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New materials industry zone to be built in
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New materials industry zone to be
built
CONSTRUCTION of an international zone for
industries based on new materials started Monday in Guiyang,
in Southwest China's Guizhou Province.
The Guiyang zone is
one of the industrialized national bases for new materials set
up by China's Ministry of Science and Technology
(MST).
Research on new materials technology is one of six
key high-tech fields in the country's high and new technology
research and development program.
New materials refers to
those with outstanding and specialized functions, including
high-temperature alloys, artificial crystals and fine pottery
and porcelains. New materials technology has been used in many
fields during China's economic and military development, and
in everyday life.
Intended to cover an area of 128
hectares, the Guiyang zone aims to nurture a group of new
materials businesses to a certain size and to be market
competitive. The zone is expected to generate 800 million yuan
from production by the end of 2005.
China has set up five
national industrialized bases for new materials, three in the
East and two in the West, says Li Jian, director of MST's
high-tech development and industrialization department.
Li
said west China was rich in minerals, with 51 percent of the
country's total resources. Setting up the zone would promote
the development of the new materials industry in Guizhou and
west China.
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