CRI听力:West-coast Economic New Area Develops

China's cabinet, the State Council, is promising to adopt a number of creative methods to develop this country's new economic zone in the eastern port city of Qingdao in Shandong.

CRI's Chi Huiguang has more.

In the exhibition hall of Qingdao Bright Moon Seaweed Group, technicians are demonstrating the magical functions of the alginate viscose. The substance will generate a kind of gel after being put into the imitation of a human being's body fluid. Thus, it is able to stop bleeding, sterilize and help the healing process of wound's as well as being used as medical dressings.

According to Li Kechang, the Vice President of the group, a subsidiary has been qualified to produce this kind of marine biological medical material. The Bright Moon group is a native West-coast company. Relying on the industrial chain of marine productions, the group has become the largest seaweed biological products enterprise in the world.

He says: "The anchor point of the West-coast new area is the ocean. And the marine production is one of the most important ones. We have to invest to develop the new productions. The payback period of research and innovation investment is relatively long. The policy of development strengthens our determination of investment and innovation. The plan of the West-coast new area will definitely promote the rapid development of marine productions."

Among all the important tasks in the development of the new area, "promoting the innovation of marine technologies" is the most important.

Though the New Area produces almost one-third of the city's GDP, in the eyes of Wang Zhijun, president of Qingdao West Coast Development Group, there's still room for the New Area to improve.

"The primary sector is relatively large in the west coast new area. And there is not very high proportion of industrialization; the proportion of tertiary industry is not that great. Qingdao trestle bridge represents the history, Laoshan represents the nature, and this place is a representative of the modern and culture. It will become the highlight of the city's communication with the globe."

Qingdao is a coastal city that has been prosperous because of its port. In the general plan of the west-coast new area, port is likely to be a key word that appears frequently. Jiao Guangjun, president of Qingdao Port International Coperation, expresses that Qingdao's port and the new area are inter-related and will promote each other.

"After the new area being approved, the policies for the new area will support the development of the port. And with the development of the local economy in the new area, more and more productions will be transported through the port."

Promoting the urbanization and construction of a beautiful coastal city is one of the main tasks listed in the new area development plan. Villagers in Lingshan Bay Film and Television Industry Area will move into new buildings in 3 years. Plus, there will be schools, kindergarten and hospital as well as a citizen center with a park and a playground in the community. A local, Mr. Qiu lives nearby and he is welcoming the changes.

"The environment is good. And I hope it will be better. Now the government approved to establish the new area, which means our citizens will get more benefits."

Before Qingdao, there were 8 national new areas that had been approved by the State Council, including Shanghai Pudong in east China and Tianjin Binhai in the north. New areas of Pudong and Binhai have successfully helped Shanghai and Tianjin boom. Qingdao is also expecting to gain from the great improvement the developing west-coast new area will bring.

CRI's Chi Huiguang reporting.