3.1. Regional overview
Located in the eastern coast of Lianyungang City and the
south of Yuntai Mountain, Xuwei New Area covers 290 square kilometers.
It is an important part of the south layout in the City’s
“One body two wings” industrial pattern, and also is the vital carrier
for Jiangsu to implement its coastal development strategy (see
Fig. 1).
The Area planned steel, petrochemical, equipment manufacturing,
IGCC polygeneration, logistics as its pillar industries. But as a
carrier for applying eco-industry theory into practice—its ecoindustrial
chain has not been built. Aiming at filling this blank, a
case study was made on the “steel–petrochemical-equipment
manufacturing-IGCC polygeneration-logistics” eco-industrial chain
construction in Lianyungang Xuwei New Area.