Heyuan Municipal Government held a press conference in Guangzhou News Center on December 14, 2010 and Wen Wenfei, Vice Mayor of the People's Government of Heyuan City briefed the media about Heyuan's Promotion of "Double Transfer".
According to him, by undertaking industry transfer, Heyuan has promoted industrial agglomeration development and enhanced the economy and society development. Seven industrial zones with a development area of 55 square kilometers, 689 investment projects, and a total contract investment of 82.89 billion Yuan, have been constructed by the end of this September.
Wen listed the main measures Heyuan has taken on promoting double transfer:
1. To create new development approach and improve development quality. Heyuan is practicing new economic approach of "Three Contras", namely "contra-traditional economic dependence", "contra-cyclically economic operation" and "contra-gradient industry undertaking", and devoting major efforts to develop new industries of electronics, energy, materials and biomedicines.
2. To perfect the infrastructures and optimize the industry transfer undertaking platform. Aiming at becoming "the economic growth pole for development among the industry transfer undertaking areas in the northeast of Guangdong Province of the around-Pearl-River-Delta areas", Heyuan fully utilized the radiation promotion and service function of the city urban and county towns, creating the industrial zones into the periphery and economic center of the city urban and county towns, creating the new industrial zones fit for "industry, business, living and starting businesses".
3. To develop emerging industries and promote industry agglomeration.
Aiming at the goal of constructing modern industry system, Heyuan has given priority to the development of the four emerging industries , mainly by defining the industrial positioning, strengthening investment promotion and perfecting the industry infrastructures.
4. To strictly guarantee the environmental protection and promote sustained development, and to put emphasis on skills training and promoting transfer employment.
Wen also listed the efforts on further implementation of promoting "double transfer" in the future:
Firstly, to strengthen constructions of the industry infrastructures and extend the development space;Secondly, to strengthen the development of the "four new-typed industries" and promote the level of industrial agglomeration; Thirdly, to introduce major programs and improve investment results. And last, to eminently implement the goal responsibility assessment and enhance the profits of the industrial zones.
