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size increased by 68.7%YoY . The Management programs to develop border areas and improve
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Committee of Guangxi-ASEAN Economic and the lives of the border residents, system and
Technological Development Zone also promulgated institutional reform, trade structure adjustment,
several measures to promote the scientific and differentiated support policies, infrastructure
technological innovation and announced its plans construction, financial and tax support, financial
to encourage the transition and upgrading of innovation and expanding tourism.
manufacturing 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 Dongxing National Key Experimental 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 It has accurately grasped the new development
and Road Initiative and is pivotal for southwest stage, actively integrated into the new
China’s development and opening up. development pattern, unswervingly implemented
the new development concept of innovation,
In July 2012, the State Council approved the coordination, green, openness and sharing,
Implementation Plan for the Construction of the vigorously promoted high-quality development
Dongxing Experimental Zone, which “strives to build and explored a number of “Dongxing Experimental
the Dongxing Experimental Zone into an important Zone Experience” and “Dongxing Experimental
platform for deepening strategic cooperation Zone Mode” for the development and opening up
between China and ASEAN, representing an along the border of the country. By end of 2025,
important border area economic growth point, Dongxing Experimental Zone will strive to double
a key hub for international channels to connect the total GDP and the gross industrial output
to China and southeast Asia and a demonstration value above designated size .
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area for diplomatic policies to create an amicable,
secure and prosperous neighborhood”. In August Details of the five functional zones of the
2012, construction of the Dongxing Experimental Dongxing Experimental Zone are:
Zone was officially launched. In December 2012,
the People’s Government of Guangxi Zhuang • The International Economic and Trade
Autonomous Region issued Several Policy Zone: Located in the border and coastal areas of
Measures on Accelerating the Construction Dongxing City and Fangcheng District, this zone
of the Dongxing Key Experimental Zone for prioritizes the development of international trade
Development and Opening up and introduced and exhibitions, logistics, import and export
34 supporting policies. In December 2015, the processing, cultural tourism and other industries
State Council released the Opinions on Several and has a highly open international economic
Policy Measures in Support of Development and and trade cooperation base and an international
Opening up of Key Border Regions, which specify tourism base.
a series of support policies for the Dongxing
Experimental Zone from 31 aspects, including • The Port Logistics Zone: Located
in Yuwangang District in Fangchenggang
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nomic and Technological Development Zone, https:// Municipality, this zone prioritizes the development
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