09 mars 2007
A survey of Suzhou, China
Geographical Location 
One of the key cities in the Yangtze River Delta, Suzhou is a renowned cultural, historic and tourist city. The city is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province , bordering Shanghai on the east, Zhejiang Province on the south, the Taihu Lake in the west and the Yangtze River in the north. The geographical coordinate of the city proper is at the northern latitude of 31 ° 19' and East longitude of 120 ° 37'.
Jurisdiction Area and Population
Suzhou covers an area of 8,488 km 2, of which the city proper covers 1,650 km 2. Total population is 5.91 million, of which 2.17 million are in the city proper. Under its jusrisdication are Zhangjiagang City, Shangshu City, Taicang City , Kunshan City, Wujiang City , Wuzhong District, Xiangcheng District,Pingjiang District,Canglang District, Jinchang District, and Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou New District and Huqiu District.In 1993 Suzhou was approved by the State Council as a “Relatively Big City ”.
Natural Condition
Situated at the temperate zone and with subtropical oceanic monsoon climate, Suzhou enjoys four distinct seasons, a middle temperature and abundant rainfall. The city spreads on a low terrain, with the plain covering 55% of the total area. With a network of rivers and canals as well as a fertile land, the city is rich in a variety of agricultural products. Major crops vary from rice to wheat, rape, cotton, mulberry, and fruit. Its specialties include Biluochun Tea, Dao Fish from Yangtze River , Silver Fish from Taihu Lake and Hairy Crabs from Yangchenhu Lake . As a well-known " Land of Fish and Rice" as well as a "Silk Capital",Suzhou enjoys a fame of " Paradise on Earth".
Source: Suzhou
Suzhou Industry Park
24 février 2007
Tianjin City
Tianjin is located in northeast part
of the North China Plain, bordering the Bohai Sea in the east, leaning against
the Yuanshan Mountain in the north, with its terrain traversing the Haihe River
through north and south. It covers an area of 11,305 square kilometers. It
is 120 kilometers from Beijing in the northwest.
Climate
Tianjin has a temperate continental monsoonal climate. The city areas have a mean annual temperature of 12.4℃, and a mean annual precipitation of 550 mm which occurs mostly in July and August.
Administrative Division and
Population
It is divided into 15 districts and 3 counties, with a population of 10.01 million by 2000, mainly ethnic groups of Han, Hui, Korea, Manchu and Mongolian.
Food
Mahua (dough twists), Goubuli Bun (a kind of special steaming bread) and Ear-Hole Fried Cake are The Three Delicacies of Tianjin.
Culture
Pingju opera, comic dialogue, allegretto, Meihuadagu and Jingyundagu (story-telling accompanied by percussion instruments include small drum and wooden and metal clappers), etc.
Brief Introduction
Tianjin, Jin for short, is one of the four centrally administered municipalities. In ancient times, this area was part of the sea stretching to the horizon. The construction of the city began in 1404 in the second year during the reign of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Known as the Tianjin Garrison, it was a military base and an important economic center. Tianjin was opened to foreign aggressors as a trading port under the Convention of Peking in 1860. Later it became a "settlement" of eight imperialist powers.
Tianjin has become the hub of communications of North China and the gateway of the capital city. It's the largest industrial city in North China and also the important commercial center and largest port city in northern China, which is rich in petroleum, natural gas and sea salt along the coastal area. As one of China's biggest industrial centers, Tianjin has built up an all-round industrial system with machinery, electronics, textiles, chemicals, metallurgy and foodstuff, etc., as its mainstays.
Tianjin is one of the most prosperous business areas as well as a distribution center for goods and materials in North China. It's also a key hub of land and sea communications. Tianjin Harbor now boasts about 56 docks and 30 periodical international sea routes, serving as the most convenient sea outlet for Beijing, North and Northwest China, as well as an international trading port having relationship with over 300 harbors in about 150 countries and areas.
Tianjin also has a well-developed road transport network, regular air-service to over 30 cities throughout the country, and inland water shipping, in addition to the pipelines for oil transport.
Tianjin is a famous historical city. The best known scenic spots and historical sites include the Panshan Scenery Area, the Park on the Water, the Garden of Tranquility, the Tianhou Palace (Palace of Heavenly Empress), the Dule Temple (Solitary Joy Temple), the Great Wall at the Huangya Pass, and so on.
Tianjin's folk crafts such as hand-made carpets, Yangliuqing's New Year Pictures printed from an engraved wood plate, Zhang's painted clay figurines, kites etc. hold an important position in the China.
For more information about Tianjin: http://www.tianjin.gov.cn/
22 février 2007
Xianglujiao Logistics Park--Dalian City
Dalian is an import transportation hub in North China and Northeast Asia. With a natural deep sea harbor with wide area, not freezing in winter and not silted in summer, Dalian has close trading and transportation relationships with ports in more than 150 countries and areas. The yearly throughout of containers in over 1.4 million TEUs. Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport has opened more than 80 domestic and international airlines businesses with companies in Europe and America. The airport is the largest cargo air transportation base in Northeast China. Dalian railway system connects the railway networks in Northeast China and North China. In addition, the highly developed highway system connects Dalian with the economic inland areas in Northeast China.
The Xigang District is located in the central area of Dalian City with the municipal government in its area. Xigang District is also the center for administration, culture, tourism and business. With an area of 261000 square meters and population of 340000, the district is well equipped with complete living facilities.
Endowed
with a convenient geological position, the Xigang District is 13 kilometers
from the airport, 5 kilometers from the seaport and 3 kilometers from
the road port. Close to the inland areas of Northeast China and within
close distance from countries such as Japan, South Korea and countries
in Southeast Asia, one can, by airplane, reach South Korea in one hour,
Japan in three hours, and countries in Southeast Asia in four hours,
and it would take 18 hours to reach South Korea and 40 hours to reach
Japan by sea.
The logistics park possesses unique geological advantages. To the north
along the seaside is the dock and ship building industrial area, to
the east is close to the Dalian port, and to the west is the important
transportation hub-the Dongbei Intersection and the express ways-Shugang
Road, Bongbei Road and harbin-Dalian Railway all cross here. The newly
completed light railway No. 3 has been opened through its full line.
All these will provide a convenience for the logistic development.
The potential
customers:
The
project is located in the Xigang District of Dalian with a population
of 340,000.
The
total population of Dalian is 5.9 million people.
Annual
disposable income in Dalian has risen from RMB 6,274 in 1999 to RMB10,378
in 2004 averaging growth of more than 11% per annum
Annual
retail expenditure in Dalian in 2004 is RMB8,672 per capita
Functional
Areas
According
to the plan, the Xianglujiao Logistics Park will be built into four
functional areas: the warehousing logistics center area represented
by Metro Northeast China Purchasing and Footing Center and the Metro
Dalian Xigang Store; a regulated materials trading area represented
by the industrial goods trades and transportation center; the business
mansions area that cored with the medium and small size warehousing
stores; the auxiliary service area represented by the central shopping
mall.
The environment
of the park
The
transportation in the park and around the is very convenient, and
the roads extend to all directions. It is 9 kilometers from Dalian Zhoushuizi
International airport and 10 minutes drive from the railway station.
Around the there are many public bus lines and express way network.
In the the roads are designed with three across and three lengthways
networks, and connected to the Northeast wide, and branches will be
24 meters wide. Along the road there is a green field 3 meters wide,
and along the seaside road the green field is 15 meters wide. Four squares
will be build up for people to relax in the park. The whole park will
present modern, lively and comfortable city scenery.
The
bigger retailers and stores gather here
Golden
business location and potential opportunities are attracting attentions
of business from both domestic and abroad. Except the settled Metro
and B&Q, the Ikea, Decathlon and one of the top 4 express companies,
Federal Express, also have the disposition to settle. Four of the top
500 enterprises will settle in this park firstly, it is no doubt that
will attract more.
May
2004, the first cash and carry store-Metro Dalian Xigang Store opened.
The German Metro Group is the world No. 1 cash and carry commercial
group. Through over 30 years development, the Metro has been the No.
3 in the top 16 this kind of enterprises in the whole world. Its Dalian
store occupies an area of 35200 square meters with construction area
of 11400 squares meters. The investment is 13 million US dollars.
September
2005, the first international construction material chain store-B&Q
Construction Material Supermarket opened. As one of the top 500 enterprises
in the world, B&Q is the No. 1 construction material retail group
in Europe. This supermarket has an area of nearly 10000 square meters
and deal with more than 50000 kinds of goods.
The park is also planning to build complex service plaza with a shipping
business exchange center, forward goods transportation center and other
services, and also planning to attract the domestic and foreign shipping
institutions, logistics companies headquarters to settle here by granting
preferable policies and discount for land purchase and lease.
Business
invitation and related policies
Right
now the opportunities of reviving the Northeast China’s old industrial
areas and constructing Dalian as a international shipping center in
Northeast Asia has opened great development space for the Xianglujiao Logistics Park As the key project in Dalian, the construction of the park has gained great attention from the municipal government and the
city’s party committee. The development and construction of the logistics park follows the following policies: land storing policy, plan and land
release by payment policy, infrastructure facilities equipment policy,
moving and clean land support policy as well as project start subsidy
policies. Based on these policies, the municipal government has made
the business invitation and financing policy for the park, taxes collection,
financial income, fast customs cleaning and multiple financial means.
These policies are aimed to provide the most preferable conditions for
the top 500 enterprises and well-known companies from both domestic
and abroad to settle in the park.
Source: Dalian China
21 janvier 2007
Shenzhen
Located at the southern coastal area of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen is
a Special Economic Zone and important industrial base in China, with an
area of 2,021 square kilometers and a population of 0.8 million.
The city borders with Hongkong, and is located in the Pearl River Delta, having six administrative districts:Bao'an, Futian, Longgang, Luohu, Yantian, and Nanshang.Since the
establishment of the Special Economic Zone in 1980, Shenzhen has made
rapid progress in economy. Its main industrial products are
electronics, light industrial products, textiles, garments, foodstuff,
building materials, machinery, and chemicals, over half output of which
are for export. It has become China's major export production base. In
magnetic heads of computer hard-discs, its annual production accounts
for 90% of China's total in value, while in diskettes and telephone
sets, over 50% in output. Shenzhen has arisen as an advanced
foreign-oriented industrial base.
The logistics industry of Shenzhen has been developped so rapidly since more than 20 years that it is considered as a miracle inner and outside China. But this development speed has at the same time met the requirement of the special economic zone in China. After constant progress during the 20 years, Shenzhen has become the 4th largest container harber in the world in 2005 and now Shenzhen has transformed from the logistics service provider of traditional harbor, storage, and agency to be a integrated modern logistics center with the representation of third party logistics industry.
For more reading: 迈向21世纪的深圳现代物流业发展策略
Source: Nanfang Daily
20 janvier 2007
Shanghai
Shanghai，shorted for HU and Shen, is the largest t economical center of China and the world famous harbor, which plays a extremely essencial role in the Chinese economic development. With the construction of Shanghai international Air Center, the logistics industry of Shanghai has been increasing smoothly and rapidly. Shanghai has become the world most largest cargo harbor and ranked the 3rd place in the world for containers. Shanghai is now also considered as the Asia-Pacific logisctics center.
For more information, please see Shanghai Logistics
上海简称沪，别称申，是中国最大的经济中心城市，也是国际著名的港口城市，在中国的经济发展中具有极其重要的地位。上海全市面积6340.5平方公里，占我国总面积的0.06%。至2005年末，全市户籍人口已增加到1360.26万人，占全国总人口的1%。
上海现代物流业随着上海国际航运中心的建设发展，一直保持着平稳快速的增长幅度。2001年至2005年，上海物
流业增加值从628.6亿元增加到1175.5亿元，增幅为87%，年均递增16.9%，占全市生产总值的比重保持在13%左右。2006以来，上海现代物流
业规模继续扩大，1至10月，全市货物运输总量6.02亿吨，同比增长6.6%；港口货物吞吐量4.47亿吨，同比增长22.4%。上海已成为世界第一大货运港和世界第三大集装箱吞吐港。上海，正在建设成为亚太地区物流中心之一和国际重要物流枢纽。
上海市经委有关人士向记者介绍，上海建立的现代化安全物流系统，逐步实现了供应链 的全程监控，采用先进、成熟的信息技术，对涉及城市公共安全和食品安全的危险化学品和冷藏冷冻食品的产、运、储、销以及废弃处置等各个环节实现全程监控。 这为消费者的安全健康提供了有力保证。
上海的便利店连锁公司，已经开始对常温物流中心和低温物流中心分别采用“效率 优先”和“时间优先”原则，借助IT技术、RF和RFID技术以及先进的物流设备，让温控物品的接货与分拣的时间尽可能缩短，让冷藏货品包括食品在储运过 程中没有一个环节会出现温度失控现象。该公司供应链管理中心加强成本控制，配送成本比同行低30%，商品周转天数达到4.5天，订单满足率达到98%。
上海物流业的发展，不仅为上海服务，还为全国服务。上海已建成的西北综合物流园 区，拥有40万平方米标准化物流仓储设施，承担了全国60%医药物流和全市75%以上的连锁超市配送物流业务。上海医药物流中心自今年2月试运营以来，已 承担上医股份70亿元药品销售的物流业务。
来源：上海物流网