Shishi is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and a window to Taiwan. The towering Gusao Tower and Shihu Tower are the symbols of sea navigation in those days. From here, the Shishi people succeeded in developing Taiwan Province Province with Zheng and went to the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and other countries with foreign ships. Today, there are nearly 300,000 overseas Chinese, compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao, and more than 300,000 Taiwan Province compatriots whose ancestral home is Shishi. The vast number of overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have a fine tradition of loving their country and their hometown, and they are full of enthusiasm for the construction and development of their hometown. Over the past few years, they have donated nearly 500 million yuan to public welfare undertakings such as education, medical care and infrastructure. After the establishment of the city, Shishi gave full play to the advantages of overseas Chinese and Taiwan, vigorously developed the export-oriented economy, and made good economic and trade articles on Taiwan. By the end of 2002, the city had approved a total of 9 foreign-invested enterprises 16 19, with a total investment of US$ 2.68 billion and foreign capital utilization of US$ 2.36 billion. In 2002, the total output value of foreign-funded enterprises was 9.48 billion yuan, and the export sales income was 65,438+1billion dollars, which became the main force of Shishi's economic development.
Shishi is a comprehensive reform experimental area in Fujian Province. Since the founding of the city, Shishi has comprehensively promoted many reforms such as administrative institutions, investment, finance, taxation and modern enterprise system, made great efforts to develop the private economy, encouraged the common development of various economic sectors such as state-owned, collective, private, foreign capital and joint-stock cooperation, established and cultivated the capital, technology, information and talent markets, and made market regulation widely enter all fields of social operation, initially realizing diversification of investment subjects, clarification of enterprise property rights and marketization of resource allocation. Since 1995, shishi city has successively promulgated some preferential measures to encourage foreign investment, some incentive measures to support enterprise development, some provisions on encouraging investment in shishi city, and some measures to support the development of key enterprises, so as to further optimize the economic development environment.
Shishi is a famous clothing city and small commodity distribution center in China. Shishi is known as "no business in the street, overwhelming". There are more than 2,700 textile and garment production enterprises in the city, with an output value of nearly10 billion yuan, and nearly 2,000 registered trademarks focusing on clothing. A number of well-known national brands have emerged, such as "Emperor School", "Golden Rhino Treasure", "Pinpai", "Harley" and "Wild Leopard", which basically take clothing production and processing as the leader and integrate textile, printing and dyeing, auxiliary material production, clothing manufacturing and marketing. Yuanyangchi Fabric Market, Taqian Garment Accessories Market and Yang Xia Garment Fabric Market have begun to take shape, and China Shishi Garment Wholesale City, which covers an area of 1 100 mu, is under construction. Shishi also holds the "3 9" Cross-Strait Textile and Apparel Expo every year, in order to promote the docking of textile and apparel industries across the Taiwan Strait and enhance the radiation power of Shishi clothing and raw and auxiliary materials in the country and even the world. Shishi is also a well-known small commodity distribution center in China. There are 18 commercial streets, 8 specialized commodity markets, 10 commercial city and nearly 10,000 individual industrial and commercial households in the city. More than 2,000 marketing outlets have been set up nationwide. E-commerce, franchising, chain operation and other emerging formats have gradually become an important way for enterprises to expand their markets. More than 50 enterprises in this city have launched a national unified marketing network to expand the market by franchising.
Shishi industrial economy has its own system and unique characteristics. With township enterprises and "foreign-funded" enterprises as the main body and market-oriented, shishi city has formed a Shishi characteristic industrial system with textile and clothing as the leading industry and footwear, sporting goods, food processing, electronic machinery and plastic hardware as the pillar industries. In 2002, the annual output value of textile and clothing, shoes and hats, bags, sporting goods, food processing, plastic hardware, electronic machinery and other industries accounted for 5 1%,1%,5%, 8%,1%and 8% of the city's industrial output value respectively. By the end of 2002, the industrial output value of all kinds of enterprises in the city reached 65.438+0.259 billion yuan, Fugui Bird won the title of national famous trademark and China famous brand product, and Huabao Group was a national high-tech enterprise. Characteristic industrial parks have begun to take shape. Hongshan Wubao, Xiangzhi Dabao and Jinshang three pollution control areas are environmental protection demonstration projects of centralized sewage treatment, central heating, cogeneration and resource recycling, and are important textile bleaching and dyeing bases in the southeast coast. Tian Peng Clothing Science and Technology Park is an important sportswear production base of Shishi. Baogai Science Park and Hongshan Science Park are included in the scope of Fujian High-tech Industrial Development Zone, focusing on the introduction and development of high-tech industries such as electronic information, optical, mechanical and electrical integration, new materials and new energy. The newly planned Shihugang Science and Technology Industrial Park covers an area of 5.4 square kilometers and is connected with Shihugang Port Area, a national first-class port. It is a new, systematic, large-scale and modern garden-style comprehensive industrial park with perfect infrastructure and reasonable functional layout, which is dominated by post-port warehousing and post-port processing and integrates scientific research and development and industrial production.
Shishi is a good place for shopping and traveling. Shishi is famous for its numerous scenic spots, profound cultural heritage and rich coastal natural tourism resources. It is not only a shopping paradise, but also a good place for sightseeing. In 2002, it received 2.6 million domestic and foreign tourists, and the total tourism revenue was 654.38+37 million yuan. Shishi tourism has developed rapidly and has formed a relatively perfect tourism system. Including shopping and tourism: Shishi is a well-known small commodity distribution center mainly for clothing in China. Every day, thousands of merchants and tourists from all over the country and abroad travel to Shishi, and shopping and tourism have become the most distinctive tourism of Shishi. Tourist attractions: Gusao Tower, Liu Sheng Pagoda, Zhenhai Stone and Ancient Wharf are famous for their historical tourism. Religious tourism such as Huxiu Temple, Chaotian Temple, Chenghuang Temple and Luojia Temple endows Shishi with profound historical and cultural connotations. Coastal tourism: shishi city is surrounded by the sea, with continuous beaches, scattered islands and reefs, and picturesque fishing villages. The "Minnan Gold Coast" with an investment of 320 million yuan has become a tourist hotspot for tourists at home and abroad, and the coastal tourist highway with a total investment of 300 million yuan is also under construction. Leisure tourism: The Baogai Mountain Scenic Area, where Shishi has mountains and waters, Buddhist and Taoist shrines and other cultural landscapes, the Lingxiu Mountain Scenic Area with dense forests, numerous fruit trees and beautiful lakes, and the Shishi People's Square, which integrates leisure, tourism and culture, have all become good places for leisure and holiday. Tourism infrastructure has been continuously improved, with more than 30 hotels/kloc-0, including 6 three-star hotels.
Shishi's social undertakings developed in an all-round and coordinated way. Shishi has always focused on improving people's quality and vigorously strengthened the construction of spiritual civilization, forming a spiritual civilization pattern of "people as the main body, districts as the carrier, enterprises as the backbone, and military and civilian participation"; The mass spiritual civilization creation activities with the breakthrough of "three great creations" have achieved remarkable results, and a number of national advanced models such as the Criminal Police Brigade of the Public Security Bureau, the Fengli Police Station and the reception room of the Procuratorate have emerged. Shishi city vigorously develops social undertakings such as education, science and technology, culture, health and sports. There are 7 newly-built middle schools, 2 vocational colleges and 2 higher vocational colleges. Among them, Shiguang Middle School has passed the acceptance of provincial key middle schools, and its education level is among the best in the whole state. Implement the strategy of rejuvenating the city through science and education, comprehensively launch the Planning of shishi city Comprehensive Experimental Zone for Social Development, build a city productivity promotion center, fully implement the four major Internet access projects of government, enterprises, schools and families, and win the title of one of the top 100 counties (cities) in science and technology in China; Cultural and sports undertakings have flourished, and a number of public facilities such as the city library, cultural square, sports center, overseas Chinese hospital and "120" emergency center have been built, and a new overseas Chinese town with modern civilization has gradually taken shape.
Shishi's infrastructure is improving day by day, moderately ahead of schedule. As a new city, Shishi firmly grasps the leading role of planning, conscientiously completes the overall urban planning, and builds infrastructure in advance according to the concept of urban-rural integration. Two 220,000-volt power transmission and transformation stations and three 1 1 10,000-volt power transmission and transformation stations have been built successively to realize the erection of double-circuit power supply lines in Fuzhou and Xiamen. A waterworks with a daily water supply of 200,000 tons and 70,000 tons 1 seat basically provides water for the whole city. The water diversion project with a total investment of more than 200 million yuan has been completed, and the per capita water supply is the first in the province. National first-class port, Shihu 10,000-ton wharf and Meilin 5,000-ton wharf dedicated to Taiwan will be built, and Shihu Port will be expanded to 30,000-ton berth, becoming the most important container hub port in South China, and three fishing ports, such as Xiangzhi, Dongpu and Meilin, will be basically completed. 33 kilometers of cement concrete roads with a width of 38 meters and 26 meters will be built in the urban area, and more than 60 kilometers of cement concrete roads with a width of 38 meters and 26 meters will be built from the urban area to coastal towns, basically realizing the hardening of roads between towns and villages in the city; Information network infrastructure is improving day by day. The capacity of program-controlled telephones in the city reached 6.5438+0.95 million, and the total capacity of mobile telephones exceeded 6.5438+0.5 million. The comprehensive strength of posts and telecommunications ranks first in China with 654.38+0995, with 32,000 cable TV users and more than 20,000 Internet users. At the same time, key projects such as electric power building, post and telecommunications building, coastal moistureproof and flood control project and coastal prosperity avenue have also been basically completed or are under construction. Standing at the threshold of the century, the people of Shishi will adapt to the new situation and meet the new challenges with the spirit of keeping pace with the times, develop in competition and compete in development, vigorously implement the overall development strategies of "building the city through industry, Shang Yexing, strengthening the city through tourism and science and technology" and "loving, using and nourishing the sea", accelerate the pace of modern city construction, reshape the brand of the comprehensive reform experimental area, and fully implement the Tenth Five-Year Plan.