Qinzhou: A City by the Shore

2015-08-07

中国-东盟博览（政经版） 2015年5期

Qinzhou is a coastal city located in south Guangxi, standing at the tip of Beibu Gulf. It is the center of the city cluster of Nanning, Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang, with Nanning city 110 km to it’s north, Beihai city 98 km to the east and Fangchenggang city 76 km to the west. Its jurisdiction areas include Lingshan County, Pubei County, Qinnan District, Qinbei District, Qinzhou Port Economic Development Zone and Sanniang Wan Tourist District. As a treasure place in the coastal triangle of Guangxi, it has a pleasant climate, many rivers and reservoirs, rich natural resources and a number of special products.

China-Malaysia Qinzhou industrial park

History

Known as Qinzhou ever from the Sui Dynasty (581-618A.D.), the area originally belonged to Guangdong and was settled to be Guangxi’s eventually in 1965. It was established as Qinzhou City in 1994. For many centuries, it was regarded as “the center of Chinese overland trade with Indo-China”.

Industrial Center

Located at the center of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and convergence of ASEAN Economic Circe, South China Economic Circle and Southwestern China Economic Circle, Qinzhou has been an important departure port of China’s Silk Road on the sea extending to Southeast Asia and East Asia since the ancient times.

In May 2008, Guangxi Qinzhou Free Trade Port Area was offi cially established, whichis the only one of its kind in central and western China serving ASEAN and other countries. In 2009, Chinese government approved Qinzhou as the 5th port to import completely built unit (CBU) cars. In the wake of the establishment of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area, Qinzhou is speeding up to build itself as an important platform for trade and cultural exchanges and the most convenient passage between China and ASEAN.

In 2012, China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park was co-built by China and Malaysia. It lies adjacent to Guangxi Qinzhou Free Trade Port Area and the 100 million-ton port of Qinzhou, which is the trunk-line container port of Guangxi as well. The park has a planned area of 55 square km with 470,000 anticipated population. As a landmark project for China-Malaysia economic and trade cooperation and a model area of cooperation in China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (CAFTA), it off ers a host of favorable policies for enterprises and investors and becomes a paragon for international economic and trade cooperation.

Port with Handling Capacity of 100 Million Tons

Qinzhou is blessed with excellent resources in the port. With vast hinterland, good natural shelter from typhoon, deep water channels as well as a big gap between the fl ood tide and ebb tide, Qinzhou Port is a natural deepwater harbor planned as “the second largest harbor in the south China” by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, founding father of modern China. With a coastline of 86 kilometers, Qinzhou Port is one of the closest Chinese ports to ASEAN countries. Currently, there is one sea channel with a handling capacity of 100,000 tons and 15 10,000-ton-above capacity berths, among which 4 have a capacity of 100,000 tons.

Qinzhou seafood

Scenic Attractions

Qinzhou is such a city rich in resources and spring-like in all the four seasons. Advantaged geographic environment gives the city a unique natural scenery. Fabulous places such as Sanniang Wan, Ba Zhai Gou Scenery Area, Longmen Isle, Dalu Village have attracted a lot of tourists.

Sanniang Wan is the home to Chinese white dolphin, which inhabits thousands of white dolphins. Those who are lucky may see many of them jumping from the water. Ba Zhai Gou Scenery Area is located in Gui Tai town, which lies in the Hundred-thousand Mountains more than 50 kms to the northwest of Qinzhou, with a total area of more than 30,000 mu. It has convenient transportation, abundant resources and mild climate. Its subtropical rain forest, bamboo forest, clean streams, waterfalls, various-size springs and the unique sandy shale rock landscape make it a well-known integrative tourist resort for hunting, swimming, retreating summer and sightseeing.

Special Products

Pork knuckle rice noodles

Qinzhou’s Nixing pottery is one of the“Four Famous Chinese Potteries” due to its unparalleled fambe technique. It has a history of more than a thousand years and has been popular since 150 years ago. The potteries are not only solid and simple, but also delicate and beautiful. The most popular potteries are vase, tea set and fl owerpot.

As one of the famous seafood specialties, Qinzhou oyster enjoys a high reputation for its soft, pliable and delicious taste. It has great nutritional value due to its high protein content and has long been known as the “milk of the sea”. It can also be used as the ingredient of medicine or make into dried oyster and oyster sauce.

Pork knuckle rice noodles is particularly famous here. It adopts special soft and smooth refreshing rice noodles as materials and is prepared with braised pork knuckle. Once eating, you’ll never forget about its good taste.