Henglan Town is located in the south of PRD region and the east bank of the estuary of Xijiang River. It is 13 kilometers away from the downtown of Zhongshan, and adjacent to several towns in Zhongshan, namely Xiaolan, Guzhen, Shaxi and Dachong. The town covers 76 square kilometers of land and boasts a favorable investment environment.
Investors here can benefit from a variety of preferential policies tailored to the development of both coastal economic areas and Zhongshan industries. Various investment forms are available, meeting different investing needs.
The plan of establishing prosperous and high-level industrial zones and commercial zones has been made, among which the Maohui Industrial Zone, the Yongxing Industrial Zone and the Central Commercial Zone are the leading ones. The lighting,textiles,chemical and hardware are the key industries.
The comprehensive and convenient service system will be with you all the time. The Economy and Trade Office of the town will offer all-round service to investors and enterprises.
2. Infrastructure
Transportation
Qijiang Road: 27 km, main artery to the west of Guangdong, run through the whole town
Zhongjiang (Zhongshan-Jiangmen) Highway: one of the transportation hubs, the west subline of Jingzhu (Beijing-Zhuhai) Highway; gateway is available here, connected to the highway networks of Guangdong Province.
Gushen (Guzhen-Shenwan) Road: 42 km in total and 11 km of it in Henglan, goes directly to the Deepwater Cargo Habor of Shenwan, and further to Zhuhai and Macao.
New Qijiang Road: run through the eastern Henglan, a new hub connecting Jiangmen to Shiqi
Xijiang Waterway: with a 300 tonnage traffic capacity; goes straightly to the west of Guangxi and other harbors.
International airports: with a radius of 160 km, 4 international airports are available, namely, Guangzhou Baiyun, Shenzhen Bao'an, Zhuhai Sanzao, Macao International Airport.
Town roads: the North Ring Rd., the South Ring Rd., Yuejing Rd., Zhonggang Avenue, Zhongheng Avenue have been built to form the backbone of the transportation system. All the village roads are hardened with cement and the density of road system reaches 85 km per hundred square kms
Telecommunications:
The number of fixed telephone users surpasses 20,000 and the popularizing rate reaches 90%.
Mobil communication network covers the whole town, and the number of cell phone users is about 20,000.
Wide-band Internet service such as ADSL, ISDN and DDN is available.
Electricity supply:
One 500KV substation and two 110KV substations, provide adequate electricity for residence and industry.
Electricity networks, with 245 km of 10 KV line and 674 km.of 0.4KV line, cover all the places of the town,
Water supply:
A water plant with a daily supply capacity of 100,000 tons has been built and advanced filter system is adopted, which can provide clear and adequate water supply for every walk of life.
3. Society and culture
Culture, education and hygiene work:
There are 13 vocational high schools, middle schools and primary schools; about 30 kindergartens; broadcasting station, culture station, library, music club, traditional lion-dancing group, dragon boat team. Henglan hospital and its 9 branches with about 200 medical personnel will provide excellent medical services.
Hotels and restaurants:
It is easy to find entertainment facilities like hotel, guesthouse, sauna and karaoke in the town, and various kinds of restaurants will serve you flavored dishes and authentic cuisines.
Commerce and Trade:
The prosperous commercial activities in Henglan provide all kinds of modern products. It is easy to find supermarkets, department stores and wholesale markets.
Living environment:
Newly developed residential communities will surely provide a comfortable, elegant and secured living environment.
Recreational activities:
Kinds of recreational activities will be held annually, for example, Dragon Boat Match, Lion-dancing, photograph, painting and calligraphy exhibition, and singing competition.
4. Features of Economy
Modern industry:
Henglan Town holds tight to the strategy that "strength the Town by means of developing industry" and the belief that "development is based on good planning". The town makes good plan of industrial land in advance, supports the development of key enterprises, upgrades the industrial structure and encourages innovation of enterprises, so as to realize the fast development of the industry in the town.
There are in total more than 1,000 enterprises in the town, among which 55 are foreign-invested, 950 are private enterprises. With the introduction of some key enterprises like RoadMate Baby Cart, Hongwei Motor, Guangye Hardware, Youjia Electric Appliance, Ligao Dress, the industrial structure can be upgraded and optimized, and a diversified, complementary industrial pattern has already been formed as a result.
The Town realized total industrial output value of 6.7 billion yuan, earned foreign exchange 120 million American dollars through export, and used 0.38 billion Kwh of electricity, up 25% than 2005, the top three of the increase rate in the city.
"Three highs" agriculture (high yield, high quality and high efficiency agriculture)
Henglan is one of the most distinguished "lands flowing with milk and honey", and now it owns agricultural land of 580 million mu, among which aquiculture land occupies 400 million mu and land for growing flowers and trees takes 100 million mu.
After years of regulating and optimizing, Henglan Town now has an agricultural pattern featuring two dominant industry – aquiculture, flowers and trees production, four domenstration bases of modern agriculture – demonstration base of mechanized fishery in Hengxi Village, demonstration base of modern aquaculture in Liusha Village, demonstration base of modern gardening in Sansha Village, and demonstration base of green vegetables in Hengxi Village.
