Penglai, a county-level coastal city in East China's Shandong Province, is experiencing another investment peak as two big-budget construction projects were launched on Saturday.
The Shandong Penglai Luanjiakou oil harbour project involves setting up a crude oil dock with a berthing capacity of 20,000 tons, an oil reserve tank of 200,000 tons, oil transit piping facilities and an asphalt processing plant with an annual production of 1 million tons.
The project involves a total investment of 650 million yuan (US$78.6 million) and is expected to greatly promote the development of the local petrochemical industry, mechanical production, port processing and rubber industry.
Funded by the Qingdao Guangyuanfa Group under the Asphalt Enterprise Group of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), the project is 72 kilometres from the Penglai 19-3 Oilfield, whose petroleum reserves stand at 600 million tons, the largest offshore oilfield ever found in China.
According to Liu Shuqi, Party secretary of the city, Penglai is taking the lead in the province to speed up investment funds from enterprises at home and abroad and more than 30 well-known or listed enterprises in the country have established production bases here, with an overall investment reaching 2 billion yuan (US$240 million).
Liu said that with the large amount of investment, the city is setting up several major pillar industries, including tourism, wine, bio-medical and pharmaceutical industries.
The time-share holiday resort funded by the China Anda Beijing Travel and Resort Service Ltd also began construction on Saturday, with an investment of 500 million yuan (US$60 million).
(China Daily May 20, 2002)
