ADVANTAGES FOR INVESTMENT

    Advantage NO.1：An outstanding advantage in petrochemical industry with abundant raw material supply for processing．Maoming has always been enjoying the title of South oil City．Maoming Petrochemical Company possesses a complete production and Operation System with a 1，350，000t/a Oil refinery and a 380，000t/a ethylene plant，whiCh can Supply Other enterprises With suffiCient downstream products．The expansion Of existing ethylene plant to a capacity Of 800，000t/a is under constructiOn While the expansiOn Of the refinery to a capacity Of l8,000，000t/a a iS already planned．Completing with Maoming Petrochemical Company and the processing Of its downstream products hold a broad prospect．

    Advantage NO.2：lts excellent quality and high efficiency agriculture enjoys high prestige nationwide，with abundanthigh qunlity agricultural and sideproducts．Many agricultural commercial production bases have been establiShed for grain，oil，vegetables，fruits，aquatic products，Poultry and animals，and south drugs,etc．lts `Lingnan Superb Fruits`，Such as litchi，longan，and ba-nana are renowned at home and abroad．lts‘Sanhuang Ji`-a kind of local hen-being one of itS proud poultry products，is well known far and wide．The total area for fruit planting exceeds 286，000 hectares，yielding an out-put of more than l，900，000 ton in 2002．The produc-tions of vegetables，meat and aquatic products are about 2，000，000 ton，600，000 ton and 730，000 ton respeCtively．its abundant agricultural products ensure sufficient raw material supply for processing industry．

    Advantage NO.3：Abundant sea and mineral resources With promising prospects of developing．Maoming munici-pality possesses a coastline of 220km，a shallow sea area of 1047km2 and Guangdong`s largest fiShing port—Bohe Port，WhiCh is in abundance of sea products such as lobster，prawn，perch，sea cucumber，crab，etc．Maoming municipality is also riCh in a variety of mineral resources of high quality，27kinds of WhiCh possess proven reservations．The reservation of 5.l billion tons of oil Shale as well as the reservation of 0.3 billion ton of Kaolin rank the first in China．Rare element and porphyrite tin ore are of national large scale．The jade of Xinyi,renowned as‘South Jasper’，is one of the three largest mines．Maoming`S large-Scale Kaolin deposit is a rare coat-ing grade high qUality one，whose quality being superior to that of SPP from China`s Suzhou and England．lt has a broad prospect for comprehensive utilization．

    Advantage NO.4：RiCh tourism resources With great po-tentlal of development．Maoming is abundant in human Cul-tural scenlc spots such as The Temple of Xiefuren，Baoguang Tower,Old Dianbai City，The Dahongguo Palace in Xinyi and the Drum Tower in Huazhou，etc．lts natural scenic spots are Shuidongwan Tourist Resort(Province grade)，Dawtling Natu-ral Reservation Zone (Province grade，Datianding，the peak，is 1704 meters high，which ranks the second highest peak in Guangdong Province．)，Fushanling，Panken`s Immortal Cave，Xijiang Hot Spring，Magang Reshui Hot Sprlng，etc．Shuidongwan Tounst Resort is renowned as The South Beidaihe，acrosswhich，lies Fangji lsland，renowned as a rare ‘Sea-bed Park’．There is a bright prospect for developing tour-1sm characteristic of ecological sightseeing，modern industrial Visiting
    Advantage NO.5：Sufficient human resource of high comprehensive qualification．Maoming has a big population，2.3 million of which are country labor．Maoming municipalitv is strong in Guangdong Province With respect to education．Students passing College en-trance examination has been Bumberng the first rank in Guangdong Proyince for manv years．the comprehensive qualifications of labor force are high．Maoming muniCipalitv is rlch In technlcal force．Maoming Petrochemical Company alone has a technical force of 20，000 people．Maoming College，Maoming TVU，MPCC`s Research lnstitute are supplVing great number of uselul technical forces annually to meet the requirement of the Societv．