The Guangzhou Economic and Technology Development District spreads out on the east edge of Huangpu District

Guangzhou

and is at a distance of 35 Kilometres from the centre of Guangzhou and its total area amounts to 9.6 square Kilometres.There are some alvantages and even more disadvantages in the location of the Guangzhou. Econnomic and Technology Development District

so that it is not easy of forming a strong competition power. If the developing district had located on the Platform near Xintang at a distance of 5 Kilometres towarbs its northerst or on the platform near shipai at a distance of 20 kilometres towards its northwest

the location of the developing district would have been more rational.The Guangzhou Economic and Technology Development District aims primarily at introducing world-standard

advanced technology and at developing new industries. But

for realizing the aims

it must be developed through three stages

that is starting stage

developing stage and finishing stage.The population size of the developing district

according to the method of population capacity per unit area and the experiential data

will be 18000-20000 person in A.D.1990 and about 80000 in A.D. 2000.