Dawo Port Economic Zone

[Establishment of the Economic Zone] The Dawo Port Economic Zone was established in June 2010 as an economic zone focused on equipment manufacturing as its leading industry to support the development of the county’s economy. In September of the same year, it was designated by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government as a key economic (industrial) park for the city.The Dawo Port Economic Zone is located in the southern part of Dawo County, bordered by the Daliao River to the east, Provincial Highway Ku’er Line to the south, Xinrong Highway to the west, and the boundary between Yushu Town and Wangjia Town in Dawo County to the north. It has a planned area of 180 square kilometers.The economic zone is home to Panjin New Port, with Bayuquan Port and Dalian Port to the east, and Jinzhou Port and Huludao Port to the south. Situated at the center of the five major port clusters in the Bohai Bay, it serves as the closest maritime connection point for Northeast China and Eastern Inner Mongolia. The Shenyang-Dalian, Beijing-Shenyang, and Panjin-Haikou-Yingkou expressways, as well as the Beijing-Shenyang and Beijing-Dalian high-speed rail lines, run adjacent to the zone.while the Shenyang-Panjin Railway, the Port Access Railway, National Highway 305, and Xianghai Avenue traverse the entire region. It serves as a vital transportation hub for the three major economic zones—the Central Liaoning Urban Cluster, the Western Liaoning Coastal Economic Zone, and the Liaodong Peninsula Economic Zone—and functions as a key node connecting the main axis of the Liaoning Coastal Economic Belt with the Bohai Wing. Closely linked to the Liaobin Coastal Economic Zone, the two areas jointly benefit from preferential policies for national-level development zones and collaborate to build the Liaoning Provincial Comprehensive Reform Pilot Zone.

[Subordination and Administrative Division] As a delegated agency of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, the Dawo Port Economic Zone is entrusted by the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government to the Dawo County Party Committee and County Government for management in accordance with the chain of command. The economic zone covers a planned area of 180 square kilometers, divided into a 121-square-kilometer Western Industrial Zone and a 59-square-kilometer Eastern Ecological New City, with an initial development area of 20 square kilometers.In terms of administrative division and management authority, the Economic Zone exercises the economic management authority of a municipal-level government. The County Party Committee and County Government have allocated state-owned land from Tianzhuangtai Town (Gaojia Farm), Yushu Town (Yushu Farm), and Ping’an Town (part of Ping’an Farm) to the Port Economic Zone, and have transferred the Tianzhuangtai Town State-owned Assets Management Company and the Yushu Town State-owned Assets Management Company under the administration of the Port Economic Zone Management Committee.The Management Committee of the Economic Zone is primarily responsible for economic development and economic management functions within the zone, while the two towns continue to exercise social management functions. Agricultural production and operations on the transferred state-owned land are entrusted by the Management Committee to the respective town governments for management.

[Organizational Structure and Staffing] In accordance with the overall arrangements of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, and in light of the practical needs of the Economic Zone, the Dawo Lingang Economic Zone comprises five functional departments: the General Office, the Investment Promotion Department, the Planning and Construction Bureau, the Economic Services Bureau, and the Finance Bureau.The Party Working Committee and Administrative Committee of the Dawo Port Economic Zone are classified at the deputy division level. The approved staffing includes one Director of the Administrative Committee who also serves as Secretary of the Party Working Committee, one Deputy Secretary (concurrently serving), and three Deputy Directors. The Administrative Committee has an approved staffing quota of 20 personnel (excluding staff from the Investment Promotion Department), distributed as follows: 5 in the General Office, 6 in the Planning and Construction Bureau, 5 in the Economic Services Bureau, and 4 in the Finance Bureau.

[Development Plan] Within the year, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Dalian University of Technology, and the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design were successively commissioned to complete the strategic plan, industrial plan, and plan for the Port Eco-New City of the Economic Zone, resulting in two major clusters: the 121-square-kilometer Port Industrial Zone in the west and the 59-square-kilometer Riverside Eco-New City in the east.The Industrial Zone adheres to complete equipment manufacturing as its leading industry, focusing on building three major industrial clusters: specialized vehicles and agricultural machinery, new energy-saving and environmentally friendly equipment manufacturing, and non-ferrous metal deep processing. It aims to construct a "Golden Industrial Belt" centered on economic benefits and a "Green Industrial Belt" centered on environmental benefits and R&D capabilities.The Riverside New City leverages industrial agglomeration to drive concentrated employment and population settlement. It promotes the upgrading of the ecological tourism and modern service industries through the reconstruction of the historic and cultural town of Tianzhuangtai, the development of an international hot spring resort, and the construction of a themed sports park. The goal is to build a Riverside Ecological New City characterized by ecological livability and high-end services, capable of accommodating a population of 100,000 to 150,000.