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Jiading New Town promises development surprises

CONSTRUCTION of the core area of Jiading New Town will bring more surprises for local citizens over the next three to five years, according to the Jiading New Town Development Company.

Six projects have started construction this year, involving educational facilities and infrastructure. The Shengxin Road Kindergarten will open to the public this year while the bidding for Chengjia School and the construction of China Welfare Institute Kindergarten has begun. The construction of Defu Road Middle School is ongoing, while five more schools will start construction next year.

Meanwhile, Jiading New Town is also improving its road network — eight roads are under construction including Shuangdan Road, and 12 projects including Chongwen Road W and Tianzhu Road are in technical preparation. Huyi Highway which connects many roads is waiting for the approval of municipal authorities.

The water system has been improved as several water landscape projects including the bridges on the Xinqin River and the Gongjia River which were completed in June.

In addition to improvement in hardware, Jiading New Town will also launch some beneficial policies to attract business projects. So far, the town is establishing cooperative relations with enterprises including CITIC Pacific to attract commercial companies, and local authorities will also provide customized services.

Jiading New Town is also making efforts to improve local services. A citizen service center is being planned to provide marriage registration and property transaction service in the future. Elevated tram line is expected to be built in Jiading to make traveling in the district more convenient.

On the former site of Shenma Winery, designers are planning to build the new cultural activity center, community affairs center and information center.

The former Hope Town Industrial Park will be turned into an international residential community with high-end residences, international school, shopping mall and entertainment facilities.

Boiler replacement program off to a great start

Jiading is replacing or renovating 190 boilers and furnaces this year to promote clean energy.

Among the companies, Shanghai Yibiao Electroplating Co Ltd has replaced two 4-ton coal boilers with two 1,440-kilowatt electric boilers.

Officials with Yibiao said the new electronic boilers have a lot of advantages, such as clean energy, low energy cost, high efficiency, low labor cost, good security and long service life.

As one of the pioneers of boiler replacement program in Jiading, Yibiao will get 2.24 million yuan (US$364,896) as a subsidy from the government.

Another two companies, Hailuo Clothing and Totol Food who have completed replacement programs will get a total of 5.15 million yuan from local government.

(Pan Zheng)




 

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