Hengqin Island Developments

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[macau-invest]

A maritime park in Hengqin to open tender next month
Thursday, 04 December 2008
The “Ocean theme park” in Hengqin, Zhuhai which estimates an investment exceeding 100 million yuan will start submitting tender documents as of the 12th of January, 2009.
According to the Chinese Macao Daily, the Zhuhai government is intending to open the tender for a parcel in Hengqin Fuxiang Bay which amounts to 1.32 million square metres and assumes to establish it as a maritime park.
The ocean park is also set to combine a convention and exhibition centre, and an entertainment and hotel resort as a combination, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
The report says that the initial scheme of the first phase of the ocean park is comprised of an international ocean world, an ocean theme park, a night time zoo, a super ocean circus performance, an ocean resort and a commercial exhibition centre.
According to the joint announcement of the Municipal Bureau of Land and Resources in Zhuhai, Land Reserve Development Centre of Zhuhai and also the Land and Real Estate Transaction Centre in Zhuhai, the document submission will be terminated on January 25 while the result will be announced concurrently.
Meanwhile it also added that the land buyer should begin the construction no later than December 26, 2009 and that the project should also be completed no later than December 26, 2012.

[HereAndThere]

How many working groups is that?! Sounds like it is going to be a MESS of in-fighting and bureaucracy.

Have highlighted points of interest. Full article in Macau News;
http://www.macaunews.com.mo/index.ph...d=304&Itemid=3

Macau, China, 16 Feb - The deputy governor of the Chinese province of Guangdong Wan Qingliang said there are currently 20 specialised working groups from various sectors in Beijing discussing the development of Hengqin island, in Zhuhai, located next to Macau.

Hengqin occupies an area of 86 square kilometres, the largest of the 146 islands that make up the municipality of Zhuhai. It has an area three times the size of Macau but a population of 6,500, against 540,000 on the former Portuguese territory.

The island, created by connecting two islands, Large and Small Hengqin, consists of bays with sandy beaches, rolling hills and large areas of wasteland covered with low-lying trees. Of the 86 square kilometres, 53 can be developed.

According to newspaper Ou Mun, the deputy governor of Guangdong also said that the government of the province located in the south of China also created itself a dozen of working groups to develop the island.


In January the vice president of China, Xi Jinping, said during a visit to Macau that the diversification of the Special Administrative Region would include the development of the island of Hengqin.
The central government has decided to develop the island, but the development will be launched only when preparatory works were fully completed," Xi said.

The development of Hengqin Island will provide new spaces for the diversification of Macau's economy, he said, adding that the central government will take Macau's needs into full consideration.

Meanwhile, the deputy governor of Guangdong Wan Qingliang said that one of the issues under analysis is the legal system to be applied on the island.

The development of Hengqin is also in a supplement of the Mainland and Macau Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, or CEPA, which is expected to be signed in the first half of the current year between Macau and mainland China.

The development of Hengqin is part of larger plans to develop the River Pearl Delta, which, by 2020, will see the implementation of an integrated communications network and a reorganisation the region's business community in the following areas: new technologies, innovation and scientific creativity.

Included in the programme is the construction of 100 research laboratories and between three and five high-tech industrial parks in a period of three years.

[Gwo Loo Waan]

It will be interesting to follow who is going to control the Hengqin Island / Ilha da Montanha, and what are the Beijing plans for that piece of wasteland.

[macau-invest]

Bridge to connect Macau, Hengqin island
Thursday, 09 April 2009
The connection between Hengqin island and Macau will be assured by a bridge, said Jaime Carion, director of Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) in response to a written interpellation from lawmaker Chan Meng Kam.
In addition, the government will take steps towards a pragmatical plan and take effective measures to respond with commitment regarding the implementation of the Framework Plan of Reform and Development of the Pearl River Delta region (2008-2020).
Furthermore, the bridge connection between Hengqin island and Macau is one of the 10 major transport networks at a national level, that plays an important role in economic and population circulation between Zhuhai and Macau.
The government will, based on regional co-operation developed over the years, strengthen co-operation between Guangdong and Macau, thus overcoming obstacles and with a pragmatic, effective, complementary and mutual benefit standpoint, promote the development of Hengqin island and University of Macau's facilities move, thus creating a new space for the diversified development of local economy.
Furthermore, the Urban Planning Law policy is currently being studied by the competent authorities, which will serve to define plans and actions in order to strengthen co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.
The government has created, together with Guangdong and Hong Kong, a group to co-ordinate and implement the Urban Planning Law policy, which will seek, through the construction of major infrastructures, to strengthen the planning and co-ordination between Guangdong and Macau's urban centres.

[pearl river]

animation video
http://www.cnhuafas.com/newshow.asp?classid=2&id=1358
urban outlay
http://www.cnhuafas.com/newshow.asp?classid=3&id=1350

amazing!!!!

S. China island to become strategic new zone
By Chen Hong (China Daily)
Updated: 2009-09-15 07:44
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ZHUHAI, Guangdong: The long-awaited development plan of a virgin island in southern China will thrive the sluggish economy of Zhuhai and diversify the industry of its neighbor Macao, which has heavily depended on gaming and tourism.

Hengqin Island, the largest of 146 islands in Zhuhai connected to Macao by bridge, got approval from the central government in mid-August to be the country's third State-level strategic new zone, after Shanghai's Pudong district and Tianjin's Binhai area.

"It will be a pilot project for a new cooperation mode between Hong Kong and Macao under the 'one country, two systems' arrangement," said Zhong Shijian, mayor of Zhuhai, in a press conference Monday.

The island has an area of 106 sq km - three times the size of Macao - and a population of less than 8,000.

According to the blueprint, the Hengqin island will achieve 120,000 yuan ($17,544) per capita GDP by 2015, which will be further raised to 200,000 yuan by 2020.

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The population is expected to increase to 120,000 by 2015 and 280,000 by 2020. Industries will focus on business services, leisure, tourism, education, and research and development as well as high technology.
"We are targeting investments from world's top 500 corporations It will be a new stage for professionals from Hong Kong and Macao and the government will surely raise the threshold for talent to ensure the quality of the human resources on the island," Deng You, deputy chief of the management authority of the island, told reporters.

As a pilot project, it is expected to make breakthroughs in terms of bordering arrangement, financial cooperation, land management systems and social governance systems, he said.

The University of Macao will build a new campus, with an area of about 1 sq km, on the island to overcome its current land shortage problem. The project will be subject to Macao Basic Law as authorized by the mainland's legislative body.

"We will ensure convenient border-crossing facilities during the construction," said Liu Jia, chief of the island's management authority, Discussions over the island's development started in the early 1990s but have not been successful


十字门揭开神秘面纱 总建面预计达1100万平方米,可容纳就业人口20万


会展商务组团的位置图

　　衔横琴而面向澳门，规划中的珠海十字门商务区，位于十字门水道两侧，地处西江入海口，规划控制总用地面积约5.77平方公里，

　　在《横琴总体发展规划》里，十字门商务区南部片区 （即横琴东北角）规划为商务办公区，未来，将打造成为现代服务业聚集平台。

　　站在这一战略高度上，外界认为，珠海十字门商务区的启动，将有效撬动横琴新区开发，开创珠海城市发展的新格局。

　　2009年8月26日在十字门商务区规划设计国际招标介绍会现场，规划中的十字门商务区初步揭开神秘的面纱。

　　根据 《珠海十字门商务区战略发展研究及一期会展商务组团实施设想》，建成后的十字门商务区总建筑面积预计将达1100万平方米，其中商务办公占45%，商业配套及商务公寓占55%，将容纳就业人口20余万人，居住人口8万余人，并将吸引大量旅游、观光、购物、休闲的流动人口。

　　十字门商务区战略定位是建设成符合珠海未来发展需要的、国际化、滨水生态型、区域性现代服务业聚集平台。

　　据悉，整个十字门商务区分为北部片区、南部片区和功能区三部分。实施步骤计划用3年时间率先启动北部地块的核心区和储备区，重点开发会展商务组团，中航集团通用飞机总部组团，公共服务中心组团。而会展商务组团明年上半年启动建设。

　　引人关注的是，作为北部核心区的主要建设内容之一，会展商务组团项目占地面积25.8万平方米，规划总建筑面积55.6万平方米，主要建设珠海国际会议展览中心、国际标准甲级写字楼、国际标准五星级酒店及相关配套设施。

　　会展商务组团作为十字门商务区的启动区，其设计方案将进行国际招标，并按照前瞻性、国际化、高标准的要求进行建设，打造出珠澳区域现代化标志性建筑群。记者看到，设计指标要求：会展商务组团标志性建筑高度将达到150-200米；同时，在会展商务组团将规划一个朝向澳门、临近水岸、适当规模的大型广场，并设立一件凸显珠海精神的标志性构筑物。

　　而位于此间的珠海国际会展中心规划建筑面积约15万平方米，将按照前瞻性、国际化、高标准的要求进行规划设计，建设成为珠江口西岸最具规模、现代化程度最高、最具影响力的会议展览中心。相关酒店也按照国际标准五星级酒店设计建设，起到提升十字门商务区的区域价值和形象的作用。

　　目前，一期会展商务组团的五星级酒店、会议中心、展览中心及甲级写字楼的委托经营管理已展开商务洽谈。

　　引人关注的是，中航通用飞机总部组团作为启动期另外一个重要项目，也将蓄势待发。该组团东接会展商务组团项目用地，南临马骝洲水道，西至马骝洲山，北到南湾大道，项目占地面积约20万平方米，主要建设内容为通用飞机研发总部大楼、写字楼、酒店等。

　　“十字门就是要打造一个优质的现代服务业聚集平台，优先引入全国或区域影响力较大的龙头企业，带动上下游产业及相关配套服务业进驻，形成‘产业龙头产业群上下游产业配套服务业’的产业扩张路线。”珠海市相关部门负责人表示，“这也是十字门商务区的生命力和魅力所在。”

　　不仅如此，由于特殊的地理位置，十字门商务区将在《横琴总体发展规划》的指导下进行规划设计以做到“左右呼应”：即不仅与横琴整体规划相协调，还要遵循全局性、整体性规划理念，做到与调整的分区规划相符，与情侣路城市主轴规划充分对接，与港珠澳大桥等周边重要交通设施顺畅衔接；此外，要特别注重与澳门城市景观相协调、相呼应、共繁荣。

　　而该区域拟定的发展策略将采取“政府主导、市场化运作策略；内聚外联策略；产业龙头优先策略；联盟发展策略”。按照初步设计的实施步骤，明年上半年启动建设，3年内基本完成首期工程。


稿件来自《珠海特区报》2009年8月27日Ａ２要闻版

[one grantai]

depending how much money the centrla government and the sort of concret incentives, we maybe have another "huge investment" in such a small area right next door to Macau, creating a massive middle class right next door.

If this happens, couple with Macau's massive investment in such a small area, it defines logic if Macau does not shoot for the stars.

[urbanfan89]

Why not just grant Hengqin Island to the Macau SAR instead of creating bureaucratic hurdles?

[one grantai]

What? you want Beijing to lose control on what they want to achieve? The difference is Beijing has a clear government led objective of what they want to achieve, sadly I think neither the Macau government or Macau people have enough know how handling the project if given it.

[Gwo Loo Waan]

Thanks God Beijing has the last word...

[pearl river]

THE prospects, layout, industrial development, infrastructure, public service facilities, ecological environment, development and management pattern, safeguard measures and recent action plan for Hengqin Island were specified by Mayor Zhong Shijian at a press conference last Monday.
Hengqin Island, the largest of 146 Zhuhai islands, is connected to Macao by bridge. It received central government approval in mid-August to become the country’s third state-level strategic new area, after Pudong in Shanghai and Binhai in Tianjin.
“Accelerating the development and construction of Hengqin New Area is a major step to deepen co-operation between Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macao and to implement the Outline of the Plan for the Reform & Development of the Pearl River Delta,” said Mayor Zhong.
Covering 106sqkm -- three times the size of Macao, the island has a population of less than 8,000.
According to the Overall Development Plan of Hengqin, the island will have a population of 120,000 with per capita GDP hitting 120,000 yuan ($17,570) by 2015 and 280,000 with per capita GDP of 200,000 yuan ($29,283) by 2020.
Deng You, deputy secretary of the CPC Hengqin New Area, was quoted by China Daily as saying: “We are targeting investments from the world’s top 500 corporations. It will be a new stage for professionals from Hong Kong and Macao and the government will surely raise the threshold for talent to ensure the quality of human resources on the island.”
As a pilot project, it is expected to make breakthroughs in terms of border arrangements, financial co-operation, land management and social governance, he said.
Themed at co-operation, innovation and service, Hengqin is designated to become a demonstration zone for exploring innovative co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, a pilot region for deepening reform, opening-up and technical innovation, and a new platform for promoting industrial upgrades in western-bank areas of the Pearl River Estuary.
Moreover, Hengqin is to be an “intelligent island” both knowledge-intensive and information-driven, an “open island” collaboratively linking Hong Kong and Macao, an “eco-island” balancing resources with the environment, and an “energetic island” of suitable living and prosperous business in 10 to 15 years, according to the overall plan.
Large-scale development of Hengqin has made its debut while much more to come is poised in the wings. Hengqin, dormant until now, is to become the maestro of closer co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.
Process
In December 2008, the State Council “Outline of the Plan for the Reform & Development of the Pearl River Delta” called for “planned construction of co-operative regions such as the Zhuhai Hengqin New Area, which would strengthen co-operation with Hong Kong and Macao in service and high-tech industries.”
In June 2009, the State Council approved in principle at an executive meeting the “Hengqin Overall Development Plan,” and declared intent to make Hengqin a demonstration area of close co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The island would lead development and other advances in the Pearl River Delta in a role of service to Hong Kong and Macao.
In June 2009, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee granted the Macao Special Administrative Region jurisdiction over the site of a new campus for the University of Macao on Hengqin Island.
In August 2009, the State Council acknowledged the Overall Development Plan of Hengqin and its goals of demonstration, co-operation, reform and innovation, and added a new platform to promote industrial modernization of the Pearl River estuary under the “One Country, Two Systems” policy.
In August 2009, the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and provincial government issued “The Decision to Promote Closer Co-operation With Hong Kong and Macao.” This proposes to expedite construction of trans-border projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and the Guangzhou-Zhuhai section of the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao National Expressway. The decision also calls for a health-care park promoting Chinese traditional medicine in co-operation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao on Hengqin Island.
In August 2009, a conference addressing the institutional organization and official incumbency for the Hengqin New Area was held on the island. This essentially established the organizational structure and staff at all levels of the project.
Profile
Located just west of Macao and linked by bridge to Zhuhai City on the west side of the Pearl River estuary across from Hong Kong, Hengqin New Area is but 7km from the international sea route -- the Daxi Watercourse -- and 34km from Hong Kong. Also connected by bridge to Macao, which at one point is merely 200m nearby, the New Area is where “One Country, Two Systems” comes together today. Within 100km are the Hong Kong, Macao, Guangzhou and Shenzhen international airports plus the convenient Zhuhai domestic airport. Bridge, road, water, power, postal service and port are existent at Hengqin New Area, which is a 40-minute drive from Zhuhai Airport, 10 minutes from Macao Airport and 50 minutes from Zhuhai Harbour.
Since 2005, entry and exit passenger flow through Hengqin Port has ranked among the nation’s top ten, while that of vehicles has made the top five. With advent of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Guangzhou-Zhuhai Intercity Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), Guangzhou-Zhuhai Railway, Jinhai Bridge and other transportation projects, Hengqin emerges as a transportation hub for Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao with new routes to elsewhere near and far.
Three subsections, 10 zones
The Business Service Subsection located east and north of Small Hengqin Mountain will feature port service, central business and international residential community zones.
The Leisure Tourism Subsection located south of Big Hengqin Mountain will encompass leisure resort and ecological scenery zones.
The Scientific & Educational R&D Subsection located between Big and Small Hengqin mountains will contain teaching institution, comprehensive service, cultural creativity, scientific and technological R&D and high-tech industrial zones.
The University of Macao
As the only public tertiary institution in the Macao Special Administrative Region, the University of Macao has more than 6,000 students on campus and an international faculty of nearly 400, with over 60 per cent holding doctoral degrees. UM offers studies in Business Administration, Education, Law, Social Sciences & Humanities, Science & Technology, and at the Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences. The land-starved university will relocate to an expansive campus in Hengqin in accordance with plans of the central government. The campus will be to the south of Hengqin Port and cover 1.0926sqkm. The outlook is for 15,000 students in no more than eight majors instead of the current six.
CNOOC Gas Terminal
Natural gas from the ocean bed and gas fields will arrive via pipelines for processing at the terminal. Production was initiated in March 2006 to provide high-quality natural gas to industrial and urban areas of Zhuhai, Macao, Zhongshan and beyond with annual capacity of 1.6 billion cubic metres.
Gas-Engine Generators
The 12 billion yuan ($1.76 billion) project features eight sets of 390MW9F-type natural gas-engine generators. In Phase 1, two sets of multiple combined supply gas-engine generators will be equipped. Upon completion, the project will guarantee power, heat, cooling and water supplies to Hengqin New Area in addition to power for the China Southern Power Grid.
Wind Power
Naobei Mountain on Hengqin Island boasts China’s second-largest wind power plant with 21 generators, each with 750kw capacity. With an eye towards total installed capacity of 15.75mw, commercial operation commenced in January 2008 in order to save 11,000 tonnes of standard coal each year.
Ocean Resort
Zhuhai Chime-Long International Ocean Resort has been under construction since April this year. With investment of at least 10 billion yuan ($1.46 billion), the project is being built in three phases at Fuxiang Bay, Hengqin. Included are International Ocean World, Ocean Theme Park, Night Zoo, Ocean Circus, Ocean Theme Hotel, Sports Leisure Park, the Commercial and Conference & Exhibition Center, Water City and supplemental structures. It anticipates attracting more than 10 million visitors a year.

[pearl river]

[pearl river]

[HereAndThere]

How intelligent?? This last pic looks bit scarey with very high density and quite tall buildings. Assume Ocean Gardens (Taipa) is across water on right side.

On drawing - is purple the Univ of Macau? Is blue residential? Looks like additional bridges? No golf course -)?

[HereAndThere]

Dear Pearl river,
is it possible to provide website links - if these maps are posted online?

[pearl river]

for the news about Hengqin island I follow the following website
http://www.u0756.com/ great site in chinese
www.cnhuafas.com (in chinese) under the news section updates on the new Zhuhai CBD
www.deltabridges.com some news translated into english
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo new site


Zhuhai gets $44b infrastructure facelift
Posted Tue, 2009-10-27 00:31 by Zhuhai
Delta News: Zhuhai news
Briefing
Zhuhai city in Guangdong is working on ten major infrastructure construction items that have 67 projects, concerning total investment of around US$44 billion.

Zhuhai will become a new economic and industrial growth point in the Pearl River Delta as it is investing heavily in construction of airports, ports, ocean equipment manufacturing and other key urban infrastructure.

Zhuhai Transport Group said they were responsible for financing and constructing 11 transport projects including Zhuhai Airport Highway, Gaolan Port Highway and Provincial Highway 366.

Zhuhai Airport Highway is scheduled to start construction by December this year and is trying to complete in two to three years, linking to Gaolan Port Highway.

By 2010 and 2011, Guangzhou-Zhuhai City Express Rail and Guangzhou-Zhuhai Railway will be completed. In lifting the port power of Zhuhai, two container terminals each of 50,000 tonnes are scheduled to complete for trial run this year.

Four terminals of 100,000 tonnes each and two terminals of 150,000 tonnes for iron ore transport will start construction soon. By 2015, these terminals, together with Gaolan Port Navigation Expansion Work, Gaolan Port South Water Industry District and Sinopec Logistics Centre will also be completed.
Source: Cargonews Asia

[pearl river]

Heady plans for pristine Hengquin Island near Macau
Mark O'Neill
Oct 30, 2009
Officials of the central and Guangdong governments unveiled an ambitious plan yesterday to transform a sleepy island next to Macau into an international tourist destination and hi-tech centre....

[worlds8]

looks very nice =)

[pearl river]

Not sure this part of the Hengqin development, as the pictures indicates this huge project sits in between Huafa New Town and Huafa New Century along the river?????

[Gwo Loo Waan]

Huafa's empire is not in Hengqin Island.