Geographic Location
    Shantou FTZ lies at 116°43'E in longitude and 23°16'N inlatitude, where the international main sea route in the west area of Pacific Ocean passes through. It is 179s.m apart from Hongkong and 180s.m from Kaohsiung in Taiwan.

Climate and Geology
    It is of subtropical martitime climate averaging annually 2,000-3,000h in sunshine time, 21.3°C in temperature, 1,514mm in precipitation and 82% in relative humidity. So the climate is humid temperate, neither cold in winter nor hot in summer.
The soil consists of clay, wet sand and grit, and the ground of grit does of coarse sand and mid-fine sand. The texture has turned out to be of good engineering geology.

Transportation
    From Shantou Port cargo ships can sail to about 160 ports in over 40 countries and regions, as well the main ports of China. Eight kilometres away, the FTZ itself has two special use wharves, one for 30,000-dwt bulk ships, the other 3,000-dwt container ships, between which and Hongkong there is a seaway, four back-and-forth voyages per week. Only 500 metres away is Guangao Deep-water Port, where a 25,000-dwt berth has been in use. We are building two 50,00-dwt berths, which can be put into user in 2006.
    The zone is 8 km away from the entrance of Shen-Shan Express Way in Dahao three hours' drive from Shenzhen SEZ. 12 km away is the starting station of Guang-Mei-Shan Railway, which connects Jing-Jiu-Jiu Railway at Longchuan and joins the national railway network.
    It is only 19 km to Shantou Airport, where thereare more than 40 routes, domestic and international. Both passenger and cargo transport business can be dealt with over there.