Yichun Economic Development Zone
2 min readYichun Economic Development Zone lies in the north of Yichun City, close to the city center. It was established in September 2003 and approved to be provincial development zone in 2006. The planned area is 150 square kilometers, and the resident population comes up to 30,000. Now it has formed four leading industries (pharmacy, autocar and motorcycle fittings, machinery and electronics, new materials) and three main parks(Taipei Technology Software Park, Singapore Industrial Park, Technology Hatch Park).
Yichun has superior geographical location and convenient transportation. It is the mutual hinterland of Southeastern Fujian, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta. And it is the place you must pass through to get from east to west or from south to north. It only takes you6-8 hours by car from Yichun to the economically developed cities such as Shanghai, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Hefei, Wuhan and Nanjing. Currently Yichun has formed the “dual cross”traffic network, which takes Zhejiang-Jiangxi and Beijing-Kowloon Railway, No.319 and No.320 State Road, Jiangxi-Guangdong Highway as its trunk. Therefore, one can get to NanchangChangbei Airport or Changsha Huanghua Airport within only 90 minutes’ drive. In addition, the construction of Mount Mingyue Airport has been listed into the 11th Five-year Plan.
Yichun Economic Development Zone carries out close management. All the procedures that enterprises need to go through can be done at Administrative Approval Center in the zone.
The zone has complete supporting facilities. It provides enough power supply, as there are three 110 kv. transformer substations inside and outside the zone, which makes double circuit power supply possible. The zone also has abundant water supply of good quality. The daily supply can amount to 12,000 tons, which reaches national standard Level 2. The zone carries out rain and sullage diffuence. In the near future the independent sullage disposal system will be established. The zone also has perfect communication system including program-controlled telephones, facsimile, Internet, CATV network.
Yichun abounds in human resources. The number of the labor force has reached 2.98million, only 0.7 million of which are working outside all the year round. As a result,a large number of skilled technicians in different industries are available.
Yichun College，the second comprehensive college in Jiangxi，sets 10 schools and more than 20 subjects，and has 12，000 undergraduate students and over 500 students of adult education.Its Laboratory of Active Ingredients in Natural Medicines was authorized as National Post-doctoral Workstation by Ministry of Personnel in 2006.In addition，Yichun has such junior colleges and technical secondary schools as Yichun Vocational Technical College，Changjiang College of Technology，Huaqiao School of Technology.In addition，the Recruitment Information Platform of the zone keeps in touch with 25，600-square-km Yichun Labor Force Center on the Internet，which initiatively provides specialized service for the enterprises，and gives strong talent support to the development of the enterprises.
