Overview of the Park
Established in 1992, the Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone was approved by the State Council in May 2001 as Guangxi’s first national-level economic and technological development zone. It covers a total area of 302.42 square kilometers and has a total population of 480,000.Currently, Nanning is accelerating the development of a “One Core, Two Wings” development framework. The “Two Ports and One Zone” (Nanning Aerotropolis Demonstration Zone, Nanning International Railway Port, and Comprehensive Bonded Zone) serve as a key wing, fully leveraging the advantages of multimodal transport via air, rail, land, and sea. They play a vital role in integrating with the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, connecting with Southeast Asia, and serving national strategic security, holding significant strategic value.
In 2020, the National Development and Reform Commission and the Civil Aviation Administration of China approved the construction of the Nanning Aerotropolis Demonstration Zone. This is China’s first regional aviation hub positioned to serve Southeast Asia and the country’s 16th national-level aerotropolis demonstration zone.The Aerotropolis Demonstration Zone covers a planned area of 118 square kilometers and is home to Nanning Wuxu International Airport. It is planned to be developed into a regional aviation hub facing Southeast Asia, a cluster for high-end aerotropolis industries, an eco-friendly, smart, and secure airport zone, and a pioneer zone for opening-up and development. The Nanning International Railway Port is a key railway logistics base under development for the New Western Land-Sea Corridor and a core project of the Nanning Land Port-Type National Logistics Hub. It comprises a railway port, a road port, a steel logistics zone, an urban distribution zone, an agricultural product logistics zone, a border logistics zone, a cold-chain logistics zone, a modern integrated logistics park, and a smart port functional zone for ASEAN fresh food.It has achieved “factory-to-factory” connectivity between Nanning, China, and Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, Vietnam, within 24 hours by rail and 12 hours by road.
The Nanning International Railway Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone covers a planned area of 1.254 square kilometers. The bonded zone serves as a vital platform for the integrated development and cooperation of cross-border industries and is one of the few bonded zones in the country that operates with integrated airport and land port functions.
I. Prime Location
The Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone is located in southern Nanning, adjacent to the Nanning Sub-zone of the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Situated at the intersection of the South China, Southwest China, and ASEAN economic circles, it is a key development area within the Beibu Gulf core urban cluster.Facing Southeast Asia and backed by the Greater Southwest, it borders Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, and Hainan to the east and the Beibu Gulf to the south. As a key node along the “Belt and Road” initiative and the New Western Land-Sea Corridor, it features the “two proximities and two adjacencies” of being close to the sea, close to the border, along the river, and along the corridor.
II. Convenient Transportation
Aviation: Nanning Wuxu International Airport serves as China’s international hub for ASEAN countries and a regional aviation hub for Southeast Asia. It currently operates a total of 205 routes, including 180 domestic routes and 25 international and regional routes, as well as 10 international cargo routes connecting Nanning with ASEAN and South Asian nations, providing comprehensive coverage of major cities across ASEAN.The park holds designations as a port of entry for three categories of goods: edible aquatic animals, chilled and frozen aquatic products, and fruits.
Rail: The Nanning International Railway Port and the largest railway marshalling yard (container freight station) in Southwest China are located within the park. Four high-speed rail lines—Nankun, Xiang-Gui, Nan-Qin, and Nan-Chong—converge here, and the Trans-Asian Railway provides direct access to ASEAN countries such as Vietnam and Thailand.
Road: The park is connected by multiple expressways and national/provincial highways, including the Nanning Ring Expressway, Airport Expressway, Second Airport Expressway, Nanning-Yufu Pass Expressway, Wuxu Airport-Datang Expressway, and Yufu Avenue.
Water Transport/Maritime Transport: The park is 100 kilometers from the Pinglu Canal and 100 kilometers from Qinzhou Port—one of the three major deep-water ports in the Beibu Gulf—as well as 170 kilometers from Fangchenggang Port and 200 kilometers from Beihai Port. Inland Waterway Transport: It is 20 kilometers from Nanning Niwan Port, a hub on the Xijiang River’s “Golden Waterway,” with water routes connecting upstream to Yunnan and Guizhou and downstream to Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao.
Rail Transit: Metro Lines 2, 4, and 5, as well as the Airport Line (planned). The Nanning International Airport Comprehensive Transportation Hub (GTC) is Guangxi’s first integrated transportation hub combining civil aviation, high-speed rail, intercity rail, expressways, and urban rail transit.
III. Convergence of Policies
The area benefits from multiple national strategies and preferential policies, including the Western Development Strategy, the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, the Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt, the Comprehensive Financial Reform Pilot Zone along the Border, the Financial Opening Portal facing ASEAN, and policies for ethnic minority regions. Any enterprise that aligns with the industrial positioning of the Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone and falls under the encouraged industries of the Western Development Strategy or the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone may, upon approval, enjoy corporate income tax rates as low as 9%. Additionally, enterprises may combine these benefits with other support policies in accordance with the requirements of autonomous region and Nanning municipal documents.
For key industries that are encouraged and guided for development, policy support is provided in areas such as factory rent, equipment procurement, and operational contributions. For major projects, specialized and customized support measures—such as “one policy per enterprise” and “case-by-case consideration”—are implemented to effectively reduce business operating costs and stimulate enterprise growth.
IV. High-Quality Services
The Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone established Guangxi’s first and China’s third Administrative Approval Bureau, taking the lead in implementing “approval within the zone,” “service within the zone,” “a single department and a single seal for approvals,” as well as “one-stop processing” and “single-window processing.”The zone has introduced a reform of the food business license system based on a notification and commitment mechanism, actively promoted “land acquisition to construction commencement” approval for industrial projects (with a processing time as fast as 25 working days), and completed business registration in just 0.5 working days. Leveraging the Guangxi Integrated Digital Government Platform, the zone actively promotes paperless approval models and advances “Internet Plus Policy Implementation” services. By utilizing “Internet Plus” and other means, it has further enhanced the efficiency of policy implementation, with administrative approval efficiency reaching a leading national level.
V. Industrial Foundation
The zone focuses on building a full-industry-chain ecosystem aligned with the development of the Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone, including:
Electronic Information: The zone has attracted a number of key electronic information projects, such as AAC Technologies, EVOC Smart Valley, Hong Kong WinTop, Liangang Optoelectronics, Kolin Semiconductor, and Liyuan Electronics. The industry covers chips, screens, motors, cameras, modules, mobile phones, wearable devices, data cables, and module assembly.
Biopharmaceuticals: The zone has attracted companies such as Sinopharm, Zhenxiu, Liuyao, Hainan Huluwawa, China Resources Pharmaceutical, Yili Pharmaceutical, Baihui Pharmaceutical, and Huayin Medical, forming an industrial landscape centered on biopharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese medicine, health supplements, medical devices, and modern pharmaceutical logistics.
Aerotropolis Industries: Focusing on airport logistics, aircraft maintenance and manufacturing, aerotropolis high-tech, and airport support industries, the area has attracted well-known enterprises such as China Post Group, China Southern Airlines, Beibu Gulf Airlines, Shenzhen Airlines, Vipshop, Minsheng E-commerce, SF Express, and Ping An Real Estate.
Urban Food Industry: Focusing on the development of beverage and food industries, with well-known companies such as Wahaha, Xuanma, Master Kong, Wanglaoji, Panpan, Mengniu, Huangshi Dairy, and Urban Sweetheart already established here.
Equipment Manufacturing: Focuses on automotive parts, construction machinery, wires and cables, CNC equipment, and smart hardware. Well-known companies that have established operations here include Yutong, Xiongsu, Zonglan Cable, Guanglan Technology, Yangong Cable, and Galanz.
Modern Services: Focusing on headquarters economy, finance, venture capital, modern logistics, e-commerce, R&D, testing and inspection, and exhibition and conference services. Well-known companies that have established operations here include GLP, SF Express, Shenzhen International, Best Express, as well as China Resources Fund and Shenzhen Venture Capital.
VI. Business-Friendly and Livable
Service Platforms: The area boasts 6 national-level innovation platforms, 24 autonomous region-level innovation platforms, and 26 municipal-level innovation platforms. Public technical platforms such as the Guangxi Medical Device Testing Center and the Guangxi Huayin Medical Laboratory of Southern Medical University are located within the zone.
Logistics Services: Logistics parks operated by world-renowned companies like GLP, along with domestic leaders such as SF Express, Deppon, and Best Express, provide efficient and convenient logistics services to enterprises.
Water and Power Supply: Mature and comprehensive infrastructure for electricity, water supply and drainage, and natural gas is in place. As a key priority area for Nanning City, cables and municipal pipelines are laid up to the property lines of industrial project sites.
Leisure and Entertainment: The area features national-level forest parks and wetland reserves that fully support the daily lives of residents, as well as a variety of commercial properties, hotels, and commercial districts.
Educational Facilities: The area boasts 33 kindergartens and 38 primary and secondary schools, ensuring convenient access to education.
VII. Preferential Policies of Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone (Excerpts)
(1) Corporate Income Tax
Newly established enterprises eligible for the 15% corporate income tax rate under the National Western Development Policy are exempt from the local portion of corporate income tax (resulting in an effective tax rate of 9%).
(2) Promoting the Clustering of Advanced Manufacturing
1. For major manufacturing projects with fixed-asset investments of 200 million yuan or more that commence construction within the timeframe specified in relevant agreements and meet the relevant conditions, a reward of 2%–3% of the actual completed fixed-asset investment amount will be granted, with a maximum reward of 30 million yuan.
2. For manufacturing relocation projects with equipment investments of 20 million yuan or more, a one-time subsidy for the relocation and transportation of existing equipment may be granted. The subsidy amount is calculated as 5‰ of the cumulative output value within two years of signing the project entry agreement, with a maximum of 1 million yuan.
3. For newly introduced industrial enterprises of a certain scale that lease standard factory buildings within the Economic and Technological Development Zone (ETDZ) to conduct production and business operations, if their contribution to the local economic development of the ETDZ exceeds 200,000 yuan per 1,000 square meters,a rent subsidy of 6 yuan per month per square meter will be provided in the following year. Furthermore, for every additional 100,000 yuan per 1,000 square meters contributed to the local economic development of the Economic and Technological Development Zone, an additional rent subsidy of 3 yuan per month per square meter will be granted. The annual subsidy amount shall not exceed the enterprise’s annual rent expenditure, and the incentive period is five years.
4. For biopharmaceuticals, chemical drugs, and Class 1 traditional Chinese medicine projects holding a New Drug Certificate; Class 2 chemical drugs and traditional Chinese medicine projects; and Class 3 and 4 chemical drug projects, a one-time reward of 5 million yuan, 2 million yuan, and 500,000 yuan, respectively, will be granted once the project and products have officially commenced production and sales.
5. For medical device manufacturers in the Economic and Technological Development Zone that obtain Class III or Class II registration certificates for new products, a one-time reward of 1 million yuan per Class III certificate and 300,000 yuan per Class II certificate will be granted upon the project’s commencement of production and inclusion in the statistical reporting system, and upon the formal commencement of production and sales of the new products covered by those certificates, respectively.
6. For newly introduced industrial projects, if the contribution to the local economic development of the Economic and Technological Development Zone reaches 3 million yuan or more after production begins and the project meets the scale criteria, a reward of 20% to 50% of the enterprise’s contribution to the local economic development of the Economic and Technological Development Zone will be granted, with the reward period lasting for 5 years.
7. For newly introduced manufacturing projects, a reward of 200,000 yuan will be granted if the project is included in the list of industrial enterprises above designated size within one year from the date of signing the agreement to enter the zone.
(III) Promoting the Aggregation of Modern Service Industries
1. Enterprises whose annual contribution to the economic development of the Economic Development Zone reaches 5 million yuan or more (including 5 million yuan), 10 million yuan or more (including 10 million yuan), 20 million yuan or more (including 20 million yuan), and 30 million yuan or more (including 30 million yuan) shall be granted rewards equivalent to 30%, 40%, 50%, and 60% of the enterprise’s contribution to the local economic development of the Economic Development Zone, respectively,The reward period is 5 years.
2. For newly established (or relocated) modern service industry projects that have been certified and contribute 2 million yuan or more per 1,000 square meters to the local economic development of the Economic Development Zone, a one-time subsidy of 200 yuan per square meter will be provided for the purchase of office space (excluding ancillary facilities and supporting structures) developed by state-owned enterprises within the Economic Development Zone for the enterprise’s own use, up to a maximum of 3 million yuan.
3. Newly established (or relocated) headquarters enterprises that meet the relevant criteria will receive a one-time startup incentive of 3 million yuan.
4. For equity investment enterprises established as partnerships, if the actual funds raised by the partnership in the current year exceed 100 million yuan, a one-time incentive of up to 1 million yuan will be granted to the equity investment management firm commissioned by the partnership.
(IV) Promoting the Clustering of High-Tech Enterprises
1. For various high-tech enterprise science and technology projects (including intellectual property projects) and science and technology awards that have received funding from national, provincial, or municipal authorities, matching funds will be provided at 100%, 70%, and 50% of the funded amount, respectively.
2. Enterprises meeting relevant criteria will receive R&D support equivalent to 5% of their annual R&D expenditure.
3. For technology-related loans taken out by high-tech enterprises and technologically advanced service enterprises, interest subsidies will be provided at 50% of the one-year benchmark interest rate for bank loans. The subsidy period shall not exceed three years, with a maximum total subsidy of 1 million yuan.
(V) Promoting the Clustering of Airport-Related Industries
Priority will be given to developing airport-related industrial projects such as airport logistics, aviation maintenance and manufacturing, and high-tech industries. Newly established airport-related industrial projects, upon certification, may be eligible for rewards comparable to those provided for promoting the clustering of advanced manufacturing through fixed-asset investment incentives.
(VI) Tailored Policies for Each Enterprise
For key projects with strong driving force and significant contributions to local economic development, those meeting relevant criteria may, upon approval by the Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee, receive support through a “tailored policy for each enterprise” and “case-by-case” approach.