Date November 30 ,2011
China's first high-speed Ro-Ro passenger ship left for Taiwan on Wednesday.
It started its virgin journey from Pingtan in East China s Fujian Province with about 500 tourists on board for a six-day package tour.
At about 09:20, a short and simple ceremony was held at Pingtan harbor and the ship was scheduled to leave at about 09:50 and arrive in Taichung by way of Taiwan Strait.
The ro-ro passenger ship "Haixia," meaning straits in Chinese, will finish the course in three hours.
"Haixia" can accommodate 260 cars and 760 people, with ticket prices set at 600 yuan for economy class, 800 yuan for business class and 1,200 yuan for the first class.
The fare for the six-day package tour is about 3880 yuan or about 610 U.S. dollars per person. The tourists will be able to visit seven counties and cities, including Taichung, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Nantou, where they could see more than 101 scenic spots, including the Riyuetan (Sun-and-moon) Lake, the Ali Mountains.
Pingtan is only 68 nautical miles from Taiwan s Hsinchu. The port has been made a demonstrative zone for the cross-straits exchange and cooperation and a science development area of the cross-straits economic zone.
With an investment of 250 billion yuan over five years, the Pingtan comprehensive experiment zone aims to completely renovate the infrastructure facilities, human and ecological environment on the island, and strives to initially match the economy in Taiwan region within three years.
The experiment zone is to execute favorable policy measures to attract investment from Taiwan.
Some famous enterprises from Taiwan began to invest in building factories on the island in 2010, while over 200 economic and trade delegations from Taiwan have come to tap investment potentials of the Pingtan zone.
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