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- The International Business Zone: Located in the is located in the core region of the Guangxi
central downtown area of Fangcheng District, this Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and overlaps with
zone has developed into the cultural, commercial the southwest China, Pan-Pearl River Delta
and administrative center of the city. The goals for and ASEAN economic circles. It is an important
this zone are to build a new ecological bay city and node for China to implement the Belt and Road
an international business service base, and prioritize Initiative, an important platform for China to open
the development of modern service industries such up and cooperate with ASEAN countries, and a
as trade, finance and information. demonstration area for China-Vietnam economic,
trade and investment cooperation. In November
- The Lingang Industrial Zone: Located in 2015, Guangxi, China and Quang Ninh, Vietnam
Qisha Industrial Zone, this zone prioritizes jointly signed the “Cooperation Agreement on
the development of industries with port Building Friendly Local Organizations Between the
characteristics, industrial transfers at home and Guangxi Zhung Autonomous Region Committee
abroad, forming industrial clusters, and building of the CCP and the Quang Ninh Province
an advanced equipment manufacturing, energy Committee of the VCP”, proposing to accelerate
and chemical base. the construction of the China-Vietnam Cross-
border Economic Cooperation Zone. In October
- The Ecological Agricultural Zone: Located at 2013, during Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Vietnam,
the foot of Shiwandashan Mountain, this zone China and Vietnam agreed to construct the
prioritizes the development of industries with China (Dongxing) - Vietnam (Mong Cai) Cross-
sub-tropical characteristics, such as agriculture, border Economic Cooperation Zone. The joint
ecological tourism and leisure agriculture, communique issued by China and Vietnam on
ecological protection of coastal waters and land May 11, 2017 specified that both countries should
reservation for the development of the Dongxing speed up negotiation and signing of the “Overall
Experimental Zone. Plan for Construction of the China-Vietnam Cross-
border Economic Cooperation Zone”.
From January to November 2018, the Dongxing
Experimental Zone achieved a regional GDP of The China (Dongxing) - Vietnam (Mong Cai)
Rmb42.078 billion, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%; Cross-border Economic Cooperation Zone covers
107 industrial enterprises above the designated a total planned area of 23.44 square kilometers,
scale achieved a total industrial output value of including 9.94 square kilometers of Chinese
Rmb158.453 billion, a year-on-year increase of territory and 13.5 square kilometers in Vietnam.
12.9%; foreign trade imports and exports totaled The core area of the Chinese side focuses on
USD86.8 billion, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%. finance and trade, electronics and machinery,
textile and garments, new energy, modern
On June 17, 2019, the People’s Government of logistics, agricultural product processing, etc., to
Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region issued the build a "One Zone and Three Parks" (Financial
“Deepening Management System and Mechanism and Trade Zone, Shenzhen Electronic Technology
Reform Plan for Key Development and Opening Industrial Park, Hong Kong Textile and Garment
Pilot Zones in Dongxing and Cross-border Economic Industrial Park, and Taiwan Processing Trade and
Cooperation Zones”, and proposed to improve Logistics Comprehensive Industrial Park) model.
economic operating systems and mechanisms by The Dongxing Cross-border Economic Cooperation
including innovative development support models, Zone is speeding up its development and
innovative investment promotion models and construction and will become a new growth point
enhanced protection of natural resources. for China's economic border development.

China (Dongxing) - Vietnam (Mong Cai) In 2018, the Chinese park in the Dongxing-
Cross-border Economic Cooperation Zone Mong Cai Cross-border Economic Cooperation
Zone focused on advancing 21 projects. By
The China (Dongxing) - Vietnam (Mong Cai) the end of December, a total of Rmb1.151
Cross-border Economic Cooperation Zone billion of investment had been completed.

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