Investment environment
  (1)The history   (8). Transportation
  (2) Geographical location   (9). Telecommunication
  (3). Area and population   (10). Power supply
  (4). Weather and natural resources   (11). Water supply
  (5). Scenery and tourism   (12). Ports and wharves
  (6). Industry and Agriculture   (13). Labor resource and laborage level
  (7). Foreign economic relations and trade   (14). Usage of land


(10). Power supply.
Because the electricity supply system of the province is sufficient and the city has its own power plant of 85 thousand kilowatts, the supply of electricity can meet the needs of agriculture, industry and civil usage.
By now, the unit price of electricity for large industrial usage up to 315 kilowatts is 0.79 RMB with another expense of 9 RMB as the base fee for each kilowatt. For industrial projects below 315 kilowatts, the unit price will be 0.83 RMB without any other surplus. The price of electricity will be lowered at a rate of about 10% according to the plan of the provincial government.
The following is the standard of charge on capacity applying:

The standard of charge on capacity applying

Level of voltage needed

Standard of Fees

Grades(kilowatts)

General customers

Customers who build the outer facilities themselves

0.38/0.2

550

450

10

450

330

35

330

180

110

180

 

(11). Water supply.
There are lots of rivers and streams all over the whole city which bring about abundant water resource and convenient water supply. The capacity of water supply of the Water Plant is up to 100 thousand tons per day. Both the capacity or the pressure of water supply can meet the needs of all sides. Moreover, there are water supply projects in all towns of the city assuring supply for industrial and agricultural production and civil life.
At present, the unit price of and capacity fees for water supply in the city is as follows:

Standard of water capacity fees (RMB/water meter)

Kinds of water consumers

Unit price

Civil usage (including government departments, schools, hospitals and municipal environmental cleaning department).

0.87

Industry and commerce (including collective, individual, joint venture and solely foreign invested enterprises).

1.05

Architectural enterprises, food and beverage industry, services and temporary usage.

1.38

Special industry (including singing and dancing rooms, hairdressing, beauty parlors, sauna and vehicle cleaning).

1.5


Diameter of water meter

Industry and commerce

Government departments, schools, residence and individual enterprises

Temporary operation sites and building sites of individual enterprises

15

3600

1600

500

20

5760

2560

800

25

7920

3520

1100

40

22680

10080

3150

50

36000

16000

5000

80

90000

40000

12500

100

115200

51200

16000

150

226800

100800

31500

200

360000

160000

50000



(12). Ports and wharves.
There are three main ports - Gaoming Port, Sanzhou Port and Fuwan Port in Gaoming City. The Gaoming Port is the largest one in the city. It is composed by a bulk wharf and a containerized wharf. Cargo ships go and from the city everyday and would start additional sailing according to customers' requests. A new 5,000 tons port will been put into operation soon. The speedy and luxurious 2-layer passenger ship travels to and from between Gaomin and Hong Kong every day, taking only 2 hours 50 minutes. The Gaoming Customs and other inspection departments provide all-around services in import and export business.


(13). Labor resource and laborage level.
Gaoming has an abundant labor resource, with a labor force of 90 thousand people (excluding those from outside the city) and 8 thousand professionals in all specialties.
At present, the laborage level is about 500 HK$ per month and should be a little lower in remote area.


(14). Usage of land.
The terms of land usage differ from various industries. It will be as long as 40 years for projects involving in commerce, tourism and entertainment, 70 years for real estate and productive projects with high technology and with a long term of capital repayment and 50 years for other industries.
The land resource of the city is more than abundant and the price of land access could be as low as 10 to 20 thousand regarding to different places.



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