Asia New Bay Area () is an industrial, exhibition and cultural site located at

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

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. It is a major construction of

Kaohsiung City Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiu ...

's industrial transformation, in order to promote the urban development of

Kaohsiung Harbor The Port of Kaohsiung (POK; ) is the largest harbor in Taiwan, handling approximately 10.26 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of cargo in 2015. The port is located in southern Taiwan, adjacent to Kaohsiung City, and surrounded by t ...

and downtown

. The area of Asia New Bay Area is about and the total investment amount is about

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130 billion, with funds coming from the

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and Kaohsiung City Government, along with investments from enterprises. Asia's New Bay Area expands Kaohsiung's international visibility, enabling Kaohsiung to become a Global City to further attract both domestic and foreign investors.

Range

Headquarter of China Steel Corporation in Kaohsiung, Taiwan-2

The total area of the Asia New Bay Area is more than 600 hectares. It is south of Xinwan District in Asia to Kaixuan Road, the north is Wufu Road, the east side is Yixin Road, and the west is to Gushan Hama Star. *

Kaohsiung Exhibition Center The Kaohsiung Exhibition Center (KEC; ) is a convention center in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History Designed by Australian architect, Philip Cox, the KEC was initiated in 2006 and built by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in which ...

* Kaohsiung Main Public Library * Kaohsiung Port Terminal *

Kaohsiung Music Center The Kaohsiung Music Center (KMC; ) is a music hall in Yancheng District and Lingya District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. History In 2009, the Executive Yuan recognized the need to establish a music center in Kaohsiung. The Council for Cultural Affair ...

* Circular light rail * 85 Sky Tower *

China Steel Corporation Headquarters The China Steel Corporation Headquarters () is a 29-story, skyscraper office building in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It houses the corporate headquarters of China Steel Corporation. As of February 2021, it is the 24th tallest buildi ...

* Kaohsiung Software Technology Park *

Sanduo Shopping District metro station Sanduo Shopping District is a station on the Red line of Kaohsiung MRT in Lingya District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The station is named after the Sanduo Shopping District. Station Overview The station is a two-level, underground station with an isl ...

* Dream Mall *

Taroko Park The SKM Park is an amusement park and outlet in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is owned by Shin Kong Mitsukoshi. SKM Park is positioned as an "international lifestyle complex" with restaurants, lifestyle theme stores, and entertainme ...

Development and construction

The Asia New Bay Area is located at the port of

Kaohsiung city Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsiu ...

or in its immediate vicinity. The 500-acre site spans parts of the Gushan, Yancheng, Lingya and Cianjhen districts. The facilities are located on previously industrialized land, which had become vacant and fallow due to the transformation and rationalization of

. All the buildings in the Asia New Bay Area will adopt international competition and the

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of green buildings, which will promote Kaohsiung City's

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industry,

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and

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industries.

Hotels

Hotel Nikko Kaohsiung Hotel Nikko Kaohsiung (Chinese：高雄日航酒店) is a five star hotel located in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The hotel will open in 2023. Hotel Nikko Kaohsiung will be the fourth property of Okura Nikko Hotels to open in Taiwan, follo ...

* InterContinental Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung Exhibition Center

Constructing Kaohsiung Exhibition and Convention Center

Construction on the

began in October 2011, and on October 18, 2013, the finished building was opened. The first fair held here was the "

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" on April 14, 2014. In the immediate vicinity of the center, there is the modern high-rise building with the headquarters of China Steel Corporation.

Kaohsiung Music Center

Kaohsiung_skyline_from_Pier_2_Art_District

The area of the center extends from Pier 11 to Pier 15 of the port. It consists of an outer concert hall for 12,000 spectators, an inner concert hall for 6,000 spectators and six smaller concert halls for 150 to 400 spectators. It also includes a marine culture exhibition center, a water park, a bike path and a cultural and creative market. The expected completion is planned for August 2020.

Kaohsiung Port Terminal

The Kaohsiung Port Terminal stretches from pier 18 to pier 21 of the

and includes an administration building, a conference hall and three

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. The size of the terminal is sufficient to simultaneously accommodate two 225,000-tonne

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. Construction of the terminal is scheduled for November 2016, with the expected opening in June 2020.

Kaohsiung Main Public Library

The 20,000 square meter area houses the Kaohsiung Main Public Library, Taiwan's largest public library. It is an ecological building with eight floors and a basement. The book inventory has over 1 million volumes. The library includes a department for international picture books and a children's theater, the first institution of its kind in the country. Architecture and design work were done by Ricky Liu and the Japanese architect

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’s team. Construction started in October 2012 and was completed in 2014. The LIbrary opened to the public in November 2014. In 2017 the library was regarded as one of the top 10 landmarks of Taiwan by TripAdvisor.

Circular light rail

The Circular light rail of Kaohsiung Rapid Transit in Taiwan is a ring-free route with no overhead lines. It is Taiwan's first tram. It has 36 stations and its route runs along the Kaohsiung attractions.

References

External links

Asia New Bay Area Information NetworkKaohsiung City Government2014 Asia New Bay Area, YouTubeBuilding an Asian New Bay Area: Integrated Development Plan for Land Use and Track Construction
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