IntroductionofTaicang2¾TaicangSurvey¾InvestmentEnvironment¾EconomicDevelopmentArea3Taicangcoversanareaof823km2ofwhich648km2islandarea.Thetotalpopulationexceeds900,000amongwhich,theregisteredpermanentresidentsare460,000.4TaicangShanghai5[GeographyFeature]ThelandofTaicangisthealluvialplainoftheYangtzeRiverDelta.Itisn’tlocatedonearthquakebelt.Itisbetween4.0mand4.7maccordingtoWusongaltitude.[Climate]Taicangisfavoredwithwetclimate,distinctivefourseasonsandabundantrainfalls.Inhistory,therewasnofloodordroughtandtyphoonseldomoccurred.Theaveragetemperatureis15.5C,rainfall1075.0millimeter,sunshine1960.9hours,andthefrost-freeperiodis226days.6zTheFirstChoiceoftheEmperor’sGranaryzAnchorPlaceofZhengHe’sSeaExpeditionof7TimeszTheCradleofLoudongCulture7TangWenzhiZhuQizhanTaicangisthecradleofmanyfamouspeople.EducationistTangWenzhi,PainterZhuQizhan,“ChineseMadamCurie”,physicistWuJianxiong,theNobelPrizeWinner(MinisterofEnergyMinistryofUS)StevenChuand11Chinatopacademicians.StevenChuWuJianxiong8NationalEcologicalCityNationalHygienicCityNationalGardenCityNationalLongevityCityNationalExcellentTourismCityNationalModelCityforEnvironmentProtectionNationalAdvancedCityforPublicSecurityServiceOutsourcingBaseCityofJiangsuProvinceTop10BestCitiesforManufacturingInvestorsSino-GermanBusinessCooperationCityThe5thCountyLevelCityinTermsofComprehensiveStrength92010NumberComparativeIncreaseGDP72.3billionRMB18.1%FinancialRevenue18billionRMB30.2%ContainerVolume2.2millionTEU46.7%CargoVolume80millionTon54.9%IncreasedRegisteredForeignCapital1.52billionUSD7.8%101300OverseasCompanies450USandEuropeanCompanies160GermanCompanies18Fortune500CompaniesThetotaloverseasinvestmentreaching$15billionwhiletheactualutilizationofforeigncapitalamountingto$6billion.11121314¾TaicangSurvey¾InvestmentEnvironment¾EconomicDevelopmentArea151615minutesaccesstoexpressway171819TaicangDowntownTaicangDowntownLRTNo.11TerminalStationShuttleBusStationToShanghaiDowntown15MinutesPlannedLRTShanghaiArea20Taicangporthas38.8km-longdeepwatercoastline,whichallowsberthofthe4thand5thgenerationcontainers.Itisidentifiedbycentralgovernmentasamain-linecontainerterminalandchainportofShanghaiInternationalShippingCenter,anddefinedbyJiangsuprovinceastheNo.1foreigntradeport.Uptonow,82internationalanddomesticshippinglineshavebeenopened.Taicangporthas38.8km-longdeepwatercoastline,whichallowsberthofthe4thand5thgenerationcontainers.Itisidentifiedbycentralgovernmentasamain-linecontainerterminalandchainportofShanghaiInternationalShippingCenter,anddefinedbyJiangsuprovinceastheNo.1foreigntradeport.Uptonow,82internationalanddomesticshippinglineshavebeenopened.21LandResource:LandResource:percapitaavailablelandarea:percapitaavailablelandarea:1.1491.149mumu(=767(=767sq.msq.m))PowerResource:PowerResource:HuanengHuanengThermalPowerPlant,ThermalPowerPlant,EnvironmentalProtectionThermalPowerPlant,andEnvironmentalProtectionThermalPowerPlant,andGuohuaGuohuaThermalPowerPlantwithatotalpowerThermalPowerPlantwithatotalpower--generationcapacityofgenerationcapacityof4.764.76millionmillionkwskws..WaterResource:WaterResource:TheYangtzeRiverwaterdiversionisTheYangtzeRiverwaterdiversionisabletoprovidewaterwithadailysupplyofabletoprovidewaterwithadailysupplyof300,000300,000tons.tons.Thesecondphasedoublingthecapacityisunderconstruction.22TaicangUnit:ChineseUnit:ChineseMuMu23InTaicangthereare86,618middle&topleveltalents(collegeanduplevelgraduates).Thereareabout1858among10,000persons,higherthantheaverageofSuzhouarea,whichis1460.Diffrerentlevelsoftraingsystems.Chien-shiungInstituteofTechnology—afulltimecollegeSetuptomeettheneedsoflocaleconomy.8majors:MechanicalandElectricalEngineering,electronicandinformation,foreignlanguage,chemicalengineeringandetc.TheInstituteprovidesover5000graduatestothesocietyeveryyearandmeanwhileismakeexpansionfor100,000..24AHKShanghai&Chien-shiungInstituteofTechnologyTechnicianTrainingCenter,Schaeffler(China)TrainingCenter.AdoptGermandualeducationsystems.Workouttrainingcoursesaccordingtotherequirementsofenterprises.Providesover200graduatestothesocietyeveryyear.25JiangsuTaicangVocationalEducationCenter4Majors:mechanical&electronics,electronical&information,business&tradeandchemicalengineering.Providesover1000graduatestothesocietyeveryyear.26Schaeffler(China)TrainingCenterGermanBavariaTechnologyTechnicianTrainingCenter(Taicang)AHKShanghai&Chien-shiungInstituteofTechnologyTechnicianTrainingCenterTaicang-GermanyProfessionalTrainingCenter27EnrollingstudentsfromkindergartentohighschoolEnrollingstudentsfromkindergartentohighschoolFocusingonthecombinationofChineseandEnglishcoursesFocusingonthecombinationofChineseandEnglishcoursesNorthShanghaiInternationalSchoolNorthShanghaiInternationalSchoolNorthShanghaiInternationalSchool28AbilitytoAttractMiddle&TopLevelTalentsGreatShanghaiRegionisthebestplacetoattractmiddle&topleveltalentsinYangtzeRiverDelta.SourcefromBergerExecutiveResourcesAttractive:10Shanghai29ThankstotheadvantageofneighboringtoShanghaiandSuzhou,Taicangcanmakefulluseofthehumanresourcesofthesetwobigcities.30Pol