Twin cities to be more connected
By Te Kan (China Daily)Updated: 2006-06-19 08:54
"By then, the two cities will be linked and will become real 'twin cities'"
Zhang said.
With its unique geographic position, Heihe has greatly
benefited from importing rich energy resources from its neighbour.
Heihe
began importing electricity power from the Amur Region in 2004.
With the
establishment of more power lines, Heihe is expected to import 2.5 billion
kilowatt hours by the end of next year and 4 billion kilowatt hours by
2008.
Ample power support makes Zhang confident on developing more
industries with high power consumption.
"Our aim is to build Heihe into
an important industrial production base in the country," he said.
Sirius
Industry, a private company, plans to co-operate with Moscow-based Russian Lanta
Oil Company to build a refinery in the Amur Region.
The oil refinery is
designed to have an annual processing capability of 5 million tons of crude
oil.
The total investment is US$250 million, said Tao Ran, president of
Sirius Industry.
Tao said the refinery is expected to start at the end of
this year and be finished in two years.
A 64.5-kilometre-long pipeline
under the Heilongjiang River will also be built to transport processed oil
products, such as heavy oil and diesel.
A storage station will be
constructed in Heihe to store the oil, he said.
"The project will enlarge
the country's oil import scale and increase local tax income, as well as provide
more employment," Tao said.
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