National Economic and Technological Development Zones
Simplified Chinese国家级经济技术开发区
Traditional Chinese國家級經濟技術開發區

The National Economic and Technological Development Zones (simplified Chinese: 国家级经济技术开发区; traditional Chinese: 國家級經濟技術開發區; pinyin: Guójiājí Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifā Qū) are the special areas of the People's Republic of China where foreign direct investment is encouraged. They are usually called the "Economic and Technological Development Zones" or simply the "Development Zones".

These national level programs started with the Special Economic Zones for three cities in 1978, as part of China's economic reform, and were extended to the Economic and Technological Development Zones in 14 cities in 1984.

List of zones

In 2006, there are now 49 Development Zones:

Provincial Economic Development Zones

There are now many Provincial Economic Development Zones, such as:

Some of them are as large as the National Economic and Technological Development Zones. There are also the Municipal-Level Economic Development Zones.

See also

References

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  2. ^ 2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：汉川市 [2016 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Hanchuan City] (in Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2018. 420984504000 汉川市经济技术开发区
  3. ^ 城市概况 [City Description] (in Simplified Chinese). Jingzhou People's Government. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018. 荆州经济技术开发区
  4. ^ "荆州市荆州开发区_区划地名网".
  5. ^ 2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：阿克苏市 [2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Aksu City] (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2019. 统计用区划代码 名称 {...} 652901408000 经济技术开发区

Further reading

External links

Economy of China
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