在美麗富饒的蘇中平原上，一座新城正在崛起。創(chuàng)建于1993年的姜堰經(jīng)濟(jì)開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)，是姜堰市政府精心打造的新型工業(yè)示范區(qū)、姜堰新城區(qū)。經(jīng)過(guò)幾年的發(fā)展，一座充滿(mǎn)現(xiàn)代化氣息的新城區(qū)框架基本形成。
　　建區(qū)以來(lái)，企業(yè)總數(shù)已經(jīng)超過(guò)300家，其中來(lái)自歐美、澳洲、日韓、南非、新加坡、港臺(tái)企業(yè)近百家，區(qū)內(nèi)主要經(jīng)濟(jì)指標(biāo)年年攀升。
　　開(kāi)發(fā)區(qū)總規(guī)劃面積近100平方公里。一期總面積約20平方公里，初步形成了新能源產(chǎn)業(yè)基地、國(guó)家級(jí)高新技術(shù)產(chǎn)業(yè)化基地、國(guó)家級(jí)汽車(chē)零部件生產(chǎn)基地、江蘇五金機(jī)電產(chǎn)業(yè)特色園，和以華東五金城、錦天汽配港、錦江商貿(mào)城等為龍頭的現(xiàn)代物流服務(wù)業(yè)。二期建設(shè)將強(qiáng)化區(qū)域功能、延伸產(chǎn)業(yè)鏈條、提升集群層次、改善區(qū)域布局、優(yōu)化產(chǎn)業(yè)結(jié)構(gòu)。新城區(qū)建設(shè)秉承“綠色、科技”的理念，著力構(gòu)筑產(chǎn)業(yè)投資的洼地，打造蘇中地區(qū)產(chǎn)業(yè)升級(jí)的新平臺(tái)�！�

A new city is rising up in middle Jiangsu plain. Jiangyan Economic Development Zone, established in 1993, is the new demonstrative industrial park and new urban district carefully created by Jiangyan Government. For years’ development, the basic frame of a new urban district full of modern atmosphere is formed.
　　Since its establishment, there’re over 300 enterprises, hereinto over 100 ones from Europe, America, Japan, Korea, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Its economic index increases every year.
　　The total planned area of the development zone is about 100 square kilometers. The first phase is about 20 square kilometers, which has preliminarily formed new energy industry base,national hi-tech industry base, national auto part production base and provincial hardware electromechanical industrial park; as well as modern logistic service industry considering East China Hardware Plaza, Jintian Auto Part Port and Jinjiang Trade Center as leading enterprises. The second phase will focus on strengthening regional function, extending industrial chain, upgrading cluster level, improving regional layout and optimizing industrial structure. The new urban district is built under the spirit of “green, science and technology” to construct a depression of industrial investment and build a lever to prizing industrial upgrading in Central Jiangsu.