Priority attached to strategic emerging industries in construction land supply in Shantou

Shantou aims to break the constraint of land resources on economic and social development by keeping saving land and cracking down on "land stockpiling" and "land speculation". According to statistics, the total area of land has been increased by over 16,000 mu over three years, and over 2,000 mu of idle land has been put into effective use, with priority attached to strategic emerging industries, conventional industrial upgrade and urban/rural optimized layout in construction land supply to promote transformation of the economic development mode in Shantou.
Over the recent years, the Municipal Committee and the Municipal Government have attached great importance to land management by promulgating and implementing a series of policies and measures such as the "Opinions of Shantou on Implementing the Common Responsibility System for Land Management", the "Notice on Several Issues of Strengthening Land Management and the Plan for Implementation of Piloting of Conserving Land in Shantou" to carry out assessment of responsibility for the land use annually plan indicator and implement arable land protection chief executive responsibility system. Meanwhile, we carried out centralized disposal of idle land, revitalized idle land and effectively guaranteed the demand for land of major projects and projects related to people's livelihood such as the eastern urban economic zone, the industrial transfer park in the industrial and economic zone, the Huaneng Haimen Power Plant, the Nan'ao Cross-Sea Bridge, the Shantou Jieyang - Meizhou Free Highway and the Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway by overall planning and coordination and make room for key projects such as the first phase of the Nanshan Bay Industry Park and the Electronic Circuit Industry Park in Haojiang District.

Source:Shantou Daily , June 28,2010