Recently, Dalian Marine Equipment Industry Park at Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone committed to forming an industrial chain for the development of industry , planning to attract 200 more shipbuilding & supporting enterprises to the park over the next five years to establish China s marine equipment center. The settlement of those heavyweight enterprises has given the park a great push for larger investment: take STX Group of South Korea for example; they hold orders in the amount of 20 billion yuan for the shipbuilding & supporting industry.
October 29, three buses full of representatives from shipbuilding & supporting enterprises both home and abroad came to Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone for a field study on the investment situation there. Just two days earlier, at Shiptec China 2010, the seminar on investment in shipbuilding & supporting industries of Changxing Island Harbor Industrial Zone was held at Dalian World Expo Plaza.
The persons in charge from the Industrial Zone said that in the past 5 years more than 30 enterprises have already entered Industrial Area I and another 30 have signed agreements on settlement in Industrial Area II (under construction.) They plan to attract 200 more enterprises to the park in the next five years for the establishment of China s marine equipment center. It is expected that, with the commissioning of STX Group and Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd. one after another, Changxing Island annual shipbuildingcapacity will exceed 10 million dwt.From: Port of Dalian Authority
