Two high-end manufacturing carriers commenced construction Jan 10 at Sanxi Technology & Innovation Town in Qianshan. With total area of 30,000 sqm (7 acres), they will harbor eight companies with estimated annual output value of 5 billion yuan ($785 million). 

Jointly invested by leading domestic automatic testing equipment manufacturer Zhuhai Bojay Electronics and Boguan Software at a cost of 2 billion yuan ($314 million), the 18,000-sqm (4-acre) Bojay Automation Industrial Park will have floorage of 120,000 sqm (30 acres) at the town's initial area.

A "smart" manufacturing industrial cluster led by Bojay, which features automation equipment hardware and software R&D, will realize annual output value of 2.5 billion yuan ($392 million).

Rendering of Sanxi Joint Intelligent Manufacturing Harbor [Photo by Zhao Zi / Zhuhai Daily]

Covering 11,800 sqm (3 acres) with floorage of 70,000 sqm (17 acres), the Sanxi Joint Intelligent Manufacturing Harbor will become a high-rise R&D and production base featuring 5G + intelligent manufacturing and integrated circuits. The six in-house companies will focus on R&D of chips, semi-conductors, and high specific energy button batteries, as well as intelligent workshops for lean manufacturing. Once operational, they are expected to generate annual output value of 2.5 billion yuan. 

Applying a pioneering joint bidding model in the city, the two projects have been successful attempts to allow companies to jointly bid for one land lot. Sun Cheng, deputy head of Xiangzhou District, said that the innovative model showcases the district's efforts in dealing with the lack of urban space and relatively low industrial agglomeration.

As of now, 18 projects are under construction at the technology & innovation town. Costing 97 billion yuan ($15.2 billion), they are to yield total annual output value of 17.3 billion yuan ($2.7 billion).

Spanning Lixi, Fuxi, Nanxi, and Jiechong old villages, Shanxing Industrial Zone, and the former Qianshan Commerce & Trade Logistics Park, Sanxi Technology & Innovation Town will agglomerate industrial operators and large firm headquarters while focusing on high-end intelligent manufacturing, new-generation electronic information, and headquarters and digital economy.

Aiming to become a leading industrial cluster, priority will be given to industrial development with accelerated project construction and improved supportive facilities.