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Intel China export processing zone operational in Dalian
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13:45, June 29, 2007
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An export processing zone (EPZ) designed to accommodate the
2.5-billion-dollar chip plant proposedby U.S. computer chip giant Intel
Corp. in northeast China’s port city Dalian officially went into
operation Thursday, after pass ingauthentication by the Chinese
government.
The move shall pay the way for the formal beginning of the construction
of the chip plant, which has been schemed for August,company and
government sources here said.
The EPZ, covering 600,000 square meters, passed inspection by apanel of
experts from 10 ministries and departments of the centralgovernment,
including the General Administration of Customs, the State Development
and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Land and Resources.
An EPZ is an industrial development area specifically designed to
facilitate the manufacture of export products and services. Tariffs and
quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in order
to attract companies.
“Intel can enjoy preferential taxation policies and lower its costs in
importing raw materials and exporting products, as its new plant will be
built in the EPZ,” said Zhang Zhinan, head of Dalian Customs.
Intel announced on March 26 in Beijing that it would build a
2.5-billion-dollar semiconductor plant in Dalian, Liaoning Province,
making the company one of the largest foreign investors in China and
raising its total investment in the country to nearlyfour billion U.S.
dollars.
“Intel had proposed establishing an EPZ for the plant while negotiating
with the government at the very beginning, and the government agreed,”
said Tang Zhongde, an expert on semiconductor integrated circuits and
Chinese negotiator for Intel’s Dalian project.
Chinese regulations stipulate that an EPZ should be set up in
astate-level development zone, its annual turnover of processing trade
should exceed 100 million U.S. dollars, and it should be abolished if
there is no investment within three years.
The EPZ project had been advancing on schedule with the supportof the
Dalian municipal government, which indicated the Chinese government had
honored its commitment, said Zhang Yifan, a spokeswoman for Intel (China).
Intel’s new chip project will be located in a high-tech zone north of
Dalian city proper with an area of more than 160,000 square meters.
The company’s first factory in Asia, it will become part of Intel’s
network of eight factories worldwide that produce 300-millimetre
integrated wafers after it starts operations in thefirst half of 2010.
Source: Xinhua
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