位于中国南部广东省的湛江经济技术开发区，为了应对中国加入世贸组织之后的新形势，及时调整策略，以保持开发区能持续发展。
　　首先，湛江开发区将国际资本有意识地从以制造业投向为主逐步引导到向贸易服务等全方位投资。
　　其次，湛江开发区注重利用外资调整开发区的产业结构，努力发展计算机、电子和信息技术等高新技术产业。
　　再次，湛江开发区立足发挥自身优势，迅速提高自身的综合竞争力。湛江开发区的优势就在于可以利用母城丰富的海洋资源和深水良港，发展优势产业。在这方面，湛江开发区主要做了以下三项工作：
　　1、拓展开发区的功能区，在临港地带开辟新的工业区。近年来，中国石油，中海石油和中国石化等大型石化企业为了适应中国加入WTO后的新形势，纷纷“抢滩”华南地区，针对这一情况，我们在新开辟的临港工业园内设立重化工业区，引进中国石油、中海石油等国家大型企业的工业项目及销售公司，这些项目投产后，将形成上亿的工业产值和数以亿计的财政收入，将可以在短时期内迅速壮大开发区的经济实力。
　　2、利用海洋水产资源，开辟水产品加工区。湛江开发区所在母城湛江市拥有1556公里的海岸线，海洋资源丰富，对虾等海产品产量居全国首位。为此，我们在原区域范围内，规划出一片海产品加工区，专门引进水产品加工项目。该工业区已在一年间就形成上亿元的工业产值，发展势头良好。
　　3、调整功能布局，发展现代第三产业。
　　湛江开发区经过17年的发展，客观上已成为湛江市的中心城区，为湛江市加快城市化进程作出了应有的贡献。但是在一个城市中心区发展大工业，是不符合环保要求和城市经营战略的，为此，近年来我们着手调整原来的规划布局，将原规划区内未利用的工业用地依法变更为商住用地，大力发展物流、商贸、文化、金融、旅游等现代化第三产业。
　　
　　Zhanjiang Zone Adjusts Development Strategy
　　By the Administrative Committee of Zhanjiang ETDZ
　　To meet challenges brought about by China‘s entry of the WTO, the Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone (ZETDZ) in Guangdong province, south China, has adjusted its development strategy.
　　First of all, ZETDZ has made a shift in the direction of international capital flow, from the manufacturing industry to all spheres, including trade and services.
　　Second, the zone is using foreign capital to adjust its industrial structure, with emphasis on the development of computer, electronic and the information industries.
　　Third, the zone is trying to enhance its competitiveness by utilizing Zhanjiang‘s rich marine resources and its status as a deep-water port. ZETDZ has done the following in this regard:
　　1. Opening up a new industrial district close to the port. In recent years, to meet challenges that come with China‘s entry of the WTO, giant petroleum and petrochemical companies including PetroChina, CNOOC and Sinopec have been aggressively expanding their business in southern China. ZETDZ has opened up a Heavy-chemical Industrial District in its newly developed Littoral Industrial Park as a site for industrial operations and sales outlets to be set up by these petroleum and petrochemical companies.
　　2. Opening up an aquatic product processing area. Zhanjiang City, which plays host to the ZETDZ, has a 1,556-km coastline, 46% of Guangdong‘s total. The city has 100,000 square km of beach land rich in marine resources. Its prawn output ranks first in the country, for example. In recent years, many businesses from the United States, Taiwan and Hong Kong have been attracted to Zhanjiang by its rich marine resources. We have demarcated an Aquatic Products Processing Area in the original development zone for aquatic products processing projects.
　　3. Developing the service industry on undeveloped spaces of the zone. After 17 years of development, ZETDZ has become practically the downtown area of Zhanjiang City. Evidently, it is not advisable to develop industries at the heart of a city. Nor are high prices of land in downtown Zhanjiang conducive to attracting industrial investors. We have, therefore, changed the original function of the land, turning it from industrial land into land for commercial purposes. ■