Introduction of Liangjiang New Area
After Shanghai Pudong New Area and Tianjin Binhai New Area, China’s only inland and third municipal-level new area –Chongqing Liangjiang New Area – was set up with the approval of the State Council on June 16, 2010, the 13th anniversary since Chongqing being China’s 4th municipality.
Liangjiang New Area, located in the main urban districts of Chongqing, north of the Yangtze River and east of the Jialing River covers 1,200 square kilometers, of which 550 square kilometers is available for construction and composed of Jiangbei, Yubei and Beibei administrative district, the North New Zone and China’s first inland bonded zone, Lianglu Cuntan Bonded Port Area. Chongqing Liangjiang New Area Development & Investment Group Co., Ltd. is in charge of constructing the industrial parks.
Strategic position
According to the approval of the Sate Council, Chongqing Liangjiang New Area will play roles of a pilot area for the comprehensive urban-rural reform; an important modern manufacturing base and comprehensive transport hub of China; a trade, commercial and logistics centre as well as a financial and technological innovation centre of the upper reaches of the Yangtze; an important gateway of the inland region opening to the outside world and a model for the scientific development.
Transport advantages
As the geographic core of the inland, Chongqing Municipality, located at the connection region of the west and middle China, enjoys a three-dimensional traffic network linking the south and north China and will form 3 transport hubs of China's 4th largest international airport, inland river transport's biggest port and the junction of 8 railways. The local logistics cost is greatly cut with the he new way created by Liangjiang New Area, the opening of New Eurasia Land Bridge and the access to the Indian Ocean, which provides advantageous conditions for the new area in attracting world's production factors and establishing a rapid carrying-over platform. All can indicate that Liangjiang New Area has been in the forefront of the opening-up project in inland China.
Reasonable space structure & industrial layout
In terms of space structure, Liangjiang New Area is divided into 3 sectors of modern service industry, advanced manufacturing industry and urban comprehensive functional zone and composed of 10 functional zones of Jiangbeizui CBD, Bonded Areas, Yufu Modern Manufacturing and Logistics Zone, Longxing Advanced Manufacturing Zone, North Urban Economic Zone, Airport lingang Industrial Zone, Yulai Exhibition Center，Caijia Hi-tech Industrial Zone, Shuifu Ecosystem Industrial Zone and Mugu Export Processing Zone. In terms of industrial layout, the area will form 5 strategic industries of rail transit, electric power (nuclear power and wind power, etc.), new energy automobiles, electronic information and energy conservation materials. In addition, the layout will focus on 3 strategic functions of national research and development headquarters, important transformation base for scientific research achievements and data center. Furthermore, the area will speed up developing a group of emerging industry clusters to form a “5+3” layout.
Preferential polices
The State Council provides Liangjiang New Area with unprecedented preferential policies to increase support for further industry, capital and human talents development. The 3 preferential policies of West Development, coordination of the comprehensive urban and rural reform and experience of Pudong and Binhai new area will take effect in the area, marking Liangjiang New Area to be the one with most preferential policies in China. The area unveils a series of preferential policies, such as enterprises income tax is reduced to 15%, arousing great attention in the world.
Good foundation for development
Liangjiang New Area in an “old + new” style includes the inland China’s only bonded port, the largest conference center in the west, finance & trade center and so on, while Pudong and Binhai new area were built from nothing. Liangjiang New Area gained a Gross Domestic Product of around 80 billion yuan, 13 and 4 times of Pudong and Binhai at their beginning.
On the basis of “take Chongqing as the base, provide service to west China, depend on the economy belt along the Yangtze River, open to the outside world”, the CPC Chongqing Committee and Chongqing Municipal Government definite the “Three Three-Step Strategy” for the Development of Liangjiang New Area, “to achieve initial success in 2 years, to take a shape in 5 years and to basically complete in 10 years”. The area in 2012 will get the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of 0.16 trillion yuan with an increase of 100%; in 2015, the GDP will be more than 0.32 trillion yuan; in 2020, Liangjiang New Area will be the inland China’s open model with modern functions, advanced industries, gathering headquarters, livable environment and international influence. Its GDP and industrial gross output will hit 0.64 trillion and 1 trillion yuan respectively, which is the same as “reconstructing one more Chongqing industry and Chongqing economy in 10 years”.
重庆两江新区概况
重庆两江新区于2010年6月18日,也就是重庆直辖13周年之际挂牌成立，是我国内陆地区唯一的国家级开发开放新区，也是继上海浦东新区、天津滨海新区后，由国务院直接批复的第三个国家级开发开放新区。
两江新区位于重庆主城区长江以北、嘉陵江以东，规划面积1200km2，其中可开发建设面积550km2，涵盖江北区、渝北区、北碚区三个行政区部分区域及北部新区，拥有内陆唯一的保税港区——两路寸滩保税港区，所属的重庆两江新区开发投资集团有限公司负责两江工业园区的开发建设工作。
两江新区战略定位准确、明晰。根据国务院批复，中央赋予重庆两江新区五大功能定位：一是统筹城乡综合配套改革试验的先行区；二是内陆重要的先进制造业和现代服务业基地；三是长江上游地区的金融中心和创新中心；四是内陆地区对外开放的重要门户；五是科学发展的示范窗口。
两江新区交通优越。首先，重庆地处中西结合部、是中国大陆版图的几何中心，承东启西、沟通南北，拥有面向国际、连接南北、辐射西部的密集立体交通网络，将形成中国第四大国际机场、内河航运最大港口和8条铁路汇集等三大交通枢纽。长三角海运到达欧洲28天，重庆铁海联运到达欧洲27天，其次，两江新区创新的物流方式伴随新欧亚大陆桥和印度洋出海通道的打通，极大的降低了物流交易成本，为两江新区汇聚全球生产要素、搭建快速结转平台、发挥长江黄金水道、江北国际航空港枢纽、内陆唯一保税港区影响力、以流量经济服务、辐射中西部创造了优越的条件，由此可见两江新区已经处于中国内陆开放的最前沿。
两江新区空间布局和产业布局合理。两江新区分为现代服务业、先进制造业、都市综合功能区三大板块；形成十大功能区，即江北嘴中央商务区、保税港区、鱼复现代制造和物流区、龙兴先进制造区、北部都市经济区、空港临港产业区、悦来会展城、蔡家高技术产业区，水复生态产业区、木古出口加工区。在产业布局上，将形成轨道交通、电力装备（含核电、风电等）、新能源汽车、电子信息、节能材料等五大战略性产业，以及国家级研发总部、重大科研成果转化基地、数据中心等三大战略性创新功能布局，并加快培育一批高成长性新兴产业集群，形成“5+3”的战略性布局。
两江新区政策优惠。国务院给予两江新区前所未有的优惠政策，要求在现有政策范围内，加大对两江新区发展的支持力度，推动产业、资金和人才向两江新区集聚。西部大开发优惠政策、统筹城乡综合配套改革先行先试政策以及比照浦东新区和滨海新区的开发开放政策，这三大优惠政策的叠加，意味着两江新区成为始终保有国家内陆最优惠政策的区域。目前，两江新区已集中推出到2020年减按15%的税率征收企业所得税等诸多优惠政策，引起全球投资者广泛关注。
两江新区开发基础条件较好。与浦东和滨海几乎“白手起家”不同，两江新区是“老城＋新城”，内陆地区唯一的保税港区、西部最大的会展中心、金融商贸区均在区内。2009年GDP约800亿元，分别是浦东和滨海设立之初的13倍和4倍，具有一定的基础。
重庆市委、市政府根据国务院定位，按照“立足重庆市、服务大西南、依托长江经济带、面向国内外”的思路，明确了两江新区“三步走”发展战略，即“两年初见成效，五年形成框架、十年基本建成”。到2012年，实现地区生产总值翻番，超过1600亿；到2015年，超过3200亿；到2020年，两江新区将建成功能现代、产业高端、总部聚集、生态宜居，具有国际影响力和内陆开放示范效应的新区，GDP达到6400亿元，工业总产值达到10000亿元，相当于10年“再造一个重庆工业”、“再造一个重庆经济”。
