Zhangjiagang Bonded Zone is the only river port bonded zone in China . The 4 main industries are grain and oil, chemicals, textile, and electro-mechanics. It is becoming an export processing and cargo distribution center. It is a key investment hot spot in Yangtze River Region. Up to the end of 2003, the zone has attracted 3225 projects with total investment of 2.384 billion USD and 1.24 billion USD was paid up. The total business income was 178.4 billion yuan. The sales volume of industrial products was 36.7 billion yuan and the GDP of the zone was 13 billion yuan. The import and export value was 5.6 billion USD. In 2003, the total import and export cargo was 3.93 million tons with the total value of 2.5 billion USD. The chemical industry developed quickly and the total
business value was 10.3 billion yuan.
There is a newly built Jiangsu Yangtze River International Chemical Park in the zone and it has already attracted 27 projects with registered capital of 895 million USD. The total investment was 3.05 billion USD and the sale value was 10.7 billion yuan.
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