I. Overview
In early 2015, the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee and Xiamen Municipal Government made a decision to promote "base + new town" development and construction program, i.e. planning and constructing one hi-tech industrial base in Tong'an and Xiang'an each and establishing a modern industrial innovation base that is driven by hi-tech industries, named Xiamen Tongxiang High-tech Industrial Base. In September of the same year, the municipal government set up a headquarters headed by the municipal leader in charge as the commander-in-chief and led by the Management Committee of Xiamen Torch Development Zone for High Technology Industries, with the participation of relevant municipal departments, to unify the implementation of the development and construction of the base. It was renamed Xiamen Tongxiang High-tech City at the end of December 2020.
Xiamen Tongxiang High-tech City (hereinafter referred to as Tongxiang High-tech City) is a municipal-level industrial development platform that has the Municipal Land Development Headquarters as the general owner and the Torch Group and the Information Group as the contractors of the Tong'an Area and Xiang'an Area of the Base respectively. The two contractors are liable for land development formalities and construction of public roads and accessory facilities. After the requisitioning of industrial plots, the Torch Hi-tech Zone and various districts will work together for investment promotion, land transfer and construction.
Under the work plan of "great enhancement on the island and great development outside the island" in Xiamen, Tongxiang High-tech Industrial Base (Tongxiang High-tech City) functions as a new carrier for Xiamen to develop strategic emerging industries and a new space to undertake key provincial and municipal projects. Consisting of two areas of Tong’an and Xiang’an in a total planned land area of 46.8 square kilometers, including 13.5 square kilometers of industrial land (accounting for 29% of the park’s total), it is committed to building a high-tech industrial base featuring a clustering of high-tech industries and a full range of modern urban elements, which is suitable for living, working and traveling.
Covering a total land area of about 35 square kilometers, Tong’an Area spans Wuxian Town and Hongtang Town in Tong’an District, and Xinxu Town in Xiang'an District, bounded by Tongxin Road on the north, Tong'an East Road on the west, Maxin Road on the east and New National Highway 324 on the south.
Xiang'an Area is located at Neicuo Town and Maxiang Town in Xiang'an District, extending from Old National Highway 324 and Huangshan Road on the north to Haixiang Avenue on the south, and from Fangshan North 2nd Road and Shitou 1st Road on the west to Lianxi on the east. The total land area is about 11 square kilometers.
Holding on the overall goal of “launching comprehensively in one year, expanding the framework in three years, and achieving initial success in five years”, Tongxiang High-tech City takes Tong'an and Xiang'an start-up areas as the core to conduct unified planning and construction of municipal supporting projects in advance, synchronized with promotion of industrial investment.
II. Preferred Industries
As the new carrier of strategic emerging industries and the new space to accommodate key projects of Xiamen and Fujian, Tongxiang Hi-tech Industrial Base is planned at a high starting point and constructed according to high standards and the long-term development plan and positioning goal compiled by the CPC Xiamen Municipal Committee. Its industrial layout is scientifically designed with reference to the development trend of future hi-tech industries, the development needs of major national strategies and the geographic developmental advantages and industrial features of Xiamen. The preferred industries of Tong'an include new-generation information technology, new material, new energy and high-end equipment manufacturing industry; the preferred industries of Xiang'an include IC, display, LED, microelectronics and other hi-tech industries.
Tongxiang Hi-tech Industrial Base tries to attract large-scale and technology-intensive projects with high driving effects. With accelerated land requisitioning and infrastructure construction work, it is becoming increasingly attractive and many quality high-end projects have settled down here. Initiated in 2015, this area has been developed over an area of nearly 5 square kilometers after nearly five years of construction, with a total investment of about 30 billion yuan in fixed assets. As of the end of December 2021, investment promotion for the start-up areas has basically been completed, with a land transfer area of about 4.5 sq.km. A total of 97 major industrial projects (including 30 general-purpose factory buildings) have been implemented in the area, including 4 projects worth 10 billion yuan and 16 worth more than 1 billion yuan, with a total planned investment of about 104 billion yuan. It is expected to yield an annual output value of above 135 billion yuan after reaching design capacity.
III. General Infrastructures and Advantages
1. Overall Plan
The planning function layout of Tongxiang High-tech City is mainly to build a core functional area and five integrated industry-city units for employment and residence within a 15-minute walk.
The core functional area: Relying on the beautiful natural environment of Sucuo River, a core functional area with productive and living service functions will be built, where the business center, exhibition center, hotel and finance, shopping center, general hospital, sports center and other sound urban carriers will be arranged to serve the residents therein.
2. Transportation System
Having the cross-island development strategy as the core, Xiamen aims to establish a transportation structure of "one island, one belt and multiple centers", facilitate the construction of off-island public service infrastructures and promote the integration of Xiamen Island and the off-island region.
A trunk road system of "five horizontals and five verticals" is planned to be formed in Tong’an Area. "Five horizontals": Tongxin Road, Longquan Road, Hongxin Road, Kangxun Road, and New National Highway 324. "Five verticals": Tong’an East Road, Chengdong Middle Road, Tongxiang Avenue, Guanshan Road, and Xinxi Avenue. The area is 23.9 kilometers away from Xiamen North Railway Station, 29.1 kilometers from Gaoqi International Airport, 29 kilometers from Xiang’an New Airport, 5.8 kilometers from Xiang’an Entrance & Exit of Shenyang-Haikou Expressway, and 33 kilometers from Xiamen Port.
A trunk road system of "five horizontals and three verticals" is planned to be formed in Xiang'an Area. "Five horizontals": the expressway Haixiang Avenue, the trunk road Fangshan East Road, Nei'an Avenue, Zhangcuo Road, and Fangshan East 2nd Road. "Three verticals": the expressway Xidong Road, the trunk road Meishang Road, and Lianyuan Road. The area is 21.3 kilometers away from Xiamen North Railway Station, 27.1 kilometers from Gaoqi International Airport, 17 kilometers from Xiang’an New Airport, 4 kilometers from Xiang’an Entrance & Exit of Shenyang-Haikou Expressway, and 30 kilometers from Xiamen Port.
3. Municipal system
A number of new municipal facilities such as water plants, sewage plants and power supply will be constructed in Tongxiang High-tech City to guarantee the production and living conditions of enterprises and residents in the park. An ecological industrial park with a beautiful environment will be created by building Baishi Mountain Park, Gongpo Mountain Park and Sucuo River Wetland Park.
Tongxiang High-tech City supports the transformation and upgrading of traditional infrastructure through the in-depth application of such technologies as 5G Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, thereby forming integrated infrastructure like intelligent transportation infrastructure and intelligent energy management to create a smart city and smart park. The park will be comprehensively constructed with smart grid, and arranged with industrial waste treatment center and other facilities. The management mode of "Management Committee of Xiamen Torch Development Zone for High Technology Industries + Company" is implemented.
4. Supporting public services
The construction of indemnificatory talent housing projects such as Longqiu apartment (2,700 sets) and Longquan apartment (5,172 sets) in Tongxiang High-tech City will ensure the settlement of employees of enterprises in the park, promote the industry-city integration, and enhance the entrepreneurial environment. A vocational and technical school of 120 classes will be built in the industrial base to train industrial talents and serve the enterprises in the park. Three standardized general factories are planned and built, with a gross floor area of 320,000 square meters, with one completed, one to be built, and one in the preliminary stage of handling formalities.
24 high-quality education projects (about 48,000 positions for study in total) will be built, including Xiamen No.5 Middle School Tong’an Campus, International Trade School, Longquan School, Longquan No.2 Primary School, Xincuo Primary School, Xincuo Middle School, Butang Primary School, Neicuo Middle School, Shitou Middle School and Torch School Tongxiang Campus, in order to ensure school attendance of the children of employees and local residents in the park.
5. Advantages of the area
Tongxiang High-tech City plans about 13.5 square kilometers of land for high-tech industries, an increase of about 4.5 square kilometers over the original plan. The net land for 12 single industrial plots cover an area of more than 200 mu, totaling about 2.5 square kilometers. A flexible branch road network is set up so that the industrial plots can be divided and combined to enhance the adaptability of investment promotion.
Through the “Smart Torch” online platform, the investment promotion, development and construction, and asset operation of the park are uniformly managed and operated by professional companies (Investment Promotion Center, Entrepreneurship Center, Torch Group, Information Group, etc.), which provide four major services including policy approval and fulfillment service, business service, capital investment and financing service, and operation service of various resources in the park.
As of the end of December 2021, investment promotion for the start-up areas has basically been completed, with a land transfer area of about 4.5 sq.km. A total of 97 major industrial projects (including 30 general-purpose factory buildings) have been implemented in the area, including 4 projects worth 10 billion yuan and 16 worth more than 1 billion yuan, with a total planned investment of about 104 billion yuan. It is expected to yield an annual output value of above 135 billion yuan after reaching design capacity.
