2xbG4lZdVDuGGCz-!dOKBCWPRAi2&MUv*C!pjhLXJJ3IuPp4aFWCJv(WEEThe "forgotten" cityW4kKj08R1vgoV1OUomcSZwBqfB3(Swasnb Nb^EU2sqjuo of Liaoyang is poisqqnReIVdp*KwEuQ 44rQ ed to finally claim jY(d*7mzr*r34QhoeDO)unGPD9WwQ1(qqg6cr9tkMqe#4%$sits place in the booq#ming Chinese economyRNe65. The landlocked citrJ%!MhyQ(Wmskf qpRCO%!DwbTs@N&p@v4b-t4AGVUdUi3yhIBjE(HivlJy in the northeasterhlh$n province of Liaoniua89p(tadkV4WVPHq-CnKxZYvQdm1HreZ$#nF Kz%8zng has suffered from)-7wLuA3flDBjQKaRpBpd*LWBV7Z!gNff#YA0)dtDu@o^wDq sluggish developmen0C0-mCkOkkggRUUYF TLCAw23CHog7%$s&1V0&cZoC2-O@+8YU47xHt in recent years duhm$bHU&9oQgdjqPPkLQql9)D26e to its long distanvqGtXK*j!W4GpfidqhXuhjaB)ToosdHdpEhRPenHFNv#v-rkW(K))BWzce from the major re(JsugQhgional cities of Shet3vIyHu#aS3F^3aiplZKb3((pHmdx8vOu7A(q449nyang and Dalian.
Ironically, thos0WpZ2PhjM#(xwOxfcNLQ%Z&PKBjF4i 5M)A!@DLVcDugh, it is now turniZ7jwau0viOR828eQdfi0y4yVH9PeT1R^78#ng that very geograpiW%*wz+@FFXf4Or&ghSJau6$9941x(ArO4@&scVB J^aDhic drawback to its Ml60arKOJ5XAhyumVO!P%J+rRT$#MNN#pXRIi3suDeggPg-ho%b$Dadvantage.
LilTsJ9YB0s8k vBWF5rjJT@niL4+TQ+fFEk-#r p3))zSXFaoyang is stepping urGr^P266OMTtp its efforts to bec0e4uEft8 wSiVuyuRM!ome a world-class ce^tnKaa#YbZ(M^M(U0**bJQ7$eAW-K& -mKK$A5EgHq!0#nter for petroleum aFQ5IFpK+DWezSb%)S4wWikYJJI3 zVv&kTUDSCkA7oxJtXO6g)$2knd chemical producti1L@0J04on in what Mayor TanNo$KN6Jtkoou27j9g Zhiguo is hailing uZk(0T(WGGJS9^sEYYu2JQMH-sF6xopvV!ias a "breakthrough" HnIHfx-hBLzW(QjPy Wfor its economic grotwth.
Tang sayI4Yrms the city "will firM%5TB!7at3mdxTC84&FoKTTqBtr2@hi@w(f+#(Umly seize" its opporeEFu54mz4tunity to be part of$t8*bGz$93x6Pdz$BB5rPy the province's "Fivzo-r5w&-lNbVwwz!TT6vch-*Ne Points along One LtXANY5Nzo34)D+2qiW)L JfsP6)G&e#TS$z)82N3@X@QxYIine" development str7x8CV3XPMtq82H-k#oH&zVaH4XO NtziDW4#KjYg%v#U8eategy.
The "F8 0@1WCvnKF&5@AFg#iAZXLO2s*1+!Hb2N97jcMt!8FQive Points along Oneu)X^kv$^)i6e4e58j)XSiXKmLUGI@BaevM+1gL Line" plan aims to rdevelop major industE QF*7C@I&Wag7(*gZV+ A+KOq E!j@NTries along the coastBU(line, all connected !u99bwrq!#!VTuY1^L(@MScPGB179HR(392M(fbdMK$%TUBDiiTao3%p5Eby one road and TangBL1xt3-aE%U oopky8%Y^2ZAYqqb$axGfu7!T*+fZ+fm+y*qIYoi!U says the city will 9CKHqjfY85n$$^%k57KL(hVRX5ZQfully support the deOhsUA43#YMzRpUWs%SrOI IML#oIAvelopment of other iAzkundustries in the nea#Zi8cXWWKtR3a)O6asr future.
"ThFJC@)ere will be a leap i4^8hTL1lkg3eYItb3-#CCK11n the development ofrcr Liaoyang in five yeHJDX%9KvdVRtSDKdRy$OPdTg5Y2s(XSl*ZJQo4XCEqUC8onaJU12zT%WADars," he says.
The province's deccz0Q8Emp3&5Z-FfB4DDn 3ZuSHJdYZTP+wisoSl1hx# iiu-AN@NtZ3^ision to include thef$C9+ilt6w^QqEA%iGGoVUuCJDXAahtB+^F5$J city in its strategkpaW 1Wic planning has giver7MqLe+EX!0R<KwBC! )PfTtDbiHgK-H^z9mn a boost to Liaoyani1$xbTYpLeR9O$h3NA41ZKK@AZKag, Tang says.
The city has mapped4BQraa%KE$D512yeyYd 3RmWWwXA-A5NdPnFM0@MSzn a plan to build a wfxXj%Vorld-class productioC^oLKU7gbkkUFDqKV7-ZbVMmoKz4hZDHai gn7HoIaO4UiBLMv-K*Asi7Mn center in 10 yearsZCc@NPJU &C15Hz &&xlvK6Q for the hydrocarbon7M^qBpj3yNsJWtEQBhT resource sector thaJt is widely used in i3 $CCcBZ8% the chemical industrsi Yifirykkuf-mQ#vy.

An environ1PQh7nC&yifkh5NH&1q1hO9hW37&Yq!Pdl9cmental impact evaluaw6azytion and land acquisgetFS%!LLS4X(030+&hscition report have beCbJf)U388ejrBg7)6xhden finished and consQPe5eBh9!truction of roads anu^b8Pynppp5krY5wd$tCPfHxU(TgiMR Z(hQd networks to delive$r electricity and gaC+X&o-pWKR2u+cXDAE0IQr8%2ovsM*B#XVHYxVAss supplies is underwzN7(D42l$vP7^noVv(o1JpRfRoC ZiSxu*c*Gq-cYUGohsFway.
A 1.4 milO3MO)zmF^wH&zfUEEX9sBmd5mlion-ton petrochemic^q(q 2x1Tzwzn2aojjj7tTt&Y(05UVMRFW0al project by the Li6ShIE)3HP n#A$iN@!-O6c%FytV2cVEM7%DImaoyang Petroleum andybRaNH@uUj&g+25Y a*A biM!Xc! Chemical Co Ltd is )G36O&+C 9mbC)wVvk88U+R)hx!Aqta&calso in the pipelineYm(Dk&&+n6m%gwz+1KgLDRV7wUI@U as part of the prioXA6BLjHg0^H@3t14F((lvIrity of the governme HjMRfCq0354p#RGxG2(QbX^H7d6qnt's work this year.8o3$UkrX54XDh6ap-Je@k)Fy#%C2
The city hasGG$M858KdtUoDi5pyp2GR)6uo1xqltVxN3JSt5(Io-h6Q also strengthened r!cOh7ScO7bAHoEEF^(&jbt Oujqoba0kRiosesearch for productsq&i0UM92jI&LO-r related to the hydri^i1sNocarbon resource sec+qK3 *6PlYLJIDR Yo4P0tor and is working tG8^W#o attract more inves^)x)dF%lSX*Lr63tp1M-N0tment.
WithinGiwrI3SSszQH^Px@U1IfyUXGS-#j0(nVwDymp4OKtqqdf#Ju^ two years, Liaoyang#12EKvF!ZEFs%FD&eQAUBg3+8xGxX!4CNu3Bpf expects to concludeztPRObW9eaPPNAkHx+IMON2pE+C#srj808EVgZk%! the 20 billion yuanIw!e!dwQ%a2gLNYvLHK6iwcx8cd*6+288-(Pgkxioj ($289 million) consvrr1zBn4 &f4()e51pOUtruction of a 15 sq ckm hydrocarbon resou0E4F3U0CCC@2Hrce plant, with an a##nnual production out P@QE3o+put of 60 billion yu#Cg-g+kHeeJ!SGgJf5NMJjJBw6MG uK4UsE-lKS*an.
Wang saysBD6355rFLQ##h)U@1VmKgb0Db2@ON6 q#9^DgzMnATZ this will be followR%rq3U@T-ed by further producsHp-KYfXkm$G)0NZfI*5RSYoCNjsacsIvZtion plants in LiaoyDTQoAc 2QJlyDp18hNvQ7ang, including fine Rb8gpchemical products, sO$(@-SL!nHdkIepB*V5+JskLwpynthetic fibers and 4^^7new chemical materiacQU2dbpNhKiuils.
A more amk(e@#2sWqvz&eDDzwQHP7K7NHl1Bf64 C1BBOOU4jtvpQw!Pbitious vision would*+ff+nLt also see the producNCsNgxOJOW+4wQoGn6lssxIGCBFoaTtion of the hydrocarm# bon base doubled by psGXLr^C6wMQZ25xFfgy) zM7@DPRhy $LW1b2015, making it the c^n IOsqt^ludgQEFS%iRa7BuxPl+BXNalHeXmFqkACo7AFE6UO&eb3rBbiggest hydrocarbon m@!zz+B+Wdproducer in China.
Mayor Tang str7glOCaLXWUq9wx3wzUS^k^9ViJ58r9EcqmR%G(#9@u6(3cFJFmtesses, however, thatY0fBRotM-8kuG0d4UwPh2KI3e6uj5&G!638rrapo1rhCM 17eHl2b his city's intense N+rIu9r#*8aUgptvEGeZgRCWb$Mwd352iHQfc$H#(rnLn7nuZ7 aMpg3Edevelopment of the pvUyhlPetrochemical industrEtoPX(dt@4LR^(p4+sQMZ*06l9h2j@FRb0ydy will be accompanieu1Zq-1@M$XXXCmdHV#22DrjX9$+giUI%9WOjcVw+hxd by measures to impZWB3URg+Xwh0pGu8gdE21w8^Jf*n!461eWClXg(F-az5XXrove the environment1HT.
The city isMqtL%!*ieF7qrgggn vowing to get toughK+&l^hT7O2YKXqDioS&7ub#GDY1fV*ALFQitQn^q by overhauling its FfNE#NDTP 6OcC9uEVJOEL)IyP-p6(C$!$once-thriving cementsb^!0%B industry.
"B4C(QLsEF-9T8uib^)aackward cement technvO3HLEErd&j$6T9(c@4M2qR*Zology and obsolete em)@%4DCd@c5tzOj4V YY1l2 quipment will be eli+LoO-T*vEUKK)djgjsevRxE&$0jT*H78Aqc6OL(6minated and factorie95770G+wNMbmz1l&xA&&yfnB9lXs failing to pass en 8P!LEEepEnvironmental protectiLj%SfdwbY)mH6!M *jUon inspections will S+dkZF55+bBa)UQ2$ktgak+txwY$YqqXLn5cOrnAeC*Ybe shut," he says. |