E-Town Construction And Recreation Of Regional Competition Advantage——The Developing Strategy And Industry Upgrade Of Shilong E-Town

Shilong town, a historical town in south China, is the first experimental E-Town constructing in our country. In Shilong, there is a well-built telecom network infrastructure, a developing IT manufacture industry, and series of policies supported from both central and local government. After development for more than 20 years since China's open policy, Shilong will capture the E-Town constructing chance to upgrade its industry and recreate its regional competition advantage.A maturity infrastructure and the innovation environment formed by the E-Town constructing program in Shilong not only will benefit the local companies, but also will attract much more and large manufacturers to run their businesses in Shilong. The industry in Shilong upgrades from the traditional simply-labor-force-denseness to the OEMS which are supported by large manufacturers from inside and outside China with high-tech content. At the same time, Shilong will improve its regional competition advantage by developing the related wiring upper industry and imitated-learning among the companies. Finally, the Shilong town government will play an important role in the process of constructing E-Town and formulating its regional competition advantage.