The Xi'an International Trade and Logistics Park is located in northeastern section of the provincial capital city Xi'an in the delta area of the Bahe and Weihe rivers. The planned area for this park is 120 square kilometers.

The park was designed and established in an attempt to adjust the city's industrial structure, improve the modern service industry and support the opening and development of the inland province of Shaanxi and its capital city.

The ultimate goal is to make it "the largest inland international port, the largest trade and logistics center in the upper and middle reaches of the Yellow River and a new base for the modern services industry".

It comprises eight functional areas: the container operation area, the comprehensive free trade zone, the domestic trade area, the comprehensive services area, the residential area, the logistics area, the industrial area and the coordinated urban-rural construction area.

Its convenient railway, highway and air transportation allows the park to improve the efficiency of logistics and reduce costs. And the coordinated logistics service can help promote the clustering of industries and propel the development of a modern service industry.

The construction of this park has won support from the central government, the province and the capital city. In 2010, the State Council started to "vigorously promote the construction of the Xi'an International Trade and Logistics Park", and in 2011, it approved the establishment of the Xi'an Comprehensive Free Trade Zone.

The zone, covering an area of 6.18 square kilometers, is the only free trade zone in the northwestern region of China. It is supported by the logistics and port functions of the trade and logistics park.

With the construction of infrastructure facilities and the clustering of various industrial projects, the park has become an international inland port in Shaanxi. It now serves as a platform for domestic and overseas investors and a base for the industries transferred from the eastern coastal regions.

The park is working to explore and pioneer new means of economic integration and coordinating urban-rural development. It is striving to build itself into a modern, ecological and internationalized new city suitable for businesses and residence.

Contact information

Administrative Committee of the Xi'an International Trade and Logistics Park

Address: No 6 Gangwu Avenue, Xi'an International Trade and Logistics Park, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province

Postal code: 710026

Website: www.itl.gov.cn

Telephone: 86-29-83591918 (daytime), 86-29-83332466 (nighttime)

luhongyan@chinadaily.com.cn

(China Daily 04/18/2012 page7)