In the booming development of the ongoing 21^st century globalization, the data industry is becoming the basic foundation of informationization, including data collection, processing, transmission, analysis, management, services and the relevant production of its software and hardware. The new economy based on data industry is a must choice of the era development as the world’s most important resources for economic growth and social development.

I. Brief introduction of Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base
The first “China Qinhuangdao International Data Forum” was held on Oct. 16, 2008, in the beautiful coastal city of Qinhuangdao, when Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base officially opened and aroused much interest of data business world and the media. Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base has the basic strategy of “leading in the data industrial development with data industrial clusters” for an industrial chain of “base companies”, “data companies” and “line companies”, integrated with data services, calling centers, digital technologies, digital networks, data analysis, data management, new media, and creative animation, working to provide an ideal basic engineering and industrial environment with data safety, data back-up & disaster-tolerant, project hatching and human resources.
Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base is located in Qinhuangdao Economic & Technological Development Zone on 6.4 square kilometers starting with 1.4 square kilometers for an ecology-friendly, garden-like, human-oriented and high-tech modern functional industrial Base focused on the construction of a nice development environment, the priority of data contents, data services, match-up data manufacturing, and improving cluster efficiency of data business.
Over 10 companies have settled in Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base since its opening and some renowned companies have shown their interest.

II. Investment Environment of Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base

• Favorably located between the two economic areas of Northeast China and North China, in the heart of China’s most potential Round Bohai Sea economic area, Qinhuangdao has, within 350km, big cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang, Dalian and Tangshan, enjoying broad market and solid foundation for the development of data industry.
  
  
• Easy Transportation
  Highways: Beijing-Shenyang expressway, the coastal expressway and State highways G102 and G205 work in a swift highway network, with Chengde-Qinhuangdao expressway construction started in 2009.
  Railways: Major railways of Beijing-Harbin, Beijing-Qinhuangdao and Datong-Qinhuangdao join in Qinhuangdao. Beijing-Qinhuangdao express railway, China’s first high-grade passenger line is in operation. When Tianjin-Beijing inter-city railway line is completed, Qinhuangdao will be one of the cities in Beijing-Tianjin 1-hour-trip economic circle.
  Sea port: Qinhuangdao Port is an important sea gateway for Northeast China, North China and West China, having a throughput capacity of over 250 million tons.
  Airport: Qinhuangdao has its Shanhaiguan airport in flight services to cities such as Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai. The construction of an international airport is being planned.
  
  
• A pleasant and safe environment
  Free from strong natural disasters: Located inlaid Bohai Bay, geologically solid on one plate, Qinhuangdao has no record of strong earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis, or floods. It’s an ideal place for data industry.
  Favorable social security situation: Qinhuangdao is an excellent social security management city of China that has stable social security for safe living and pleasant business.
  
  
• Complete infrastructure
  Based on the idea of “high-level planning, high-lighted development, high-standard infrastructure, high-efficiency management”, the industrial Base enjoys improved infrastructure and up-graded services, having unique advantages of power supply and telecommunication connections, as well as favorable transportation, water, heat, and gas services.
  Reliable power supply: Qinhuanngdao has complete power supply facilities powered by sufficient North China Grid. The data industry is powered in 3 circuits that avoids the risk of power failure.
  Advanced telecommunications services: Qinhuangdao is one of the first cities in China that opened 3G network services and boasts China’s most advanced and complete telecommunications networks. A high-speed and secured telecommunications platform will be built in the data industrial Base to serve data companies in the Base.
  
  
• A favorable industrial foundation environment
  Qinhuangdao Development Zone has its rapidly growing high-tech industries in a primary cluster of IT, new materials, photoelectronics, bio-tech and environmental protection technologies, which is the reliable buyer of data products and at the same time is the “core ” of the data industrial chain as the foundation of the data industry.
  
  
• Sufficient education and research environment
  In the heart of round Bohai Sea area, Qinhuangdao has around it big cities like Beijing, Tianjin, Shenyang and Dalian, and is endowed with abundant resources and strength in the field of educational research with the highest talent density in Hebei Province. Its 13 colleges and universities, 29 technical schools and skilled workers training schools have 150,000 students at school and 50,000 graduates every year. Qinhuangdao has over 100 national, provincial, municipal or non-publicly funded research institutions and technical staff of 190,000, which can provide sufficient human resources for the employer entities. Among these institutes are Chinese Academy of Science’s Calculation Institute Qinhuangdao Branch, Bio-engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, and Hebei Provincial Software Industrial Base, notably helpful as brain suppliers to data industry. At the same time, the data Base will set up a top-grade human resources backup center for the development of data industry.
  
  
• Landscape and culture
  Qinhuangdao boasts beautiful landscape with many historical interests, a blessed place of grace and fortune since ancient times. The historically renowned town of Shanhaiguan, holiday resort Beidaihe, Nandaihe, the Golden Beach and other tourist attractions makes Qinhuangdao a best choice of visitors. Historical events make the city known world wide for its culture. In 215 BC, China’s First emperor Qinshihuang arrived here and sent his men to the sea for elixirs, which favored Qinhuangdao with the only city in China that takes its name from an emperor. In 207, Wei Emperor Wudi mounted Mt. Jieshi and wrote his renowned poem “Viewing the Sea”. In 1954, Chairman Mao Zedong enjoyed the sea view and wrote his poem “Langtaosha ．Beidaihe”, leaving us an emotive picture of the landscape.
  
  
• Ecology-friendly living environment
  Qinhuangdao is a beautiful coastal city with no very hot summers or cold winters, presenting vigorous vitality with its world famous natural port, poetic beautiful seaside scenery, pleasant climate in four clear-cut seasons with 10.1℃ of yearly average temperature and 62% of humidity, a combination of sea and mountain, prosperous downtown surrounded by lawns and flowers, streets adorned by Bases and squares. Forestation ratio of the urban area is 40.9%, days in grade two air qualities or above more than 350 days. The whole city is like a huge natural oxygen bar. Content of negative oxygen ions is more than 7000 per cubic millimeter, 10 to 20 times of other domestic cities. Qinhuangdao is favorably endowed with perfect life environment, including 64 star hotels, two 5-star in service and one 5-star under construction. A host city of 2008 Olympic Games, Qinhuangdao is well-known for its shopping centers and sports facilities with powerful health care network and various catering and entertainment services. The fine ecological environment reputes Qinhuangdao one of the cities in the north of China with best living environment and best environment for business.
  
  
• Perfect And Efficient Government Service System
  Qinhuangdao Economic & Technological Development Zone is one of China’s first state-level development zones, bearing the titles of top 40 investment environment of China and ISO14000 national demonstration zone. Following the service concept of “investors are emperors and taxpayers are parents” and strictly promoting the five-star service brand characterized by the all staff involvement, heart and soul, complete process, full dimension and 24-hour service, the authority works in three service systems: “one-stop” project promotion and approval service system, “all-round” project construction service system, and “regularized” service system for companies in operation.
  
  
• Favorable environment of policies
  Data industry is encouraged by the state as a rising industrial sector. Companies in Qinhuangdao The Data Industrial Base enjoys national incentives and support, and at the same time, preferential policies on land use, taxes, finance, and other services from Qinhuangdao Economic & Technological Development Zone.

The 21^st century is an era of round Bohai Sea. Qinhuangdao Economic & Technological Development Zone, an important city in the area, welcomes the business world to join in the development of Qinhuangdao Data Industrial Base. Qinhuangdao Economic & Technological Development Zone will provide companies in the data Base with best infrastructure, excellent services and preferential policies for their fruitful future. Let’s join hands to make a beautiful tomorrow.