About RCJY
Introduction
The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu was established in 1975 by a Royal Decree that granted it financial and administrative autonomy to implement the infrastructure plan required to prepare Jubail and Yanbu as industrial areas within the framework of the Kingdom's policy to diversify sources of income and expand its industrial base. Currently, the Royal Commission runs four industrial cities: Jubail and Yanbu Industrial Cities, Ras Al Khair City for Mining Industries and Jazan City for Primary and Downstream Industries. The Royal Commission has had significant achievements since its establishment and it pursues similar achievements in the future
Vision
The first choice for investors in the industrial sector, and the key contributor to its progress and sustainability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mission
Develop, empower and manage sustainable industrial cities to encourage innovation, and provide advanced infrastructure and remarkable services for a prosperous economy and vital society in line with the aspirations of the Kingdom and partners.
Values
- Empowerment: We enable teamwork and promote cooperative and trustful work with our employees and partners to achieve our mutual objectives and the Kingdom’s vision.
- Development and innovation: We have the human capital, determination and motivation to meet new challenges, and we are committed to innovation and continuous development for value-added partnership.
- Excellence: We strive to perform our works in accordance with the highest standards, best practices and governance that meet our partners’ aspiration. We also constantly develop new techniques for excellent performance level.
- Customer focus: We resolutely seek to serve our clients and engage stakeholders with honesty and respect, and we are committed to establish strong and integral relations through adopting innovative ideas and sharing them with our partners.
- Social responsibility: We are committed to support and develop our society, protect our environment, the optimal use of our natural resources and quality-of-life possibilities for all segments of society.
Strategic objectives
Maximize the contribution to the industrial transformation in the Kingdom.
Maximize the social and economic contribution to the Saudi economy.
Develop the current industrial base and new sectors focusing on attracting small and mid-sized industrial enterprises.
Attract and develop emerging technology investors.
Provide unique empowering features and advanced services.
Privatization of services to enable private sector participation and improve financial sustainability.
Investments Attraction
The Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu is working permanently and continuously to improve the investors’ journey in line with the Saudi Vision 2030 through unified investment procedures and updated electronic portals, in addition to the automation of certain processes that led to reduction in time periods and documents relevant to permits and licenses. To this end, RC utilized recent scientific tools and methods such as (6 Sigma) and others which created a flexible and attractive investment environment for its industrial cities.
As an annual action, the Royal Commission measures the satisfaction of its investors with respect to the services and infrastructure. The Business Center of the Royal Commission in Yanbu has received the Gold Award in the field of "Customer Care" from Harvard Business Council for the year 2022. RC has consistently enabled investors trough developing the logistic centers, establishing workshops and ready-made warehouses to support small and medium enterprises, and to establish PlasChem Park that comes as the product of collaboration between the Royal Commission and Sadara Chemical Company, which would contribute to the growth of the local economy by creating job opportunities, reducing imports, and enhancing the value of Saudi exports.
The Royal Commission has established the Jubail and Yanbu Industrial Cities Services Company to raise the competitiveness among RC cities by enhancing the efficiency of services and infrastructure, which will give the private sector additional opportunities to invest in the fields of construction, housing, and logistics services, in addition to transportations and energy fields and other commercial opportunities.
RC’s industrial cities are considered attractive to investment by the competitive advantages they possess, including integrated infrastructure, vicinity to the source of raw materials and strategic locations on the eastern and western coasts, in addition to the low rental price compared to the rest of the industrial cities in the world. These advantages contribute to create an outstanding investment environment and industrial integration that helps to attract many international companies to invest in the Kingdom.
Association with the Industrial System and Vision 2030
The Royal Commission is one of the important pillars of the Saudi Industrial system. It succeeded in attracting 699 factories to its industrial cities, with a production capacity of 594 million tons.
The Royal Commission significantly contributes to the National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP), one of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 programs, as it works on (40) initiatives. These initiatives are expected to contribute to promoting industrial transformation, developing the current industrial base, developing new sectors, focusing on attracting small and medium industrial enterprises, attracting and developing investors of emerging technology, providing exceptional empowering features, providing advanced services, and transforming services to enable private sector participation and improve financial sustainability. The Royal Commission has won three excellence awards at the level of the (NIDLP) program in executive performance, attracting investments, and empowering SMEs.
The Royal Commission contributes to achieving the goals of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 related to the transfer and localization of industries and technologies and job creation due to its strategy of attracting qualitative investments.
Quality of life
The Royal Commission pays full attention to the residents of its industrial cities, as it annually measures their satisfaction, which enhances the quality of life. The measures taken by RC have contributed to facilitating the residents’ procedures by providing quality and easy services through the Business Center. The Royal Commission seeks to raise the quality of life in these cities by providing its residents with world-class services and facilities.
In the education sector, the Royal Commission was keen to develop its outputs, provide qualified national cadres, and improve the standard of living, security, and health in its industrial cities. Subsequently, Jubail Industrial City won the UNESCO Learning Cities Award 2021. The employment rate for graduates of the Royal Commission’s colleges and institutes during the past year was about 83%, while the average results of the Royal Commission schools in the National Center for Assessment (Summative Assessment) was 74%. The average results of the Royal Commission schools in (Aptitude Tests) were 75% in 2021 AD.
Concerning sustainability, the Royal Commission focused on creating an environment compatible with the industrial development in its industrial cities, by monitoring environmental performance indicators and industrial waste and raising recycling rates by 61% of the targeted industrial waste. The number of companies operating in industrial waste disposal and recycling in the Royal Commission’s cities was 17.