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Investment Guide to Hanshan County

Daping Industry and Trade Group.

Hanshan County is located in eastern Anhui Province. Rich in resources, it has more than 30 different types of minerals. Its 5.28 billion tons of anhydrous anhydrite makes Hanshan Asia’s largest reserve of the mineral,. Thanks to these resources Hanshan County has become a leading producer of cast products, cement materials, porcelain, plaster, beer and knitwear.

Ancient Shaoguan Pass.

The county has also forged itself as a base for high quality grains, oil, fruits and vegetables.

The Huayang Cave.

Hanshan boasts beautiful landscape. The famous ancient Chinese writer, ideologist, politician and reformer Wang Anshi wrote Travel Notes of Baochan Mountain based on his experiences there. The Huayang cave, a typical karst landscape with numerous underground rivers and interwoven caves, and the Baochan Temple in Hanshan County are both frequently visited by tourists and travelers. The Taihu Mountain National Forest Park is resplendent with green trees and flowing streams. Other scenic spots include Puming Temple, Moon Lake, and the recently-discovered Neolithic cultural site in Lingjia Beach, where some 1,300 fine antique jades were unearthed.

Catalogue of Investment Invitations
1. Annual 5-million-ton anhydrite extraction project

2. Anhydrite processing district project

3. Annual 4,000-ton high performance magnet expansion project

4. Annual 20-million-square meter plasterboard production line

5. Cotton industry project in Tongzha Town

6. Traditional Chinese Medicine capsule development project

7. Organic sesame oil production project

8. Lingjia Beach cultural relic tourism development project

9. Taihu Mountain ecological tourism development project

10. Shaoguan scenic area tourism development project

11. Shaoguan modern agricultural ecology demonstration park project

12. Fengxiang Valley natural ecology park project

13. Hanshan County new business district project

14. Dongguan wharf expansion project

15. Metal mould numerical control production line project

16. Hanshan County waste disposal project

17. Hanshan Department Store Company assets reorganization project

18. Chaohu grinding wheel asset reorganization project

19. Hanshan Aluminium Company asset reorganization project

20. 100,000-ton nano calcium carbonate production line project

Contact: Ding Youchang

Tel: 86-565-4311152

Taochang Anhydrite Mine

Located in Taochang Town, Hanshan County, the Taochang Anhydrite Mine has proven industrial reserves of 1.5 billion tons, and prospected reserves of 5.28 billion tons. The high quality mine has a stable seam with an average CaSO4 content of 88 percent. In some places, the content reaches over 98 percent. It is the largest plaster seam in Asia, and anhydrites can be found at a depth of 250 meters underground. The mine is currently being explored and developed with investment from the Hengtai Company, a subsidiary of the North Anhui Coal and Electricity Group founded in October 2001.

Contact: Zhu Guangtao

Tel: 86-565-4380133

Lintou Industrial Park

Located in Lintao Town in the southwest of Hanshan County, the Lintou Industrial Park is famed for its casting industry. The town has excellent infrastructure and transport services, and is linked to numerable highways. The planned development area of the industrial park is 200 hectares. This is to be divided into casting, light industry and high-tech areas. More than 40 enterprises have moved into the park to manufacture more than 60 products including auto parts, ship parts, bridge equipment, dust removers, machinery and body-building equipment.

Contact: Wang Qiang

Tel: 86-565-4351008

Daping Industry and Trade Group
The Daping Industry and Trade Group is a state-level agricultural enterprise that specializes in oil processing, Traditional Chinese Medicine processing and specialty breeding. Its 12 branches employ almost 1,000 people, and its total assets amounted to RMB 280 million in 2004.

The group has seven oil processing enterprises with an average annual output of 500,000 tons, the highest in Anhui Province. Some of its dozens of products have won provincial and national organic and green food awards.

Deer breeding and deer product development is one of the group’s key economic resources, with the Taihu Mountain Deer Breeding Center as its base.

Traditional Chinese medicine processing has emerged as a new pillar industry, and the newly invested Taihu Mountain Herbal Medicine Piece Co., Ltd that has an average annual output of 5,000 tons is the largest traditional Chinese medicine plant in Anhui Province.

Contact: Wei Guoping

Tel: 86-565-2391027