China's tech giant Tencent is set to build its first industrial park applying Tbase (an advanced database management system it has developed) during the second stage of construction on its western China cloud computing center in Liangjiang.
Guoyuan Port recently successfully handled its first batch of cross-border containers from the China Railway Express, which are travelling from Russia to Shanghai along the Yangtze River, then on to Vietnam via sea.
On June 29, Liangjiang New Area in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality launched the construction of 14 major projects totaling 6 billion yuan ($849.63 million) at Guoyuan Port, with the aim of building the port into a national logistics hub.
Liangjiang recently held its first online talent attraction event, which saw recruitment notices posted by 17 postdoctoral workshops and 12 scientific research institutes from Liangjiang's postdoctoral entrepreneurship and innovation park.
Liangjiang New Area in Chongqing held an online investment promotion event for European investors on Wednesday that aimed to expand investment channels.
Southwest China's Chongqing municipality signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Tsinghua University on June 3, which is expected to build the region into a technology innovation center with national influence, and help Tsinghua become a global first-class university.
Liangjiang New Area in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality – which features a major big data sector -- was recently listed as new national industrial demonstration base, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Liangjiang New Area has switched its development orientation from the coast to the inland areas, in China's western development strategy.
In the three years since its establishment, Liangjiang New Area has formed a multi-field, multi-channel opening pattern by improving its opening-up platform and innovating its industrial pattern. Achievements have been made in import and export, overseas investment, and harbor functions.
The economic focus is shifting from China's east to west.On a map, the narrow Yuzhong Peninsula, bounded by the Jialing River to the north and the Yangtze River to the south, resembles a smaller version of Manhattan Island in New York.