General situation and layout
Linhai Economic Development Zone was established in May 1992 with a programmed area of 11.4 square kilometers and approved to be the province-level economic development zone by Zhejiang People's Government in 1993. Through region adjustment in February 2001, the programmed area was expanded to 25 square kilometers with a population of the subordinate area of 33 thousand. It is a development zone with industrial development as the main body and complete functional facilities, which integrates industry and trading, education, entertainment and residence into one.

Infrastructure
In the principle of "Construct park first and attract business then", Linhai Economic Development Zone takes the high starting point in programming and paints a grand picture in input. The development zone makes a financial contribution of 1 million RMB and entrusted Qinghua University to design high levelly the layout of the city construction to ensure that it will not lag behind in 10 and 20 years. The complete education system including kindergarten, primary school, ordinary middle school, and vocational middle school until college/university has been developed, which has made the future development of the development zone have more aftereffects. Guesthouse, hospital, marketplace, sports ground and other living establishments are all equipped inside the zone.

Economic development status
By the end of 2001, the whole zone has introduced 526 industrial enterprises with a total investment of 1 billion RMB, of which 30 are enterprises with 3 capitals with a total investment of 30 million USD. The industry is rich in varieties including the motorcycle industry with Zhejiang Haoqing Motorcycle Co. Ltd. as representative, the building materials industry with Linhai Deren Decoration Materials Company as the dragon head and the art and craft articles industry with Taizhou Lifa Electronics Co. Ltd. as the major enterprise, which has formed the superior industries of three peculiar major regional characteristics.

Investment services
Linhai Economic Development Zone practices development zone, business attraction bureau and street offices three-in-one official business work handling system, which has both the right on economic management and the right on direct exertion of administrative management. The development zone has set up the business attraction center for the full-course deputing system, streamline service and one-stop charge with very simple investment formality and can provide traveling merchants with project consultancy, project application, certificate and license processing and other services.
Over about 10-year construction, Linhai Economic Development Zone has become the dragonhead for Linhai city economic development, the window for opening to the outside, the base for attracting business and capitals, and the model for city construction and has played the impelling functions for demonstration, radiation and driving for the development of regional economy. We zealously welcome both Chinese and foreign traveling merchants to make investment in the development zone and share our common efforts to develop this gold and hot earth.

Scoped enterprises