Which state in the United States is in the Pacific Ocean?

Hawaii lies in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Hawaii-Hawaii (Hi)

I. Natural and human environment

Climate and area: Hawaii is located in the North Pacific Ocean, including 8 main islands and 124 small islands, with a total area of about 6,425 square miles. Among them, Hawaii Island is the largest, commonly known as the "big island", accounting for about two-thirds of the state's area.

Hawaii is surrounded by the sea and has a pleasant climate. The average temperature is 30 degrees Celsius in summer and about 20 degrees Celsius in winter. The annual rainfall is equivalent to that of Taiwan Province Province, with rainy season in winter.

Capital and population: The whole state of Hawaii is divided into four counties (cities), namely Honolulu, Maui, Hawaii and Kauai. Honolulu, the capital, is located in Oahu.

The total population of Hawaii is nearly 6,543.38+2,000, of which whites account for 33.4%, Asians account for 665.438+0.8% (including 6.7% Chinese, 65.438+05.2% Filipino, 22.3% Japanese, 2.2% Korean, and 65.438+02.5% Native American), and Latin America.

Political system: the state administrative system is two-tier, with the term of office of the governor and deputy governor being four years, and the governor can be re-elected once. The state legislature is divided into two houses. There are 25 senators with a term of 4 years, and 5/kloc-0 members of the House of Representatives with a term of 2 years without re-election.

Natural resources: mainly agricultural products, such as sucrose, pineapple, flowers, fruits and vegetables.

Second, the economic situation.

Important economic indicators

Per capita income: $27,842 in 1.999, higher than $285 1.8, ranking second in all states in the United States.

The state's GDP: 65,438+0,999 is US$ 33,006 (mil), ranking 40th among all states in the United States.

Brief introduction of economic development

Zhou Xia's three economic pillars are tourism, federal defense expenditure and agriculture.

Agriculture in Zhou Xia is dominated by sucrose, pineapple, flowers, fruits and vegetables. Due to oversupply in the market and falling prices, the traditional planting area of sugarcane and pineapple is decreasing. At present, there are 44,000 troops stationed in Hawaii, plus 54,000 family members, making a total of 98,000. Federal defense spending is nearly $300 million a year. However, due to the end of the cold war, the defense funds have decreased and gradually decreased. The Asian economic recession has greatly reduced the number of Japanese and Korean tourists, and Japanese original investment in Zhou Xia has also been withdrawn, which has a great impact on Zhou Xia's economy, especially on real estate development.

In view of this, the Zhou Xia government is eager to disperse its excessive dependence on Japanese funds and tourists and develop its economy in a balanced way. At present, four concrete measures have been taken: (1), promoting agricultural diversification, devoting to the development of aquaculture, marine science and technology and establishing high-tech parks. (2) Develop Zhou Xia into an international conference center. (3) Encourage overseas manufacturers to invest and set up factories, make full use of the preferential conditions of duty-free and low land rent in processing export zones, and develop Zhou Xia's manufacturing industry. (4) Assist Zhou Xia tourism enterprises to expand overseas markets.

Three. taxation

Personal income tax: the tax rate ranges from 2% to 10% (taxable income exceeds $20,500). The highest capital gains category is 7.25%.

Corporate income tax: * * is divided into three grades, with net income below $25,000 being 4.4%, net income between $25,000 and $65,438+000,000 being 5.4% and net income above $65,438+000,000 being 6.4%.

Capital income tax: the tax rate is 4%. Federal tax shall not be listed as a deduction.

General exception tax (GET): All income generated by business activities should be taxed. The tax rate for wholesale industry, secondary service industry, manufacturing industry, agricultural products processing industry and disabled people is 0.5%, the insurance contract is 0. 15%, and the retail trade of goods and services is 4%. Export goods and services can enjoy duty-free treatment.

Use tax: the object of taxation is tangible personal assets that have not paid business tax at the time of import or purchase. Goods imported for retail purposes are 0.5%, and other imported goods are 4%. The use tax paid for the depreciation of tangible personal assets can be deducted when declaring income tax.

Fourth, measures to encourage investment.

The Zhou Xia government provides the following incentives for enterprises in the state:

Manufacturers must meet the following requirements to enjoy the incentive measures in the enterprise zone.

More than half of the total annual income must come from the following production activities: agricultural production or processing, manufacturing, wholesale and marketing, aircraft or ship maintenance, telecommunications, information industry manufacturing or design, medical research and development or clinical experiments.

International business management or environmental protection business training program

Before joining this enterprise zone plan, you must have hired a full-time employee (working more than 20 hours a week), and you must hire 10% more full-time employees every year for the next seven years. Its incentive measures:

Exempt from general business tax and use tax for seven years.

The state income tax is reduced by 80% in the first year and by 10% every other year for the next six years.

In the first year, 80% of the unemployment insurance premium is used to offset the state income tax, and it will be reduced by 10% every other year for the next six years, but the tax offset of these two items shall not exceed 100% of the taxable amount.

A company engaged in international marketing of warehousing, assembly and manufacturing products was established in Zhou Xia, and Zhou Xia provided thirteen foreign trade zones. Manufacturers in the region can enjoy preferential treatment of tax reduction and exemption. In addition, for foreign enterprises investing in Zhou Xia, in order to improve the state's economy and employment opportunities, the Zhou Xia Immigration Bureau will provide assistance for business owners to obtain the right of abode in the United States.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) industrial land

At present, the industrial zones available for investment and construction in Zhou Xia are:

Shiloh FTZ: Located on the Big Island, near Shiloh Port and Airport, with an area of 365,438+0 acres, it is a special economic zone designated by Hawaii to attract manufacturing.

FTZ-9 Headquarters: Located in the center of Honolulu, only 5 miles from Honolulu Airport, it covers an area of 65,438+07 acres, including 30,000 square feet.

James Campell Industrial Zone: the largest industrial zone in Zhou Xia, located in the southwest corner of Oahu, with an area of 105 1 mu, not far from the airport and port, and accessible by expressway.

Maui research and development center; Science Park: R&D Park in Maui covers an area of 300 acres, of which 59 acres belong to FTZ.

Mililani Science and Technology Park: Located in the middle of Oahu, with an area of 256 acres.

Free trade zone of intransitive verbs

Zhou Xia Trade Zone, led by the Ministry of Commerce, Economic Development and Tourism, aims to promote trade and industrial development. It can be divided into two types, one is the general area, which is suitable for transshipment, transportation and processing industries. At present, * * * has 250 freight forwarders operating here, which is the international trade center of Zhou Xia, and the value of goods handled is about 81000000 USD. The other is the zoning, export-oriented duty-free manufacturing zone, which is suitable for food processing or people who want to label their products as "Made in America". Contact telephone number of foreign trade zone:

Foreign Trade Zone No.9, Pier 2, Honolulu Port, Honolulu, USA, 96804.

Tel: 808-5862507 Fax: 808-58625 12.

7. Investment restrictions: Zhou Xia has no special regulations on the investment industry.

Eight. Foreign investment institutions

Ministry of Commerce and Economic Development; Travel)

1 parliament building, 250 S Hotel Street, Honolulu, 968 13.

Tel: 808-5862423 Fax: 808-5872790

Nine, the main industries

Hawaii is dominated by tourism and agricultural products processing.

The cultivated land area in Zhou Xia is 6.5438+0.5 million acres, the value of farmland and above-ground buildings is about 3.9 billion US dollars, and the agricultural income is about 500 million US dollars. Among them, sugarcane production ranks third in the United States, pineapple, coffee, papaya, guava, tropical flowers and bananas rank first in the United States, and the number of people engaged in agriculture-related industries is about 25,000 to 30,000.

Zhou Xia received about 6.87 million tourists, and the tourism income reached 65.438+0.07 billion US dollars. Most tourists come from the United States, accounting for 54.2%, followed by Japan, accounting for 30.4%.