earnings (530 million in 2009) increase by around 35.8%. [22]

Government

Chengdu

The city of Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province, and it has sub-provincial administrative status. It contains 9 districts, 4 county-level cities, and 6 counties. [27] The mayor is Ge Honglin, [28] and the CPC Committee Secretary (who is considered to be more powerful than the mayor) is Huang Xingchu. [29]

Chongqing

Chongqing is the principal city in Southwest China being one of China's National Central Cities and the only such city in the interior west of China. As such, in 1997, Chongqing was separated from Sichuan province and made into a province-level municipality, the fourth in China after Beijing, Tianjin, and Shanghai. [13] The mayor of Chongqing is Tang Liangzhi [ citation needed ] and the CPC Committee Secretary is Sun Zhengcai. [30] Chongqing Municipality contains 19 districts, 19 counties, and 1259 towns, townships, and subdistricts.

Xi'an

Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi province, and it has sub-provincial administrative status. Additionally, since ancient times, when it was known as Chang'an, it served as the capital of many dynasties. [31] The mayor of Xi'an is Dong Jun, [32] and the CPC Committee Secretary is Sun Qingyun. [33]

Transportation

Air

Major airports include:

Land

Major highways and expressways passing through the West Triangle Economic Zone include:

Rail

Stations include:

Major rail lines include:

Statistics

The zone occupies 220,000 square kilometers and has a population of 118 million, contributing nearly 40% of Western China's GDP. [2]

West Triangle Economic Zone
Traditional Chinese 西三角經濟圈
Simplified Chinese 西三角经济圈
CityAdministrative AreaCity PopulationGDPAnnual GDP growth rate
Chengdu12,132 km24,266,000 [34] RMB 813.89 billion [35] 13% [35]
Chongqing82,401 km26,690,000 [34] RMB 1,146 billion [36] 13.6% [36]
Xi'an9983 km24,178,000 [34] RMB 386.4 billion [37] 24% [37]

The figure above for Chongqing's Administrative Area includes the entire Municipality of Chongqing whereas the City Population only counts the urbanized districts making up Chongqing city. Thus the population of the administrative area shown will be significantly larger. Chengdu is similar.

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