Zhanjiang City is located at the southernmost tip of Chinese mainland, in the southwest of Guangdong Province, where Guangdong, Guangxi and Qiong provinces (regions) meet. The whole city covers an area of 1.3 million square kilometers and a population of 7 1 10,000. It now governs four districts and five counties (cities), and has 1 national economic and technological development zone and five provincial economic development pilot zones. It is the first batch of coastal cities opened to the outside world in China, a national first-class city, and 40 excellent cities with hard environment in China. Since 1999, it has successively won the honorary titles of "Guangdong Sanitary City", "Guangdong Civilized City", "China Excellent Tourist City", "National Double Support Model City", "National Greening Standard City" and "National Garden City". Zhanjiang coastline is 1556 km long, accounting for 46% of Guangdong coastline. Five counties (cities) and four districts all face the sea, including 372km in xuwen county, 0/45.7km in Suixi County, 75km in Lianjiang City, 48km in Wuchuan City and 406km in Leizhou City. There are more than 30 coastal islands (excluding sandbars and reefs) with a total coastline of 780 kilometers. The largest island is Dongdao, with an area of 286 square kilometers and a coastline of 126 kilometers, making it the fifth largest island in China. There are also Nansan Island, Weizhou Island, Dongtoushan Island, Diaoshun Island, Techeng Island and Xinliao Island. There are many harbors, and there are 10 1 harbors in the city. Zhanjiang Port, with a sea area of 1, 4 1.9 square kilometers, is one of the top ten coastal ports in China and is known as a natural deep-water port. There are abundant oil and gas resources in the coastal continental shelf of Beibu Gulf, and Nanhai West Oil Company located in Zhanjiang has entered the development stage from exploration. In recent years, Zhanjiang City has given full play to the advantages of deep-water port, transportation location and resources, seized the opportunity that domestic and foreign industries, especially heavy chemical industry, moved to the coastal areas of China, actively implemented the development strategy of "establishing the city by industry and prospering the city by port", and accelerated the economic development in an all-round way. In 2004, Zhanjiang implemented 30 key projects with a total investment of 31600 million yuan, of which 15 was listed as a key construction project in Guangdong Province, accounting for about110 of the key construction projects in the province, ranking fourth in the province. With the completion of a number of large-scale energy and heavy chemical projects, Zhanjiang will form a large-scale transit base for oil refining, oil reserves, steel, pulp and paper, power generation and iron ore. Volcanic red soil, warm weather and abundant sunshine give Zhanjiang a green world with infinite vitality. Zhanjiang is the first city in China to achieve greening standards in hilly areas with low slopes. It has the largest artificial eucalyptus forest in China, the largest sisal garden in China, the largest natural mangrove forest in China, the largest pineapple plantation in China, the famous "orange" forest in China, and the largest vegetable base and paddy fields in Guangdong. Longan, litchi, watermelon, mango, papaya, pitaya and carambola are also planted in a large area. Sugarcane planting area and sucrose output are among the best in China. Zhanjiang is rich in marine resources and raw salt, which is the main salt-producing area in the province. There are more than 520 species of economic fish, 28 species of shrimp and 547 species of shellfish. Abalone, lobster, prawn, jellyfish, sea cucumber, grouper, red fish, heavy-shelled crab, ghee crab, fireworks crab and shellfish have a large output and many varieties, which is simply a "South China Sea fish bank". The output of marine cultured pearls accounts for two-thirds of the country. Five advantages of Zhanjiang's investment environment: 1. As a port city with great potential, deep-water port has unique conditions. Ports and coastlines are the most important advantageous resources in Zhanjiang. There are many harbors in Zhanjiang, and the conditions for port construction are superior. The city has formed a port group with Zhanjiang Port as the center and small and medium-sized ports around Leizhou Peninsula supporting each other. Zhanjiang Port is the only national-level main hub port in western Guangdong and the area around Beibu Gulf. It is also the largest natural deep-water port, with more than 20 berths ranging from 10,000 tons to 50,000 tons, and the first onshore oil terminal of 300,000 tons in China. China's third and South China's first 200,000-ton iron ore terminal have been put into operation recently. Especially after the completion of the 300,000-ton waterway at the end of this year, it will become the deepest waterway along the coast of South China. Deep-water channel, super-large specialized wharf for crude oil and ore, and the shortest shipping distance from international important energy sources and iron ore producing areas are the unique and most competitive advantages of Zhanjiang Port compared with other ports. These advantages will inevitably make Zhanjiang the best choice for the layout of heavy chemical industry. In recent years, oil, iron ore, grain and fertilizer imported through Zhanjiang Port account for110 of the total import of similar goods in China every year. Zhanjiang Port has become an important oil import channel, oil reserve and trading center in the south of China, the largest iron ore transit base in the south of China and a large grain and fertilizer transit base in the south, and has the conditions to build an international logistics platform connecting the Pan-Pearl River Delta and the ten ASEAN countries. Second, regional central cities have the advantages of connecting the east with the west and connecting the south with the north. Zhanjiang is located at the south gate of China, adjacent to the Pearl River Delta in the east, Beibu Gulf in the west, backed by the southwest, facing Southeast Asia, connecting the "Three Souths" internally and the "Five continents" externally, and is in an important strategic position, connecting the east with the west, connecting the north with the south and connecting the home and abroad. From Guangdong, Zhanjiang is a regional central city in western Guangdong; From a national perspective, Zhanjiang is the main gateway to the southwest and an important gateway city in South China. Seen from the surrounding areas of southern Xinjiang in China, Zhanjiang is the only big city around the Beibu Gulf in China and the best "bridgehead" in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. Globally, Zhanjiang has the shortest voyage from Chinese mainland to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania. At present, Zhanjiang has a comprehensive transportation system, such as seaport, railway, highway, aviation and pipeline. It is the main hub port of maritime transportation in China, one of the 45 highway hub cities in China and one of the four major railway hubs in Guangdong. The Guangzhou-Zhanjiang Expressway has been opened to traffic, and the four-hour economic circle between Zhanjiang and the Greater Pearl River Delta has been formed. The opening of Yuzhan Expressway is just around the corner, and the construction of Zhanjiang section of Li Zhan double-track railway and Guangdong section of Luozhan railway will start soon, which will make the southwest sea passage more smooth. With the advantages of developed three-dimensional transportation, Zhanjiang's economic hinterland will extend to the Yellow River Basin, the Central Plains and the Northwest while consolidating the southwest and expanding the central region. 3. Beautiful and rich tropical coastal cities with rich marine resources. Zhanjiang is the only tropical city in Chinese mainland with green plants and aromatic fruits. Zhanjiang's dominant marine resources mainly include: First, marine resources. Zhanjiang is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with a coastline of 1556 km, accounting for 46% of the coastline of Guangdong Province and110 of the coastline of the whole country. The output of aquatic products ranks first in Guangdong Province for many years in a row. The output of cultured pearls accounts for 2/3 of the whole country, and shrimp accounts for 40% of Guangdong Province. The second is minerals and marine oil and gas resources. The reserves and quality of non-metallic minerals such as kaolin, diatomite, bentonite and peat soil in Zhanjiang are among the highest in the province. The continental shelf basin near Zhanjiang in the northern South China Sea is one of the four largest offshore oil and gas gathering and transportation centers in the world. In 2004, the oil and gas equivalent was 965.438 billion cubic meters, and it will reach 654.385 billion tons in the next few years. The third is coastal tourism resources. In addition to the blue sea and Yinsha, our city has the only and largest volcanic lake and volcano group in China, the largest mangrove national nature reserve in Chinese mainland, and the most complete and largest coral natural breeding area in Chinese mainland. Fourth, western Guangdong and the big cities around Beibu Gulf have certain industrial comparative advantages. In the first half of 2005, the secondary industry in Zhanjiang accounted for 45% of GDP. The total output value of marine industry is second only to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, ranking third in Guangdong Province. Eight pillar industries, such as port petrochemical, offshore oil and gas development, electric power, paper making, agriculture and seafood processing, feed, textile and electrical machinery, and four bases, such as southern petrochemical, agriculture and seafood processing and export, advanced paper making and small household appliances manufacturing, have been initially formed. With the construction and preparation of a number of large-scale and extra-large industrial projects, industries such as Lingang Petrochemical, Electric Power, Paper-making and Steel are becoming the leading industries of Zhanjiang's industrialization, and Zhanjiang is becoming an important heavy chemical industrial base in the province. In agriculture, Zhanjiang is one of the four sugarcane bases in China. Last year, the sugar output reached 768,400 tons, and this year it is expected to reach 6,543,800 tons. Zhanjiang is also the largest base of eucalyptus, sisal and mangrove in China. This is the famous hometown of pineapple, mango and orange, and it is also the base of transporting southern food to the north. The city has built five categories of 2 1 agricultural commodity bases. At the same time, the tertiary industry has a considerable scale and is an important logistics center in western and southwestern Guangdong. Five, the national ecological demonstration zone pilot cities, with a good entrepreneurial and living environment. In 2003, Zhanjiang was awarded the title of excellent tourist city in China. This year, it successfully created a national garden city. Next year, it will be declared as a national health city, a national environmental protection model city and a national civilized city at one time. Zhanjiang is a national key city for environmental protection and a national ecological demonstration city. In 2004, Zhanjiang ranked first in Guangdong and second in China in the evaluation of urban environmental quality. In recent years, the intensity of urban construction and management has been increasing, with an annual green area of 500,000 square meters and two parks built each year. At present, the reconstruction of urban main roads such as Shenchuan Avenue has been completed, and a number of large parks and community garden green spaces have been built one after another, giving a new look to the city, highlighting the style of tropical garden cities in South China. Moreover, more and more people will invest in construction.