What kind of investment is on county governments' wish lists? Quite obviously, every county will differ, but looking through the governments' investment wants can bring up some excellent ideas of where the rural economy is headed.
I have mentioned before that the number of tourism-related projects took up almost half the list of the local Investment Guide. What else was on there, though? What does the local government envision, and how worthy are they as investment ideas?
Unfortunately, the last time I wrote of the local government's "Detailed List of Market Values to Invite Outside Investment to Sanjiang County", I referred to the investment projects as already done. It is time to confess my error. The title should have been enough to let me know it is intended to "invite outside investment." The projects have not been done at all. If you care to know how I could make such a mistake, I would explain that the Chinese language is not particularly fond of clear tense in the verbs, and you have to pick up on other clues. The title should have been my clue! Anyway...
The local county government posted ten projects they see as the best investment opportunities in this county as a part of an effort to invite outside investment to the county. Six of the ten projects the government would like to see happen in their county were tourist related, as I said before. Of the other four, two are industrial and two are agriculture related. The four others are a tea oil nut crushing factory, an industrial park, a comprehensive agricultural product manufacturing center, and a paper mill.
I will have to talk about some of these investment possibilities individually in the coming days, for fear that you would not want me to rant on about all of them here and now. I would love to know more about the industrial zone they want to have built. And the paper factory sounds interesting, but I will have admit I know little more than that the county is well known for its lumber resources, especially China fir. We will have to explore those four "investment invitations" further!
