Brief Introduction of Enterprises The Global Commodity Exhibition and Service Center of Dongxing City

The Global Commodity Exhibition and Service Center of Dongxing City is a company that is engaged in exhibition and popularization of commodities from home and abroad as well as in service for Sino-Vietnam border trades. Started by foreign investors, it enjoys high social prestige and great capital strength keeping good trade relations with domestic and foreign business clients (It's only 500 meters away from the Sino-Vietnam borders).

Meanwhile it has set up wide commercial networks in Vietnamese cities like Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City etc. providing quick service channels for businessmen of both countries to develop the Sino-Vietnam market.

Dongxing City lies in the southwestern most on the coastlines of China's Mainland, its southeast close to Beibuwan Bay and its southwest bordering Vietnam. It is the most convenient land and sea passage from Guangxi and China's Great Southwest to Southeast Asia; it is also the only port linking China with Vietnam by sea and land.

Dongxing is a State's first class port and an open borderline city approved by the State Council. In September 1992, the State Council Special Economic Zones Office approved Dongxing City to set up an economic cooperation zone with an area of 4.07 sq. km. On April 29, 1996, the State Council approved the founding of Dongxing City (county level) governing three towns: Dongxing, Jiangping and MaLu.

It has 33 kilometers of land borderline and 50 kilometers coastline, with a total area of 481 sq. km. and a population of 120,000. It is the only settlement of Jing nationality in China and is one of Guangxi's famous overseas Chinese hometowns that presently has 13,000 overseas Chinese.

There is convenient land and water transportation in Dongxing, which is 180 km. from Nanning, 180 km. from Hanoi, capital of Vietnam, 308 km. from Zhushan port, Tanji port and Jingdao island of Dongxing are open to navigation within South China and Vietnam ports.

Dongxing's resources are abundant. Its mountainous regions and highlands are suitable for planting cassia, anise, litchi and longan while its coastal sea farms produce lots of sea treasures such as prawn, blue and green crab, mud blood clam, clam etc. Dongxing is also a tourist zone integrating characteristics of borders, seas, mountains, nationality customs and transnational tourism enjoying both natural sights and humane landscapes such as Wanwei Gold Beaches, Ho Chi Minh Pavilion, Qing Dynasty Qinzhou No. One Boundary Tablet, and Jing Nationality Song Festival.

The Bei Lun River separates Dongxing less than 100 meters from Vietnam mong cai and it is only180 kilometers from Dongxing to Vietnam Ha Long Bay, a place praised as " Maritime Guilin" - one of the world's seven famous natural landscapes. Tourism development is of great promise.

Trades and businesses are prosperous in Dongxing. Built in Ming dynasty and prosperous in Qing Dynasty it has a history of more than 400 years. In 1940s, Dongxing became a trading port for Southeast Asia, the United States, Japan, Great Britain, France, etc. and was known as small Hong Kong.

Since China and Vietnam resumed border trades in the spring of 1989, Dongxing's trade turnover has reached over ￥1,8 billion totally, bringing a profit of over ￥100 million to both the country and the region.

Dongxing offers favorable polices. The preferential polices granted by the State to the opening borderline cities and towns, border trades, minority areas' poverty relief, overseas affairs etc, can be utilized.
Since 1992, Dongxing, regarding trade as a leading industry, has greatly strengthened infrastructure constructions such as energy, traffic, communication, etc. By the end of 1995, it has invested altogether over ￥800 million in fixed assets, more than 5 times of the total ￥150 million invested in its whole social fixed assets in the past 42 years before 1992.

Of the investment, ￥480 million is used for infrastructure construction. At present, projects that have been completed and gone into operation include a waterworks with a daily water supply of 20,000 tons, a 110 KV electricity transmitting and converting project, 4000 program-controlled telephones, the International Trade Market, and others concerning medical treatment, hygiene, schools, ports, quays, etc.

The urban area has expanded from 0.86 sq. km. in 1992 to 3.2 sq. km. in 1995. The construction of Wanwei Gold Beach Tourist and Holiday Zone is well under way, with a planned investment of over ￥1 billion. Other infrastructure projects that have come into use are Jingdao Holiday Village, Jinggang Market, etc. Four main arterial highways of 18 km. have been completed and more other facilities are speeding up in construction.

By the end of 1995， over 300 enterprises from China's 26 provinces and over 10 countries and regions have invested in Dongxing. Approved items have amounted to 379, with more than ￥4,8 billion of total investment. 983 industrial and commercial enterprises have been registered in Dongxing with a registered capital of more than ￥3,5 billion and an employed staff of more than 20,000.

Dongxing will develop into a modernized border port city where trade, tour and processing businesses will function together in the future. It is planned that by the year 2010, Dongxing's urban areas will be extended to 25 sq. km. and its population will reach 300,000.

Dongxing is a hot spot which has rapidly emerged in the south of China. We sincerely welcome domestic and international friends to invest, negotiate commercial affairs and travel in Dongxing. Let's cooperate hand-in-hand and build the land and water gateway linking Southwest China with Southeast Asia.