China-Switzerland
(Europe) Industrial Park Profile
Guangdong
Province is China's strongest province in economic strength as well as one of
the areas that first opened up to the outside. It has long been a major
province that attracts foreign investment. Nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies have
invested in Zhongshan, including Novartis' Sandoz and ThyssenKrupp.
China-Switzerland
(Zhongshan) Industrial Park is a new model industrial park built in a special
economic district called Cuiheng New Zone, Zhongshan City, Guangdong province. It
results from the 21st century economic trend, Guangdong's leading
economic status, the favorable policies granted by the Central Government and combination
of China's planning and Switzerland's technological advance. The park will
attract the leading companies and hi-tech companies from Switzerland and other European countries, and become a
concentrating, creative and influential
model park for China-Switzerland cooperation
lThe Cooperation Mode
In
the large background that China and Switzerland have signed a free trade
agreement and maintained a sound trade partnership, the Construction Management
Team are actively communicating and coordinating with Switzerland's relevant
governmental departments and companies in depth and details about the issues
concerning construction of the industrial park, project attractions, supporting
policies, company servicers and so on.
lThe Operation
Mode
It
is guided by the government, dominated by companies and operated by the market
to maintain effective and flourishing. China-Switzerland Joint Venture Companies
will be set up to be responsible for investment attraction, management,
service, guarantee and other work.
The Industrial Park Plan
lThe Industrial Park Orientation
High-end
Industries
In
the light of scientifically planning, actively promoting and pragmatism, the
park aims at two parts, one of which is healthy pharmaceutics, including pharmaceuticals, food,essences and
balsam
while the other is precision machinery manufacturing, including instrumentation
equipment, textile machinery, electrical equipment
Leading
technologies
The
industrial park will be enhanced in supporting facilities for scientific research
incubation centers and improved in concentrating scientific research workers
and organizations, emphasizing not only industrial production, but also transactions
and transformation of intellectual property as well as research. The specific
ideas are as follows: 1. Producing-learning-research cooperation; 2. Transformation
of technologies; 3.transfer of technologies; 4 Science and technologies and
finance; 5. Inspection and test; 6. intellectual property protection
Ecological
Demonstration
The park takes full advantage of Cuiheng New Zone's special
geographical location and ecological advance in the light of respect for
nature, wise land and seas use, environmental protection. It aims to be a new
elegant and comfortable garden town, a new low-carbon ecological smart town, a
new beautiful coastal town and a new special birth town of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. The
park should simultaneously have the following features: 1 Swiss elements,
Lingnan style and Zhongshan characteristics; 2. Green ecology and blue ecology;
3. Swiss culture, customs and architectural styles.
lThe
Goals
The
immediate goal is to set up an innovative mode for construction, development
and operation, attract the leading companies and hi-tech projects from
Switzerland and other European countries, and promote the concentrating
development of healthy pharmaceuticals, precision machinery
manufacturing.
The
long-term goal is to build an international model industrial park that is
highly concentrating, creative and influential, setting an example for the
cooperation between the two countries.
lThe Land Use
Plan
The
park plans more than 600 acres for healthy pharmaceuticals, more than 400 acres
for precision machinery manufacturing, 460 acres for the ecological
demonstration zone and about 200 acres for finance and education. The whole
coverage surpasses 165 acres. Divided into different steps and orders, the
first-phase about 250 acres will be planned as the initiating area and 7 acres
of the first phase is under construction.
The Geographical
Advantages
China-Switzerland
(Europe) Industrial Park is located in the central part of the Pearl River
Delta Region, one of the three most dynamic urban agglomerations in China, 300
kilometers in radius, with a population of 100 million and 11 percent of China's
GDP. Within the 90 kilometers in radius, there are five major airports and
three ocean shipping deepwater ports. Zhongshan will be a golden corridor to
connect West Guangdong with Shenzhen, Hong Kong and even more extensive areas facilitated
by Guangzhou-Zhuhai China Railway High-speed (CRH) and the construction of the
western coastal railway, Hongkong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge and Shenzhen-Zhongshan Bridge.
The
Transportation
Advantages
As
for the sea transport, Zhongshan has Zhongshan Cargo Port, a state-class cargo
port with China's top 10 and world's top 100 container throughput for long, and
Zhongshan Passenger Port, a would-be passenger water transport center on the
western bank of the Pearl River with lines to Hong Kong, Macau and Shenzhen, which
will be started in 2015 and aims to build a 60-minute transport circle with
Hong Kong, Macau and the eastern bank of the Pearl River Delta included.
As
for the land transport, Zhongshan has a dense road network. In the urban area,
half-an-hour life circle is established; the towns can reach the expressways in
15 minutes; buses and highways connect all the villages. The road network of Zhongshan
is the only one that has been assessed as Class A Management for China's Smooth Transport for six straight
times.
Shenzhen-Zhongshan
Bridge, 24 kilometers long, starts from China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial
Park. It will only take 25 minutes of driving from Shenzhen to Cuiheng New Zone
after completion of the bridge. It will be a golden corridor that connects
Shenzhen-Dongguang-Guangzhou economic circle and Zhuhai-Zhongshan-Jiangmen economic
circle, and accelerate the Shenzhen-Zhongshan integration.
Cuiheng
Express Line starting at the centre of the area links Zhongshan's urban area. It
will take only 15 minutes of driving from Cuiheng New Zone to Zhongshan's
downtown area.
Inter-City
Light Rail Transport makes it easier to reach Guangzhou and Zhuhai, 38 minutes
from Zhongshan Station to Guangzhou South Railway Station, and 22 minutes from
Nanlang Railway Station to Zhuhai Railway Station.
As
the air transport, one hour and a half is enough to reach any of the five major
airports: Guangzhou, Shenzhe, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau International
Airport.
A Livable
City
The Environmental
Advantages
Zhongshan
City is environmentally livable city. The air quality and water quality of main
rivers 100 percent reach the standard. The forest coverage rate reaches 39.2
percent; the public green land per capita reaches 10.9 square meters. There are
five towns that were rated as national environmentally beautiful towns and received
such honors as National Garden City, National Environmental Protection Model City, and National Civilized City.
Zhongshan is the first city that has received
United Nations' "Habitat Award".
lThe Social
Advantages
Zhongshan
City is stable, safe and harmonious. The people live and work happily there.
The city has received such honors as "Lasting Peace Cup" in national social
security administration, National Top 10 Happiest City and China's Harmonious City.
The Talent
Advantages
Education and Culture
There
are six full-time universities and colleges with Zhongshan Institute,
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Guangdong
Pharmaceutical University. In addition, there are various vocational schools
and vocational middle schools. There are over 50,000 graduates from these
schools every year, which can completely meet investors' needs for human
resources.
Within
the 90 kilometers in radius there are well-structured and improved supporting education
and training systems that can constantly provide high-quality workers for
social and industrial development. There are over 130 higher education
institutes, 382 state-owned research and development organizations, scientific
and technological information organizations and documentation organizations,
and 2511 research and development centers set up by above-scale industrial
companies. There are 8 national engineering labs, 23 national engineering
centers and 1088 province-level engineering centers.
The
Pearl River Delta has become a talent ecological circle, which is more closely
connected, more creative, more smoothly communicative and more integrated in
scientific research under the grand background that the Pearl River Delta is to
be built into a model region of independent innovation. The circle will show
more influence on the restructuring and upgrading of industries and cities in
the Pearl River Delta.
lScientific and Technological Innovation
Zhongshan
has received the title Advanced City in National Scientific and Technological
Advance Assessment for three times. It has become a "(pilot) innovative base of
national Torch Plan special industrial clusters", national pilot city of intellectual
property and Guangdong model base in integration of producing, learning and
researching granted by Ministry of Education. There are 137 national,
provincial and municipal engineering centers and 233 technological centers. The
patent applications have gone up by 50.9 percent and 11 scientific researches
have won provincial scientific and technological awards and patent awards.
The Industrial
Basis
Around
China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial Park there are 34 national industrial
bases and 15 province-level specialized towns that can provide supports in such
industries as pharmaceutics and hi-tech electronics.
Five
major industry clusters of shipbuilding and ocean engineering, new energies,
new materials, wind power and energy conserving equipment have taken their
initial shape around the Initiating Area of the park. They have gathered a
large number of advanced companies such as Guangzhou Shipyard International,
Guangxin Shipbuilding and Heavy Industry, Mingyang Wind Power, Wistron, China Hi-tech.
The
park will take large international healthy pharmaceuticals companies as the
leading force and drive the coordinated development of Medical Equipment
Manufacturing Area (Eastern Second Circle) and Pharmaceuticals Manufacturing
Area (Western Second Circle). So far two supporting companies Lead Packaging
and Zhaohong Precision Mould have settled down and started their business. Three
biomedical companies have entered the park and a large number of quality
projects in the line of medical equipment have been started.
Industrial
Orientation
The
positioning of the park is mainly healthy pharmaceuticals and precision machinery
manufacturing. In addition to biomedical and precision machinery manufacturing
projects, it also actively introduces supporting industries such as financial
organizations, training and educating organizations.
The
park has initially built up a sound industrial climate in the development of
the pharmaceuticals industry clusters and precision machinery manufacturing
clusters. Some renowned companies are as follows:
Cuiheng
New Zone is consistent with Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone in access
standards and preferential policies for investment attraction. Cuiheng New Zone
has issued Assess Standard for Industrial Projects in Initiating Area of Cuiheng
New Zone Zhongshan and Access Catalog for Industries in in Initiating
Area of Cuiheng New Zone Zhongshan (2015). Cuiheng New Zone has implemented
the consistent policies for investment attraction with Torch Hi-tech Industrial
Development Zone to promote the sound development of healthy technological
industries, encourage the innovative development in science and technology, and
introduce high-level talent worker.
The Policies
about the Construction and Development of Scientific and Technological Company Incubators
Scientific
and Technological Fund of the park will support no less than RMB 3 million
yuan, RMB 2 million yuan and RMB 1 million yuan respectively to companies that
are listed as national incubators, provincial incubators and Cuiheng New Zone
incubators.
Encouragement
of Scientific and Technological Innovation
At
least RMB 100 million yuan out of the Cuiheng New Zone budget will be arranged
as the scientific and technological innovation fund for technological
innovation and healthy scientific and technological industries.
Improved Development
for Healthy Scientific and Technological Industries
A
special fund of RMB 15 million yuan will be arranged to support the development
of healthy scientific and technological industries including platform
construction, scientific research, industrial agglomeration, supports for major
companies and project supporting, and so on. Expenditure ranges from project
expenses, supporting expenses for project attraction and project managing
expenses.
Support for
Medium-sized and Small Scientific and Technological Companies
Cuiheng
New Zone arranges a certain budget for innovation of medium-sized and small
companies. The priority is given to following projects: national or provincial
innovation projects, innovative hi-tech companies with good prospects in future
market that can play a vital role in economic restructuring, environmental
projects that can evidently conserve energy, technological projects that
transfer the scientific researches and technologies of research institutes,
organizations and universities to scientific and technological medium-sized and
small companies, and hi-tech service projects that provide professional service
for medium-sized and small companies, high-level overseas students' hi-tech
projects with a good industrial future or projects with independent key
technologies.
The Special
Supporting Fund for the Intellectual Property Pledge Loan
A
special supporting fund of RMB 9 million yuan is set up for the intellectual
property pledge loan. It will provide interest subsidies by a certain
percentage for medium-sized and small companies during their intellectual
property pledge loan term.
Policies for
Introduction of Talents
A certain
amount of budget is arranged every year for doctoral subsidies, postdoctoral
research funding, subsidies for urgently needed talents, scientific research
talent team funding and overseas high-level talent funding and so on.
Guangdong Zhongce
Food and Cosmetic Safety Evaluation Center
It
is state-level third-party inspection agency. It provides comprehensive and
professional inspection service and safety technology evaluation service for
food and cosmetic companies in Zhongshan and the Pearl River Delta.
Zhongshan
Equipment Manufacturing Research Institute (ZEMRI)
ZEMRI
is managed and operated in a brand-new mechanism. With years of development, ZEMRI
has achieved great progress in construction of the public innovation platform. It
has set up nine research centers and platforms, including Games Producing-Learning-Researching
Federation, Optical Information Technology Research and Development Center,
Wind Power Technology Research Institute, Zhongshan City Precision Electronic
Public Platform.
Zhuhai-Zhongshan-Jiangmen
Healthy Pharmaceuticals Comprehensive Test Platform
It
has passed a number of qualification accreditations such as national non-special
purpose cosmetic imports testing organization. It is applying for qualification
accreditations of national cosmetics administrative license inspection agency
and Guangdong Port Drug Control Zhongshan Agency. It provides the testing
service including medical device standards detection, registration inspection
and safety evaluation for healthy pharmaceuticals companies in Zhuhai,
Zhongshan and Jiangmen.
Guangdong Quality
Supervision and Inspection Center Zhongshan Branch
Zhongshan
Branch of Guangdong Quality Supervision and Inspection Center which is a
state-level food and drug supervision and administration organization, provides
the testing service including medical device standards detection, registration
inspection and safety evaluation for healthy pharmaceuticals companies inside
and outside the park.
Biological
Macromolecular Drug R & D Outsourcing Service Platform
The
platform is equipped with a whole-course technological platform for preclinical
research and development of innovative antibody drugs, including antibody
production, functional screening, antibody engineering, humanization and
optimization, pharmacokinetics and metabolism, formulation and mass production.
The platform is equipped with international-standard animal houses and GLP
standard laboratories. It can provide outsourcing service about research and
development of high-quality biological macromolecules protein and antibody drug
in line with the international standard.
Financial and
Capital Operation Service Platform
The financial service platform cooperates
with financial institutions, guarantee agencies, re-guarantee institutions and intermediaries,
and set up a financial services affiliate system that provides combined
financial service about guarantee, credit, investment, trust, financial
advisory, management consulting and so on. The financial services affiliate
system develops financial products such as the intellectual property pledge
loan, the platform loan, supply chain loan and fiancé lease, that suit
companies in the park through strategic cooperation and innovative financing.
China-Switzerland
(Europe) Industrial Park project research team go out to acquire others'
experience in construction of industrial parks
China-Switzerland
(Europe) Industrial Park project research team left for Foshan Sino-German Industrial
Service Zone, Taichang Sino-German Medium-sized and Small Enterprises
Cooperation Model Zone from January 15 to 16, 2013 and acquired some good
managing experience about infrastructure construction, operation management and
company service.
In addition
to application of the acquired managing experience to practice, the research
team holds Cuiheng New Zone should take full advantage of the opportunity and
promote Zhongshan products to Switzerland and Europe through the platform while
introducing Swiss and European China-oriented products and services to the
industrial park. Then the park will take advantage of the imported products
distribution center on the Chinese market and expand its business nationwide.
The operation
platform built for China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial Park
According
to the essence of the mayor office meeting (No. 67 Meeting Minutes (2014)),
Torch Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone is the organizer, responsible for the
park construction, investment attraction, park planning and other specific work
while Cuiheng Investment Company is the investment, construction and operation
management body and a special subsidiary company is set up to provide the management
and service for the park.
Cuiheng
Investment Company reported "Proposals on Formation of Zhongshan
China-Switzerland Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd." and Zhongshan
China-Switzerland Science and Technology Development Co., Ltd. (ZCSSTD)
completed the business registration and tax registration procedures in 2014
after the report was approved by Cuiheng New Zone Party Work Committee in
September. ZCSSTD is a limited liability company with sole proprietorship, subordinated
to Cuiheng Investment Company. The legal representative is Liu Rong. The
registered capital is RMB 3 million yuan. Its business range includes investment
and technology promotion service, cultural event planning, property management,
industrial space rental, commercial space rental, office rental and conference
and exhibition services.
The
Initiating Area first started in China-Switzerland Industrial Park
China-Switzerland
Industrial Park is positioned as a biopharmaceutical cluster for
pharmaceuticals, food and essences and a manufacturing cluster for instrumentation
equipment, textile machinery and electrical equipment. The planned area covers
over 1600 acres land while the initiating area covers 250 acres. Cuiheng New
Zone is working on the formation of ZCSSTD at present and sends a team to Switzerland for project attraction. It
has come into the investment attraction work. China-Switzerland Industrial Park has introduced a knitting
equipment project from the
Swiss Society for Microbiology (SSM) and a German CO precision fiber project. The
preliminary preparations for the leased plants of the projects have been
complete. It is expected that the plants will have been completed by next
January.
Swiss
SSM is one of the few textile machinery manufacturing companies that master the
air texturing technology. It designs high-performance textile machines and
provides maintenance, repair and technical support for clients from 62
countries. It owns three factories in Switzerland, Italy and China and sets up a complete sales and service
system. As a market leader in the area of winding
technologies in the line of textile machinery, SSM that has long upheld the
idea that "technological advance is the core of development while human
resources are the sources of development," puts in a lot of manpower and
material resources for product research and development.
Actively
participating in the investment attraction and promotion activities and promoting
Swiss companies to get involved in the construction of China-Switzerland
Industrial Park in Cuiheng New Zone
Consul
General of Switzerland in Guangzhou Didier Boschung and Chairman of Swiss Chamber
of Commerce Guangzhou Branch Rene Foster arrived to meet Mayor Chen Liangxian
on September 23 for investigation into the construction process of
China-Switzerland Industrial Park in Cuiheng New Zone. Cuiheng New Zone sent a
team to participate in Guangdong Investment Promotion in Switzerland organized by Department of Commerce of
Guangdong Province and Zhongshan People's
Government late October to promote the investment environment and policies of Cuiheng
New Zone to Swiss companies for the purpose of attracting Swiss high-end
technologies and advanced management experience.
China-Switzerland (Europe) Industrial
Park has succeeded in introducing two companies.
SSM Textile
Machinery (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.
Swiss
SSM Group, one of the leading companies in the line of textile machinery in
Switzerland, owns a number of patented technologies, 3 production bases in
Switzerland, Italy and China, 10 service centers and 80 offices around the
globe.
SSM's
new project in the park intends to produce new textile machines. Its annual
output value will exceed RMB 100 million yuan and its revenue will exceed RMB
10 million yuan and its contribution to tax revenue will exceed RMB 10 million
yuan after putting into production.
Cubo
(Zhongshan) Communication Equipment Co., Ltd
Cube
Optics AG is established in Mainz, Germany in 2000. It manufactures and markets
miniaturized fiber-optic components, modules and systems for use in data and
telecommunications. It provides the most advanced communication equipment and
complete optical transport solutions for international network operators such
as Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, Huawei, ZTE, Sweden Netnod Group and Telefónica
UK Limited
In
order to better expand the scale of production and R & D capabilities, Cubo
intends to set up a production site in Zhongshan, producing miniaturized
fiber-optic components, multiplexers, passive components, active components,
optical patch cords, the band splits, sensors, modules, transceivers,
amplifiers, micro-components, relays, connectors, and overall accessories as
well as preproduction of the above products.
