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differentiated support policies, infrastructure bay city and an international business service base,
construction, financial and tax support, financial and prioritize the development of modern service
innovation, and expanding tourism. industries such as trade, finance and information.

Dongxing Experimental Zone covers Dongxing - The Lingang Industrial Zone: Located in Qisha
City and Gangkou District under the administration Industrial Zone, this zone prioritizes the development
of Fangchenggang Municipality, as well as the towns of industries with port characteristics, industrial
of Fangcheng, Jiangshan and Maoling of Fangcheng transfers at home and abroad, forming industrial
District, with a total area of 1,226 square kilometers clusters, and building an advanced equipment
and population of 483,000. Dongxing Experimental manufacturing, energy and chemical base.
Zone connects ASEAN countries through sea and
land transportation. With a land border of 100.9 - The Ecological Agricultural Zone: Located
kilometers and a sea border of 537.8 kilometers, at the foot of Shiwandashan Mountain, this zone
it has five national ports including the largest port prioritizes the development of industries with
in western China, Fangcheng Port, and five barter sub-tropical characteristics, such as agriculture,
trade zones for border residents. ecological tourism and leisure agriculture,
ecological protection of coastal waters and land
In 2020, the Dongxing Pilot zone achieved a reservation for development of the Dongxing
GDP of RMB58.6 billion, up by 6.7% YoY growth. Experimental Zone.
There were 104 industrial enterprises and the total
industrial output value increased by 11.6% YoY. Guangxi Strategic Emerging Industry
There were 84 newly signed projects73. City (Guigang)

Details of the 5 functional zones of the Dongxing Guigang is located in southeast Guangxi and
Experimental Zone are: the middle reach of Xijiang River in the Pearl
River Basin. It spans 287 kilometers in the “golden
- The International Economic and Trade waterway” of the Xijiang River. Since 2015,
Zone: Located in the border and coastal areas of Guigang has developed the concept of "Industry
Dongxing City and Fangcheng District, this zone to Promote and Strengthen City Development”
prioritizes the development of international trade and has established a framework for the Second
and exhibitions, logistics, import and export Automobile Production Base of Guangxi, China-
processing, cultural tourism and other industries, ASEAN New Energy Electric Vehicle Production
and has a highly open international economic Base and Electronic Information Manufacturing
and trade cooperation base and an international Base. Guigang is rated by the State Council as a city
tourism base. promoting stable industrial growth with significant
technological transformation and has been
- The Port Logistics Zone: Located positioned as a strategic emerging industrial city.
in Yuwangang District in Fangchenggang
Municipality, this zone prioritizes the development During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the
of port transportation, international logistics and total economy size of Guigang rose from the 9th
transshipment business, has expanded bonded to the 6th in the region, and the GDP increased
business, and has a modern logistics base. from RMB79.9 billion in 2015 to RMB135.3 billion
in 2020, with an average annual growth of 8.5%.
- The International Business Zone: Located Additionally, Guigang constructed over 1,623
in the central downtown area of Fangcheng major projects with an average annual growth
District, this zone has developed into the cultural, of 20.1% in investment and attracted RMB244.9
commercial and administrative center of the city. billion investment funds. In the next five year,
The goals for this zone are to build a new ecological Guigang will focus on the construction of the
core port city of the Pearl River-Xijiang Economic
73 Management Committee of Dongxing Na- Belt and a hub of strategic emerging industry,
tional Key Experimental Zone, http://dxsyq.gxzf.gov.cn/ promoting the development of five 100 billion-
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