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Comprehensive Industrial Park, Nanning Education Zone was officially launched. In December 2012,
Park, Cultural Tourism Leisure Zone and Modern the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang
Agricultural Demonstration Area. The ASEAN Autonomous Region issued Several Policy Measures
Economic Development Zone is an important on Accelerating the Construction of the Dongxing
organizer of the China-ASEAN Expo and one of the Key Experimental Zone for Development and
14 key industrial parks in the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Opening-up and introduced 34 supporting policies.
Economic Zone. In December 2015, the State Council released the
Opinions on Several Policy Measures in Support
In 2022, the GDP of the ASEAN Economic of Development and Opening-Up of Key Border
Development Zone grew 9.3% YoY, and the total Regions, which specify a series of support policies for
import and export increased substantially by 8.78% the Dongxing Experimental Zone from 31 aspects,
YoY70. The Management Committee of Guangxi- including programs to develop border areas and
ASEAN Economic and Technological Development improve the lives of the border residents, system
Zone also promulgated several measures and institutional reform, trade structure adjustment,
to promote the scientific and technological differentiated support policies, infrastructure
innovation and announced its plans to encourage construction, financial and tax support, financial
the transition and upgrading of manufacturing innovation, and expanding tourism.
industry last year as well.
Dongxing Experimental Zone covers Dongxing
Guangxi Dongxing National Key Experi- City and Gangkou District under the administration
mental Zone for Development and Open- of Fangchenggang Municipality, as well as the
ing-up towns of Fangcheng, Jiangshan and Maoling of
Fangcheng District, with a total area of 1,226km2
The Guangxi DongxingNationalKeyExperimental and population of 483,000. Dongxing Experimental
Zone for Development and Opening-up (“Dongxing Zone connects ASEAN countries through sea and
Experimental Zone”) is one of the first three frontier land transportation. With a land border of 100.9km
developments and opening-up experimental zones and a sea border of 537.8km, it has five national
in China and is in the core region of the Guangxi ports including the largest port in western China,
Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and belongs to the Fangcheng Port, and five barter trade zones for
southwest China, Pan-Pearl River Delta (PRD) and border residents.
ASEAN economic circles. It is a national important
gateway for promoting implementation of the Belt In 2022, the GDP of the Dongxing Experimental
and Road Initiative and is pivotal for southwest Zone has reached a new level of RMB96.8 billion71.
China’s development and opening-up. It has accurately grasped the new development
stage, actively integrated into the new development
In July 2012, the State Council approved the pattern, unswervingly implemented the new
“Implementation Plan for the Construction of the development concept of innovation, coordination,
Dongxing Experimental Zone”, which “strives to build green, openness and sharing, vigorously promoted
the Dongxing Experimental Zone into an important high-quality development, and explored a number
platform for deepening strategic cooperation of “Dongxing Experimental Zone Experience”
between China and ASEAN, representing an and “Dongxing Experimental Zone Mode” for the
important border area economic growth point, a development and opening up along the border of
key hub for international channels to connect to the country. By end of 2025, Dongxing Experimental
China and southeast Asia, and a demonstration Zone will strive to double the total GDP and the gross
area for diplomatic policies to create an amicable, industrial output value above designated size72.
secure and prosperous neighborhood”. In August
2012, construction of the Dongxing Experimental Details of the five functional zones of the
Dongxing Experimental Zone are:
70 Management Committee of Guangxi-ASEAN
Economic and Technological Development Zone, 71 Site of Gvangjsih Dunghhingh, http://dxsyq.
http://gxdmjkq.nanning.gov.cn/zwgk/ghjh/ndjh/ gxzf.gov.cn/xwzx/xwdt/t16260101.shtml
t5570269.html 72 YNET,https://t.ynet.cn/baijia/32813465.html

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