Investment environment

1 . Geographic introduction, population and culture: Shantou City Chenghai District(simplify Chenghai in the following) is located in Hanjiang Delta of South Guangdong, neighborhood to Shantou Special Economic Zone, facing South China Sea and with the proportion of 345.23 sq. km.. Because it is on the subtropical zone and belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, there are seldom very hot or frostbitten days during one year. Landform of Chenghai is basically plain which altitude is lower than 10 metre. This type of plain occupy 81.9% of the proportion, on the opposite massif and mesa which altitude is more than 10 metre only occupy 8.5% and water area 9.6%. Population of Chenghai is 710,000 persons. In Guangdong Province, it is not only a beautiful place with abundant river but also one of the famous hometown of overseas Chinese, which is the hometown for the Red-head Ship too. People here are honest, hardworking and sureness who are good at starting and developing industry business.

2 . Economic foundation: Chenghai has formed its initial industrial frame guided by the light-processing and developing mainstay industry such as toys and handicrafts manufacture, woolen habiliment industry, processed foods industry, hardware and machine manufacture, building material manufacture and packing material manufacture, etc. Toys and woolen habiliment industry chain have been shaped which bring the competitive advantage to these industries. Particularly it is the famed toys producing and exporting base in China which has been awarded the title ‘Chinese toys and gifts city' by the China Light Industry League. There is good foundation for the agriculture in Chenghai which is the important producing area of fruitage, aquatic product, vegetable and poultry and famous in domestic and oversea market for Shaohe Pearl, Laiwu Laver, Chimera Goose, olive greens. Along with the development of the agriculture, Chenghai has enjoyed more and more benefits for its mass production. There are strong foundation of commerce industry in Chenghai which has 50 various dealing markets such as relative well-known Chenghai Town Plastic Market and Central Market and the other professional wholesale markets. There are so many individual factories and firms in Chenghai that they actually are the important portion of the Third Industry.

3 . Basic facilities:

1 ) Transportation: The density of the highway in Chenghai is 92 km/100 sq. km which could let you go to anywhere very easily. There are 324 national highway, Jinhong highway, Shenshan superhighway and Shanfen superhighway across the town, together with Shantou International Airport and Laiwu Container Quay which structure the three-dimensional sea-land-air transportation network of Chenghai.

2 ) Water and electric power supply and telecommunication facilities: In whole district, sufficient supply of best quality water and electric power for both living and producing purpose could easily meet your requirement, also the complete telecommunication facilities.

4 . Modern Merchandise Distribution Industry: Because of its powerful gathering and distributive capacity and rapid handling process of goods, Chenghai Plastic and Toys professional wholesale Market and Central Market have drawn numerous buyers's attention who is coming from home and abroad. Meanwhile government is urging the foundation of modern merchandise distribution center and development of merchandise distribution industry.Interntional Toys and Handicraft Exposition has been held consistenthy for 7 time. Every time many merchants from 50 countries and territories and 30 domestic cities attended this exposition,promoting the development of modern merchandise distribution industry.

5 . Government investment service: In order to make it convenient to the enterprise for their import and export business, Waisha Custom and the other port examination organs such as inspection and quarantine department, frontier defence inspection station and maritime affairs supervisal department cooperate with each other and implement many expedient measures such as F passage management and intervention in advance for passing-through. The other relative government department also implement the measures like open-door approval, predigesting work procedure to offer high quality service to the enterprise. Particularly the measure of ‘one-stop model' practised by Chenghai District Enterprise investment management and service center is greatly welcomed by the enterprises and investors .

6 . Business service: Internet business is very popular here, you could easily visit the internet and communicate with your customers. There are many flights connecting the important domestic and overseas airports and buses which could bring you to Hong Kong, Macao and many other stations inside or outside Guangdong Province. There is Toys and Handicraft Expo held in every year which could provide you a desk to show your product and communicate with your customer face to face. In Chenghai District, there are Garden Hotel-a four star hotel, Laiwu Tourism and Holiday Section, Lianghua Mountain Tourism and Holiday Section, Mcdonald's and KFC -the famous restaurants which could let you enjoy your trip, holiday and shopping comfortably.

7 . Favourable policy: In order to encourage investment,government will offer relevant benefit to the project according to their investment amount. Same case will be the land cost and water charge and ratification process of the project, etc.