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Chiayi City Regional Information

Chiayi City

Area (km2) 60.0256
Land use
Industrial, 4.73%; type-B industrial, 1.55%; separate industrial, 0.08%; commercial, 4.21%; agricultural, 49.05%; residential, 30.06%; other areas, 10.32% 		  
Demographic Information Total population (persons) (as of Oct. 2011) 271,644
Gender distribution (%) Male 49.15%
Female 50.85%
Unemployment rate (%) 5.80%
Employed population (measured as a % of the total population of Chiayi City) 114000(41.97%)
Employed population of each industry as a percentage (%) of the total employed population (primary, secondary, and tertiary industries) 1.75%,
26.32%,
71.93%
Education level of the employed population as a percentage of the total employed population (college or above %; high/vocational school %) 57.89%,
28.95%
Age composition of the employed population (the number of workers between 25 and 44 years of age as a percentage of the total employed population; the number of workers between 45 and 65 years of age as a percentage of the total employed population) 59.65%,
33.33%
Key industries for investment (list five)
  1. Health care and care industries
  2. Tourism, sports, and leisure industries
  3. Cultural and creative industry
  4. Agricultural and food processing industries
  5. Precision machinery industry
  
Publication Date：11/10/17

Geographical location of Chiayi City

Chiayi City is located north of the Chianan Plain, west of Alishan, east of the Chiayi Airport, north of the Bazhang River, south of the Puzi River, and 1 km away from the Tropic of Cancer. The city measures approximately 15.8 km wide (from east to west) and 10.5 km long (from north to south) and has a total area of 60.0256 km2. The city is situated next to Chiayi County and features fertile plains, with some hills found in the Zhuqi Township. Topography-wise, the terrain becomes increasingly flat from east to west which mostly comprises wide and flat plains.

Development Positioning and Strengths of Chiayi City

Development Positioning

(1) Building a beautiful, peaceful, artistic, safe, and sustainable city.

(2) Creating an efficient, convenient, prosperous, and informative technology hub.

(3) By engaging in regional collaboration and sub-regional center integration, the Chiayi City government plans to develop Chiayi City into the "door" to Alishan as well as the Yunlin, Chiayi, and Tainan tourism and leisure industries.

Development Strengths (Objectives) of Chiayi City

(1) The cities in the sub-regional centers are strengthened, in order to develop Chiayi into a leading, multi-functional metropolitan area. City and county resources are actively integrated in order to establish favorable communication channels and cooperative relations, and collaborate in promoting developments in fields such as the arts, biotechnology, commercial ports, and the tourism industry.

(2) High-tech industries are developed to promote the transformation of traditional industries.

(3)Cultural arts and natural resources can be combined to create a diversified urban recreation environment.

(4)Core historical and cultural areas are leveraged to reshape local cultural characteristics and the city’s urban image.

Infrastructure

Chiayi's main transportation systems include freeways, provincial highways, high-speed railway, railway, the Chiayi Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, and air transport.

Railways

The western line of the railway runs through the city, and people (or cargo) can board (or be loaded) at Chiayi Station. The Alishan Line is one of the world's few mountain railways. Most of the passengers travelling from Chiayi City to Alishan are tourists.

High-speed railway and the Chiayi BRT

The Chiayi BRT was built to facilitate travel between the high-speed railway and Taibao City (passing through the Chiayi City downtown area). Travel from the downtown area to the THSR Chiayi Station takes approximately 30 minutes.

Freeways

Freeway 3 runs through the eastern part of Chiayi City. Travel from the downtown area to Freeway 3 takes approximately 15 minutes. Freeway 1 runs alongside the western border of Chiayi City. Travel from the downtown area to Freeway 1 takes approximately 15 min. Freeway 1 is a critical transportation system connecting Chiayi City to other highway systems.

Provincial Highway 82

The east–west Provincial Highway 82 runs through the southern part of Chiayi City and is connected to Freeways 1 and 3.

Air Transport

Chiayi Airport is run by Uni Air and offers direct flights to Kinmen and Magong Airports. Travel from the downtown area to Chiayi Airport takes approximately 15 minutes.

Reservoirs

The Renyitan Reservoir and Lantan Reservoir are the major suppliers of water for Chiayi City, and have total storage capacities of 25.85 million m3 and 9.79 million m3, respectively.

Department Stores/Shopping Centers

Chiayi City has the first large-scale Japanese shopping mall (Nice Plaza) in the Changhua, Yunlin, and Chiayi regions as well as two large department stores (Far Eastern Department Store and Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store); In addition, the city has two major shopping centers, Carrefour and RT-Mart.
 

Publication Date：11/10/17

Economic Affairs Department, Chiayi City Government

The Industrial Development &Investment Promotion Committee of Chiayi City

Publication Date：11/10/17

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