This is Nansha. More than 160 years ago, modern history of China turned the first page in Nansha. The Custom witnessed the fight of Chinese people against the forting aggression in Nansha, which wrote a magnificent poem.

   Today calls the future. Today's Nansha is the lead of Guangzhou's implementation of the "Southern Extension" strategy and also a shining pearl to achieve the scientific development in the Pear River Delta.

   In the late 1980s, when the world's attention focused on this piece of virgin land to be developed, people surprisedly found that there retained a "treasure land" on the center of the Pearl River Delta where the industrialization and urbanization are rapidly advancing. Visionary businessmen came here one after another, and the Government's policy of development and construction has emerged:

   July 8, 1993, the Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone was set up. This is a brand-new state-level economic and technological development zones.

   In August 2002, Guangzhou Municipal party committee and municipal government, in order to implement the "Southern Extension" strategy, set up the Guangzhou Nansha development and construction of headquarters which gained the Guangzhou municipal-level authorized approval.

   April 28, 2005, the State Council officially approved the establishment of Guangzhou Nansha Zone. The development and construction of Nansha is facing a new historical opportunity.

   In the grand blueprint for the new millennium, in the Pearl River Mouth of the West Bank of Lingding Ocean , there raising a new modern coastal city!

   Unique natural conditions

   Nansha has thick water network, many lakes and ponds, beautiful natural landscape, and rich land resources. Affected by the subtropical ocean climate, Nansha＊s climate is mild with abundant sunshine, plenty of rainfall, and the annual average temperature is 21.9 degrees Celsius. The average annual rainfall reaches 1647.5 mm.

   Nansha built the country's first wetland forest park, and is also known as "kidney of Guangzhou". There are about 3000 mu of wetland, 400 mu of mangroves, over 20,000 migratory birds, showing a enchanting scenery "Reed wings in the water, the birds sings in the mangroves, 10,000 ares beautiful lotuses, and birds and people enjoy in it."

   The region's total area is 544, of which Land area is 338 km2.

   Nansha's location is perfect: it is in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) geographic geometric centre and also on the support position of "A" shaped spatial structure formed by Guangzhou - Hong Kong - Macao and it is also hub node linking the city group on the two sides of Pearl River estuary. It is 50 km away from downtown Guangzhou, 38 sea miles away from Hong Kong, and 41 sea miles from Macao. Regarded Nansha as the center, in the scope region with 60 km radius, there are 14 large and medium-sized cities which form the PRD city group and become a world manufacturing centre and the fastest economic growth region.

   Nansha has rich water shoreline resources, with the favourable conditions to build the international large deep water port and to develop the industries near the port. To Guangzhou even to Guangdong it is the ideal area to adjust and upgrade the industrial structure.

   Transport network is quick and convenient

   Nansha with convenient transportation is a regional water and land transportation hub.

   The backbone traffic network consists of the Nansha Port Expressway, Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway and that of the Extension of Huang Lian, Jiangzhong highway and other highways makes the network of Nansha and Guangzhou City Center and the Pearl River Delta region form a quick and convenient network system. This traffic network gives full play to Nansha's advantages as a transport hub of the PRD.

   Guangzhou Metro Line 4 goes from the Guangzhou Science City, the Guangzhou University City to Nansha new city. It narrows the time and space distance from the downtown areas of Guangzhou to Nansha. The construction o f Shugang railway promotes the development of the port logistics industry and port industries.

   Nansha, as the throat of water transportation, is in the Pearl River to the sea. It is also the only channel from Guangzhou to the ocean. Nansha's water transport is very developed. There are several flights from Nansha Port terminal to Hong Kong everyday.

   At present, Nansha deep water port has begun to take shape and scope of freight routes has covered Europe, America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Australia, and other major global trade zone. after the completion of all three projects, Nansha port relying on the major international port, will become modernized near port Industrial Area with the world's advanced level.

   Nansha surrounding with radius of 75 km has five international airports of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong, Macao which have direct access to the rest of the world.

   With the acceleration of infrastructure construction, bridges and roads continue to extend on in the West Bank of the Pearl River.

   Speed up the development of innovation system

   The development and construction of Nansha has received the kind attention and careful guidance from the central authorities, the provincial party committee and government, the municipal party committee and government A number of national, provincial and city leaders several times in person inspected Nansha and gave instruction and put forward request.

   In November 2001 and April 2002, the governments of Guangzhou City and Guangdong Province have held one after another on-the-spot meeting on the promotion of Nansha＊s development, stressing the aim is to build the modernized coastal city which is the most appropriate to the undertaking development and living. The development should be in accordance with the principle "unified planning and staging Implementation, key part breakthroughs and rolling development ", and adhere to the " industry started, the project led " the development of ideas, and implementation of" ecological priority "strategy, and strive to develop Nansha into an ecological modernized new city which features reasonable industrial layout, strong economic radiant ability, full infrastructure support and beautiful natural environment.

   In order to improve the investment environment of Nansha, the Nansha increase the investment to urban infrastructure. Every year a lot of money has been used to infrastructure construction.

   In 2005, the state has also approved the establishment of export processing zones in Nansha. At the same time, the Nansha IT Park, is also Guangzhou's the high-tech industrial park area branch and the bonded logistics centre. The approval of the establishment of these parks, further improve and enhance the overall function of the Nansha development zone.

   In April 2005 the establishment of Guangzhou City Nansha District approved by the State Council endowed Nansha "double advantage": As a state-level development zones, Nansha continues to provide investors with various types of preferential policies and high-quality and highly efficient Services in state-level economic and technological development zones. Nansha implements for the investors "one-stop" tracking services. They provide faster implementation of train service in the industrial investment projects, from the project decision to the completion of the construction work and the comprehensive inspection approval processes. The municipal government Officially approved Nansha as "no fee zone".in investment management companies registered in Nansha need not pay the local administrative fees of the administration, which effectively lowers business operating costs.

   As Administrative area, Nansha coordinates urban and rural development, solidly promotes the socialist new countryside construction, vigorously develops social undertakings, and constantly improves people's lives. The Nansha Economic and Social development is more comprehensive, coordinated and healthy. The development and construction of Nansha open a new chapter with more glory.

   The strategic layout has unique insight

   In the urban development plan, Nansha follows Guangzhou's city natural spatial structure of "the mountain, the water, the city, the field, the sea", takes the planned the ecology corridor in south Guangzhou new town as the boundary, and along the three river systems, the lion ocean, the Jiaomen gate canal and Hong Qili canal assuming to the south estuary direction belt-shaped extends. The spatial structure and the layout is divided into a central and five big groups:

   "A center" is the city central area: both banks of Jiaomen river, route along the entry to main road, Humen Bridge - ajiao Mountain Water Park is the central area of new coastal town. The urban road with high standard and high speed construction and improvement which adapt the modernized new city, facilities matching with the municipal administration and the comprehension service facilities, the vigorous development of the tertiary industry and each social undertaking, construction of some living communities and the enhancement of comprehensive service quality provide the important support for the Nansha urbanization and the industrial development.

   "Five big groups" including Huangge comprehensive industry group, Nansha Island south high-tech industry group, local comprehension service group, Wan Qingsha near port industry group, and Longxuedao modern logistics comprehensive group.

   At present, the entire distribution has already initially formed: the north is for the automobile and the heavy equipment industry, middle for the high-tech industry, south for the harbor logistics and near the port industries. The following seven big industries has begun to take shape: the automobile, the steel and iron, the shipbuilding, the heavy machinery equipment, the petrochemical, the high-tech industry and the harbor logistics and so on. At the same time, taking the large-scale key enterprise as the leading, and paying great attention to development of the industry groups enable Nansha's economic development to track into the fast growth speedway.

   "The ecology first" Harmonious development

   The Pearl Rive mouth dense coverage of network of rivers and lakes, the wetland, the big piece's green plants and the crops causes the natural environment of Nansha area to be comfortable and pleasant. To achieve the coordinated development of economy and environment in the big development, Nansha comprehensively implements and realizes the scientific development concept, insisting on the "the ecology first" notion 每 leaving behind for the posterity one piece of "the beautiful scenery with green mountain, clear water and blue sky".

   Nansha is the national first plan environmental effect appraisal pilot area. In the developing process, Nansha strictly implements the environmental protection standard, constructs the ISO14000 country model district, and protects Nansha's environment quality and the ecological equilibrium. In attracting investments, it insists on do and undo depending on the condition, strictly controls general processing project, the labor-intensive project and energy-consuming and polluted project to enter Nansha, and actively introduces technology-intensive, the fund intensity and the high-tech project. At the same time, it develops the circulation economy vigorously, intensively and the reasonably use land resource to raise the land utilization efficiency.

   In Nansha's development blueprint, the region overall forestation rate is 50%. The mountain massif and the water quality obtained the effective protection, the afforested area along with path's development extend unceasingly.

   The today's Nansha, one side of is large orderly piece of modernized factories and enterprises and the other side is the wilderness countryside scenery with groups of gull, singing birds and fragrant flowers. Human and the nature coexists harmoniously, and complements each other.

   Coastal new town suitable for business and residence

   As Guangzhou's youngest administrative area suitably, Nansha profits from the international famous city's experience, unifies the advantageous natural environment, speeds up the urban facilities construction unceasingly, develops the modern service industry vigorously, advances property development legally, and improves the public health and the education system unceasingly. A garden type ecotype coastal new city suitable for both business and residence is unfolding in front of people.

   〞〞On both banks of Jiaomen River, there will erect a modernized city where urban central area, the administrative center, and the community services center provid high quality, the highly effective service for the public, and the business center provides the comfortable consuming service place for different consumer groups.

   〞〞Guangzhou most advanced urban sewage dispose project 〞〞 Huangge sewage factory has officially put into use;

   〞〞Nansha No.1 Elementary School, Nansha No.2 Middle School, three A-grade's Nansha Central Hospital and other schools and hospitals are newly built with high beginning and high standard. Some of them have already put into use, and some are under construction.

   〞〞Guangzhou biggest water park settles down in Nansha. From here yacht wharf leads to each region in Pear River Delta;

   〞〞Guangzhou Toyota living area with ten thousand living capacity, Huangge Unicorn resettlement area with the capacity of more than 2000 residents as well as the Guanglong resettlement area have been put into use one after another. These new resident quarters form a complete set with the facilities in accordance with the high standard of life-support services in the modern city.

   The star-class hotels and the resorts complete to operate one after another. each flavor unique restaurant attracts a lot of guests. Nansha becomes the new hot spot for all businessman and tourists from every corner of the world to discusses business, or to take vacation and sightseeing. One residential area, eagerly leading the housing tidal current and possessing new concept of living has peeped the embryonic form. The former border-regional small town becomes coastal life residence which one yearns.

   In the past, the foresighted Mr. Huo Yingdong, great master in Hong Kong business circle, favored Nansha's development future, invested large amount of money here, and completed one batch of infrastructure project. Today's Nansha has become well-loved place gathering numerous businessmen. There are US's GE, German's Basifu, Japanese Toyota automobile, Japanese JFE steel plate, Meiko Electronics, the Mitsubishi heavy industry, the Swiss dragon sand group and other famous Multinational corporation and the Ship Group, the Eastern Electricity, the Second Heavy Machine Factory, the Yuexiu Guangzhou Paper Group, the Canton Steel Works Group and other state-level key enterprises in China with tremendous influence as well as Dongling Group, Libai Chemical Group and other provincial or municipal famous private enterprises settling down successively in Nansha. Another batch of world 500 enterprises walk to Nansha filled with hope.

   Nansha's charm will give Nansha the infinite hope; Nansha's tomorrow will be prosperous!