Since 1993, Hainan Yangpu Land Development Co., Ltd.has
invested more than HK$4.7 billion in infrastructure projects.
Adding investment by government authorities in the harbour,
industry, real estate and other public installations, the
total investment in Yangpu Economic Development Zone has
reached RMB6.8billion.
Harbour
Yangpu has a natural harbour that has been enhanced with
the construction of deep-water berths by the Ministry of
Transportation .The fish stage was completed in 1991 with
the opening of two 20,000-tonne berths and one 3,000-tonne
working vessel berth with an annual capacity of 1 million
tones. The second stage include three 35,000-tonne berths,
which added 1.5 million tonnes capacity at the cost of RMB780
million and opened in 2002 .Yangpu has the only standardized
container terminal in Hainan.
Roads
The original 26.85km classB road that connects Yangpu
with the West Freeway and Hainan's capital Haikou has been
upgraded to a class A road at the cost of RMB150 million.
It only takes 80 minutes driving to Haikou.
Railways
The Hainan rail network, which starts in Sanya, now ends
in Danzhou, southeast of Yangpu. Yangpu is linked by rail
with the Mainland with the complete of the Yuehai railway,
which connects Hainan with the Mainland via a train ferry
across Qiongzhou Strait.
Air Transport
The distance between Yangpu and Meilan International Airport
in Haikou is 145km.
Telecommunication
Telecommunication and postal services are available in
the zone .A microwave and fibre -optic communication network
has been installed, allowing for a switch -system for directdial
phones that can reach more than 150 countries and areas
and a paging system.
Water supply
Traditionally, underground water was the major source of water supply. A system with a daily output of 30,000 tons has been built.
A permanent water supply from Songtao Reservoir
is under construction, which will supply 500,000 tonnes
per day -more than enough to meet the needs of the zone
and the surrounding district .The first stage of the RMB390million
project, with a designed capacity of 200,000tonnes,has been
completed.
The water works has also put into operation.
Power supply
A 448,000 KW power plant has been built in Yangpu and connected to Hainan electricity network. It can fully meet the needs of the whole zone.
Other infrastructure
The developer has also built 45km of concrete road and
the accompanying drainage system, an 11.4km boarder fence
and 18 sq km of land leveling.