Location
Located in the northeast of Hainan province, and facing the sea in the east, south and north, Wenchang covers a total land area of 2,488 square kilometers and 5,245 square kilometers of sea, with a coastline of 289.82 kilometers. There are 17 towns and two farms under its jurisdiction, and its population is about 600,000.
Wenchang has a pleasant climate and a beautiful ecological environment. Located to the south of the Tropic of Cancer, Wenchang enjoys a tropical monsoon climate. The average annual temperature is 23.9 ℃ with 1,953.8 hours of annual sunshine. The annual rainfall reaches 1,721.6 millimeters and forest coverage rate is up to 42 percent.
Wenchang has obvious location advantages. Only 60 kilometers from the provincial capital of Haikou, and only 36 kilometers from Meilan Airport, the city is one of the three major poles of the “Haikou, Chengmai and Wenchang Economic Circle”. The total length of road in Wenchang is 2,500 kilometers, including two national highways and eight provincial highways. In addition, it has convenient and fast public transportation, including the Hainan East Ring Railway. With the completion of the Haiwen Bridge, Wenchang and Haikou will achieve integrated development in the same city.
Resources
Wenchang is rich in tourism resources, including 36 natural and large coastal bays such as Mulan Port, a deep-water port, Tongguling, known as the "first peak of Qiongdong", a fascinating stone park, and the Penglai Wonderland-like Qizhou Islands. It is known as the "Maritime Forest Park" in the Baimen Bay Baili mangrove forest, with a daily flow of 3,000 cubic meters of the "Guanxin" hot springs, rich in silicon and strontium.
Wenchang boasts abundant land resources. Total construction land is 436 square kilometers, of which 269 are for mixed urban and rural construction. Land reserves in the four key development zones are about 100 square kilometers. The ecological protection red line on land is 525 square kilometers and on the offshore area is 1,508 square kilometers.
There are 34 deposits covering 15 kinds of minerals, including iron, tungsten, titanium, zirconium, aluminum and quartz sand in Wenchang. The quartz sand reserve in Longma village has reached 956,320,000 tons. Aluminum from Penglai and titanium and zirconium from Fuqian are famous across the nation. The number of registered mining enterprises is up to 28.
Key areas or industrial parks
1. Space industry clusters
The Wenchang Satellite Launch Center successfully launched the Long March 7(CZ-7) on June 25, 2016, and also undertook major launching missions like the Long March 5(CZ-5), the Tianzhou-1 Cargo Spaceship and the Chang E Project. Currently, Wenchang is encouraging the participation of social and international capital for joint construction of commercial space industries featuring openness, cooperation and win-win outcomes. By focusing on space tech, space finance and space super computers, Wenchang is to build a platform for space exhibition and trade. It will also promote the development of space tours by accelerating the construction of a Space Theme Park.
2. Tonggu Mountain International Ecotourism Zone
With an altitude of 338 meters, Tonggu Mountain is the highest peak in the East Qiong area and was listed as a National Nature Preserve in 2007. Covering an area of 86 square kilometers, it boasts two top tourism resources. One is original scenery like old-growth tropical rain forest and billions of years of geological landscape abraded by the sea; the other is the view of satellite launches, which attract more than 140 thousand visitors each time.
3. Moon Bay High-End Tourism Resort
By Facing Mulan Bay in the north, China South Sea in the east, and stretching south to the entrance of Baoling River and west to Rainbow Avenue, Moon Bay High-End Tourism Resort covers an area of 17.30 square kilometers and has 8.3 kilometers of coastline. Moon Bay enjoys superior ecological conditions and rich tourist resources, and the coastal defense forest here is one of the most complete and best persevered. The resort is to be built as a golden coastline in future, a high-end tourist draw that offers complete service in touring, vacations, sports and leisure, and health, all supported by a new coastal highway.
Key investment promotion industries:
Aerospace science and technology
Aerospace service
Biomanufacturing
Low-carbon manufacturing
High-tech manufacturing
Smart warehousing and logistics
Agricultural and sideline product processing
Featured commerce
Culture and creativity
Fishery industry
Integrated aquaculture
Contact:
Wenchang Investment Promotion Bureau
Tel: +86-0898-63330891; +86-0898-63331516
Address:
Room 301-304, East Building, Wenchang Municipal Government, Wenchang, Hainan
