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pushing  forward  the  one-stop  service  of  physical   •   Food processing: Bird nest processing,
           examination, document application and insurance    health  care  and  halal  food,  special  agricultural
           purchase  and  accelerating  the  transfer  of  cross-  products, seafood deep processing, etc.
           border labor service cooperation dividends,
           boosting the development of local industries         •    Materials and new materials: Palm product
                                                              extraction new materials, new alloy materials, new
             •    Cross-border e-commerce: Focusing on        chemical materials, new marine materials, etc.
           the development of cross-border e-commerce
           logistics  parks  and  cross-border  e-commerce      •    Biotech:  General   southern   medicine
           exhibition  centers  to  promote    the   local    and    modern    Chinese    medicine,   marine
           development of tourism, shopping, entertainment    biopharmaceuticals,    agricultural    biotech,
           and consumption                                    biomedical   health   care,   bioenvironmental
                                                              protection technology, etc.
             China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park
                                                                •    Modern    services:  Modern    logistics,
             The China-Malaysia  Qinzhou Industrial Park      financial   insurance,   commercial   exhibition,
           is the third international park jointly built by the   cultural leisure,  technical  consultation, service
           Chinese government and a foreign government.       outsourcing,  education  and  training,  regional
           With the objective of building a demonstration     headquarters economy, etc.
           area  for  China-ASEAN  cooperation,  the  park
           positions itself as “an advanced manufacturing       After the implementation of RCEP, the park will
           base, an information wisdom corridor, a cultural   become  an  important  platform  for  cross-border
           and ecological new park and a cooperation and      logistics and  trade  between China and  Malaysia
           exchange window” and will also become a new        and deep cooperation will be expected particular
           urban area for the “integration of industrial      in the food and beverage, energy resources, steel,
           functions and urban residences” which keeps        automobile, mechanical equipment and electronic
           pace with the main urban area and Binhai New       appliances sectors.
           Area  of  Qinzhou.  The  long-term  expected  area
           of the China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park        Guangxi-ASEAN Economic and Techno-
           is 55km2, with a planned population of 500,000.    logical Development Zone
           The Park is divided into four areas: the Industrial
           Park, R&D area, supporting service area and          In March 2004, the Guangxi-ASEAN Economic
           residential area.                                  and  Technological Development Zone (“ASEAN
                                                              Economic Development Zone”) was established
             The China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial  Park      in  Nanning,  Guangxi. On  2  March  2013, with the
           focuses on  six major industries: equipment        approval of the State Council, the ASEAN Economic
           manufacturing,  electronic  information,  food     Development Zone was upgraded to a state-level
           processing, materials and  new materials, biotech   economic and technological development zone.
           and modern services. The details are as follows:   The planning of the ASEAN Economic Development
                                                              Zone includes four functional zones: The
             •    Equipment manufacturing: Construction       Comprehensive Industrial Park, Nanning Education
           machinery,  automobile    and   parts,  power,     Park, Cultural Tourism Leisure Zone and  Modern
           agriculture and other special and general          Agricultural Demonstration Area. The ASEAN
           equipment, medical equipment, etc.                 Economic Development  Zone  is  an  important
                                                              organizer of the China-ASEAN Expo and one of the
             •    Electronic    information:    Intelligent   14 key industrial parks in the Guangxi Beibu Gulf
           electronic instruments,  intelligent  household    Economic Zone.
           appliances, automatic data processing equipment,
           next generation mobile communication equipment,      In 2023, the GDP of the ASEAN Economic
           integrated circuits, new displays, multimedia      Development Zone grew 9.3% YoY and the added
           equipment, key devices, etc.                       value of industrial enterprises above designated


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