Cogent Economic Capacity 

Shuangliu has enjoyed a stable and harmonious society and rapid economic growth since China opened up to the rest of the world, resulting in a successful fast track of social and economic development in all aspects. Per capita urban disposable income stood at 18,900 yuan in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 12.5%, and per capita rural net income at 8,127 yuan, an increase of 14% for the previous year.

The regional economy has grown at a fast pace. GDP topped 40 billion yuan in 2009, up 16.5% upon the previous year; fixed assets investment hit 32 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.6%; industrial added value of large enterprises reached 14 billion yuan, up 23.5% for the previous year; government revenues exceeded 10 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 23%; total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 9.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18%, and increase in all economic indicators took the lead amid all districts and counties of Chengdu.

Ôûá Sophisticated Transport Network

Chengdu, a juncture of 8 expressways and 4 key railways, is a transport hub in China's Southwest, with a sophisticated transport network connecting it to the rest of the country. Shuangliu is the only county with a holistic transport system featuring water, land, and air links in Chengdu. Just 2km away from the county seat, there is Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport, better known as the 5^th biggest airport in China. Chengdu-Kunming railway goes through the county with the freight station respectively set up in Baijia and Gongxing. Chengdu Metro Lines 1 and 6 connect Shuangliu to the Chengdu proper. Chengdu-Ya'an Expressway, Sichuan-Tibet Road, Chengdu-Leshan Road, Chengdu-Renshou Road, and Chengdu Round-the-City Expressway, and Airport Expressway all cross through the county. Not to mention there are a number of high-grade roads e.g. Tianfu Avenue, Jinhua Road, Hualong Road, Shunwen Road, Shuanghuang Road, and Jihuang Road, etc., with a total mileage of 2,882 km. Chengdu Port located at Huayang, Shuangliu can reach the rest of the country via the Fu River.

Ôûá Complete Industrial Foundation

Shuangliu Int'l New Town, located north and west of Shuangliu's Dongsheng Town, lies in the same seat of Shuangliu County People's Government. The new town starts from the Round-the-City road of Shuangliu in the north, extends to East Round-the-City road and South Yiganqi Street in the east as well as 500 m west of old Sichuan-Tibet Road, links West Round-the-City Road of Shuangliu in the west, and 500m south of Round-the-City Road in the south, covering a total area of about 28 sq km.

Ôûá Consummate Infrastructure

Power supply: Chengdu supplies power of approximate 12 billion kilowatts a year. Shuangliu, backed by the state grid, is able to supply electricity under 110KVA, 220KVA, and 500KVA, etc., to the enterprises in a continuously. Power supply is 99.89% stable and MTBB is 50┬▒0.2 Hz. A total of 16 substations of various kinds were established in the county.

Water supply: Shuangliu is able to supply water of 200,000 tons on a daily basis from its own water works on the Min River and its network is hooked up to Chengdu's network (Chengdu scores a daily capacity of 2 million tons). Water supply pressure is between 0.2 and 0.4 MPa and water quality conforms to GB5749´╝ì2006.

Gas supply: There are 15 gas distribution stations within the county with a daily capacity of 3 million cubic meters. Natural gas contains no sulfureted hydrogen and other acidic gases, posing no corrosive impact on factory equipment and gas appliance. CNPC Gas Distribution Station taking charge of natural gas supply and distribution in western China is located at Huayang, Shuangliu.

Telecom: There are 61 A, B, and G base stations, forming a modern telecom network categorised by program-controlled switch system, optical cable transmission, and 100G bandwidth at outlet.

Ôûá Leading Talents in Science and Technology

Shuangliu is the seat of 30-plus research institutes e.g. Institute of Optics and Electronics affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Research & Design Institute of Chemical Industry etc, 3 national key labs, a Chinese National Engineering Research Centre, 2 key labs under National 863 Program, 4 post-doc workstations, and 9 universities including Sichuan University, Southwest University for Nationalities, and Chengdu University of Information Technology etc. With all the research and education institutions as the backdrop, the county is capable of catering for multifarious requirements of the enterprises.

Ôûá Premium Business and Living Climate

Shuangliu, blessed with advantageous location, convenient transport, and moderate climate, registers mean annual temperature 15.2-16.6Ôäâ, sunshine time 10,171,345 hours, 326 days (with air pollution index = 100), average noise 54.6 dB in urban area, drinkable water quality 99.8%, and 100% environmental impact assessment for construction projects.

The county falls into the plain, shallow hill, and deep valley, 495m above sea level on average, with mild climate, distinctive seasons, and gorgeous scenery. Surrounded by mountains and flourished by rivers, Shuangliu is nothing short of a perfect blend of most vibrant economy and liveable conditions.

Ôûá First-rate Development Platform

Southwest Airport Economic Development Zone

Founded in 1992 with approval of Sichuan Provincial People's Government, the key development zone at the provincial level is an important industrial base under the strategic plan of Chengdu. The zone, with a planned area of 48.1 sq km, has by far developed 35.1 sq km housing nearly 200 enterprises. Among them there are 7 national-level hi-tech enterprises and 5 listed companies. Prestigious design companies were invited from home and abroad to have planned and designed the layout of the zone in an endeavour to enable the parallel development of 4 sectors e.g. aviation logistics, research & education, headquarters economy, and industry park.

Ôûá Chengdu Aviation Logistics Park

The park with a planned area of 37 sq km, as an int'l hub-oriented park favoured by Chengdu Municipal People's Government, it ripples the rest of Sichuan, western China, and China as well as Chengdu. The park is able to handle 2.5 million tons of air freight on a yearly basis and renders a whole package of logistics services e.g. warehousing and forwarding high value-added and time-sensitive cargo, transiting and distributing cargo, getting cargo bonded and supervised, processing cargo in a value-added manner, serving information, acting as a shipping agent, and offering demonstration and transaction functions for hi-tech enterprises.

Now the park is fitted with qualities necessary for turning out to be an "airport economic zone" with a hub-oriented airport, perfect "transport network" , and mighty industrial and economic foundation backed, laying a groundwork for shaping up to a regional hub first-rate at home and leading on the int'l market.

Ôûá Airport Service Park

Shuangliu aviation-based functional economic area is one of the key county-level functional areas. It covers an area of 101 square kilometers within which the international aviation hub area represents 37 square kilometers with an emphasis on aviation-hub services, aviation logistics, aviation tariff-free trade, business and convention, etc. Aviation-linked headquarter business district approximates 20 square kilometers and its priority is given to headquarter economy and related supporting industries. Aviation headquarters and high-class residential area occupies about 20 square kilometers, with an aim to develop aviation headquarters, aviation linked business services and high quality residence. Aviation-based commercial and trade development area is 24 square kilometers with the concentration of modern commercial and trade industries including furniture, e-business and banded clothing show and selling.

The park, an integral part of the strategy of making Shungliu an idyllic metropolis adjacent to airport, is close to Chengdu Shuangliu Int'l Airport, otherwise known as China Top 5 and Western China Top 1 Int'l Airport. Bordering the airport in the east, south, and west, the park is connected to the airport, the Chengdu proper, and roads having access to the rest of the country via Lingang Road and all sorts of communication links under the "One Park and Various Sections" plan, highlighting advantageous location. It plays a vital role in evolving airport economy in western China.

Drawing upon essence of the airport, centring around the goal of constituting itself a "park first-class in central and western China and well-known in China" , and adhering to the "One City and Three Bases" strategy, the park will optimise and integrate resources of previous three parks i.e. modern trade, headquarters economy, and Mumashan New City and, guided by the Outlook on Scientific Development and taking into account trends of modern service, vigorously fold itself into a modern service base significant in Chengdu with airport service as its spearhead. We will build the "Modern Trade and Business Development Zone" along Dongsheng to Jiujiang, "Headquarters Economy and Creativity Industrial Development Zone" along airport to Huayang to Zhengxing, and "Aviation Headquarters and Airport Business Zone" at Mumashan New City respectively. Efforts will be taken to nurture and develop the clusters of modern trade and business, aviation headquarters and modern business headquarters, airport-oriented business service, high-end business realty, and e-business and outsourcing etc.