Efforts should be made to establish a labor-intensive, technology-intensive and garden-like urban-style industry with high industry relativity and concentration as well as low pollution. It is a new mode to be promoted and advocated in order to upgrade Yichang industry level, improve the environment in the urban area and better urban management.
　　To Strengthen the Development Path of Urban-style Industry
　　Urban-style industry is the major direction of urban industrial development at present. As for development ideas and standpoints, we should aim to optimize the urban industrial layout and accelerate industrial economic development to establish industrial clusters with high industry relativity and concentration. In that way, transformations will be achieved from the traditional loose industry to the modern intensive urban industry, from the old-factory mode with wide spread, heavy pollution and noise to the industrial park with high concentration and beautiful environment, and from the isolated industrial layout with a small scale, lower grade to the industry chain with joint investment & development as well as specialization and cooperation.
　　New York, the biggest economic center in America, had spent quite a long period on its urban industry development before it grew to a considerable scale. Now fashion industry, publishing industry and food manufacturing industry have been the leading industries in New York urban industry, among which fashion industry is the biggest in New York with an annual income of approximately $3 billion. In China, Shanghai is the first to develop urban-style industry. Research institutions were set up in 1998 in order to develop urban-style industries in different fields, such as electronic information products, software development, clothing, diamond & jewelry, watches & glasses, etc. This is beneficial to city beautification, environmental protection, employment as well as quality and efficiency of economic operations. Yichang industry is underdeveloped and the industrial layout is loose, isolated and slow. This is directly related to unreasonable industrial structure and product mix, insufficient joint investment & development as well as specialization & cooperation, insufficient intensive operation and utilization of the city’s potentials. Only through developing urban industry, adjusting urban industry layout and structure can we effectively solve these problems.
　　To Make a Scientific Urban-style Industrial Layout
　　Firstly, we should make elaborate urban plans. The related departments should regard the construction of urban industry and its industrial parks as significant parts of the overall city plans. The land for urban industry and its industrial parks shall not be permitted to be used for other purposes. The green light should be given to the location of the urban-style industries; the positive support and the favorable protection policies should tilt to the urban industry and its industrial parks. Urban-style industry, kind of mini, fast transferred, suitable to be developed in large scales, can be managed centrally and can be operated with standards. Secondly, we should create a pleasant developing environment for urban industries. On one hand, the polluting enterprises should be driven out of the downtown areas as quickly as possible; the enterprises which tend to stay in the industry parks must be environmentally friendly and keep congruent with the surrounding environment, ecosystem and the citizens\' lives. On the other hand, the active support is supposed to be offered to the enterprises that meet the standards of the urban-style industries. On the basis of compliance with national laws and regulations, any mode of operation, any scope of business, and any scale of business are reasonable. Thirdly, we should emphasize the macro regulation and control. In order to avoid the repeated constructions with low quality and the excessive competition among enterprises, it is advisable to improve industrial correlations and concentrations, to reform the traditional industries and to increase the technology value of the urban-style industries. As a result, promising economy with regional characteristics is expected to be achieved.
　　According to the urban-style industrial requirements and the actual situations of the Yichang industries, the development of urban-style industries should be market-oriented with the enterprises as the dominating body; the industry parks must be taken as the platform and the projects as the carrier. We should concentrate our strength on developing equipment manufacturing, biomedicine, food processing, electronics & information, travel goods and other key industries. Taking the equipment manufacturing as an example, we can consider new energy and energy saving equipments, ships & marine power and spare parts, wire & cable and power transmission control devices, machine tools and machine tool accessories the key industries. We can optimize the layout of the six equipment manufacturing industry parks, namely, Gaoxin, Dianjun, Wujiagang, Yiling, Baiyang and Yidu district of Yichang City. We can focus on cultivating metal products, transportation equipments, general equipments and special equipments to establish a number of industrial clusters in Yichang.
　　To Promote Rapid Development of “Urban-style Industry”
　　Firstly, industrial guidance strategies ought to be implemented. In view of the actual situation of Yichang, neither adding incremental investment nor opening up new areas should be included in the course of development. While many better infrastructures, excellent companies with certain production scale as well as idle industrial estate can be used. In terms of operation, the main task is to attract a certain number of as well as certain-sized enterprises to join in. In terms of corporate structure, it mainly refers to those medium-sized and small enterprises which have multiple ownerships. As for industry selection, it is mainly comprised by light industries, science & technology labor-intensive industries, technology-intensive industries and some supporting industries for “Urban-style Industry”. Key support will be given to the development of industries & enterprises which have shaken off poverty or science & technology-oriented as well as employment-oriented.
　　Secondly, the strategy about how to gather experienced professionals or specialists should be carried out. Besides, attention ought to be paid to integrating the advantages of industries of different levels. The enthusiasm of municipal and district industries & undertakings should be fully stimulated, the former of which serve as a “strip” while the latter a “block”. In that way, an interest community can be formed. Support for outstanding enterprises to come to stay in the industrial parks should be encouraged, too. Joint reorganization and agglomeration advantages should also be emphasized. Furthermore, importance ought to be attached to the industries’ coordination and the collection of related products. Ideally, a market with great variety of goods and high purchasing power will be set up. And the agglomeration advantages can be used to seize the commanding point of the market.
　　Thirdly, the strategy of innovative characteristics should be put into effect. The base can be formed when focusing on the policy of “boasting a particularly strong industry as well as developing multi-industries simultaneously”. In addition, the pace of technology innovation should be accelerated. So science & technology incubators can be established, which will promote the upgrade of products. Efforts should also be made to technology investment, technology development and to establishing and perfecting technology development center. High-tech talents at home and abroad, advanced equipment and technology ought to be vigorously brought in.
　　Fourthly, the strategy of “using sound infrastructure to attract investors” should be practiced. With regard to the key point of work, no efforts ought to be spared to look for large companies, engage in grand coalition and attach to famous brands. In the respect of cooperation, priority should be given to the development of urban-style industry parks as well as the construction of plants and buildings to comply with the requirements of urban industry. Moreover, well-known enterprises and the same industry groups can assemble in order to enhance market attractiveness and purchasing capacity.
　　Fifthly, the strategy of “one unit guiding a whole area” should be implemented. Municipality invested enterprises can be regarded as a breakthrough, which can be utilized for seizing the opportunity for a new round of state-owned business reform, broadening our thinking, adjusting the layout of urban industry as well as adjusting enterprises’ product structure and organization structure. In order to make the factories’ appearance match with the urban landscape, advantages for development should be accumulated, plants & buildings should be planned and adjusted as well as a modern property management should be explored and implemented. On the basis of some model enterprises setting up good examples, urban-style industry system with Yichang characteristics will be gradually formed, which will become both a pillar of economy and a beautiful landscape of Yichang.