 Over the past ten years of
large-scale construction, the investment environment in Lianyungang has been improved day
by day. In 1992, in was rated as one of the forty best cities in China in terms of
investment environment.
Already the main communications network in Lianyungang with water, land and air transport has taken shape. Being one of the 54 large and medium-sized airports in China, the civil airport in Lianyungang can land large and medium-sized passenger planes such as MD82 and boeing767. It has opened airlines to Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Xiamen, Wuhan and Dalian. International airlines will be open in the near future. Fast passenger trains from Lianyungang to Beijing, Shanghai, Baoji, Changzhou and Wuhan and Urumqi are available with the completion of the rebuilding of the east part of Lianyungang-Lanzhou Railway into a double-track railway, Roads in Lianyungang extend in all directions. The first-rate highway from Lianyungang to Nanjing was open to traffic in 1996. The two trunk highways, namely the Tongsan Highway (from Tongjiang in Helongjiang Province to Sanya in Hainan Province) and the Lianhuo Highway (from Lianyungang to Huoermusi in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region), meet in Lianyungang. Lianyungang is listed by the Central Government as one of the 45 main communication hubs of highways in China. Inland navigation links Lianyungang with Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. Regular passenger or cargo ships from Lianyungang with Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, and regular passenger or cargo ships from Lianyungang to Dalian in China and Mokpo in the Republic of Korea will be available in the near future. Lianyungang has sufficient water and electricity supply with average per capita water of 1,595 M 3 and a total electricity installation capacity of 500,000 KW. The 2,300,000KW thermal power generating extension project, and the nuclear power plant, which is the biggest Sino-Russian cooperative project, are under construction. The posts and telecommunications industry is developing very quickly with over 500,000 lines of program-controlled telephones. A modern telecommunications network with optic fiber, microwave and program-controlled exchanges as the main body has taken shape, which enables people to call both domestic and overseas cities or regions from any place in Lianyungang.
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