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China National Economic and Technological Development Zones are the special areas of the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
where
foreign direct investmentForeign direct investment in its classic form is defined as a company from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country. It is the establishment of an enterprise by a foreigner. Its definition can be extended to include investments made to acquire lasting...
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.
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The
China National Economic and Technological Development Zones are the special areas of the
People's Republic of ChinaThe People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...
where
foreign direct investmentForeign direct investment in its classic form is defined as a company from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country. It is the establishment of an enterprise by a foreigner. Its definition can be extended to include investments made to acquire lasting...
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. In 2006, there are now 49 Development Zones (in the order of the list in the Chinese Wikipedia page, i.e. in the order of the approvals):
- Dalian Development Area
Dalian Development Area or DDA for short, is located in Jinzhou District, Dalian, China. It was established in September, 1984, as the first of the China National Economic and Technological Development Zones....
- Qinhuangdao
Qinhuangdao is a city in Hebei province, China. It is about 300 km east of Beijing, on the Bohai Sea, the innermost gulf of the Yellow Sea.-Geography:...
- Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area
Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area , commonly abbreviated as TEDA is the main free market zone in Tanggu District in Tianjin, China. It was formed in late 1984 and currently has more foreign businesses in it than all of Shanghai....
- Yantai
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- Qingdao
' , best known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest. Lying across the Shandong Peninsula while looking out to the Yellow Sea,...
- Nantong
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- Lianyungang
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- Weihai
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- Fuqing
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Rongqiao
- Tongshan
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- Shenyang
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- Haerbin
- Changchun
Changchun is the capital and largest city of Jilin province, located in the northeast of the People's Republic of China, in the center of the Songliao Plain. It is a sub-provincial city. The name originated from the Jurchen language. As of 2007, Changchun has a population of 7.46 million,...
- Wuhan
' is the capital of Hubei province, People's Republic of China, and is the most populous city in central China. It lies at the east of Jianghan Plain, and the intersection of the middle reaches of the Yangtze and Han River...
- Wuhu
Wuhu is a prefecture-level city in the southeastern Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Sitting on the southeast bank of the Yangtze River, Wuhu borders Xuancheng to the southeast, Chizhou and Tongling to the southwest, Chaohu to the northwest, Ma'anshan to the northeast, and the...
- Huizhou
Huizhou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. Part of the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the northeast, Shanwei to the east, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, and...
Dayawan
- Beijing
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- Urumuqi
- Hefei
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- Zhengzhou
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- Xi'an
Xi'an , is the capital of the Shaanxi province in the People's Republic of China and a sub-provincial city...
- Chengdu
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- Kunming
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- Changsha
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- Guiyang
Guiyang is the capital of Guizhou Province, the People's Republic of China.Guiyang is located in central Guizhou province, situated on the east of the Yungui Plateau, and on the north bank of the Nanming River, a branch of the Wu River. The city has an elevation of about 1,100 meters...
- Nanchang
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- Hohhot
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- Yinchuan
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- Nanjing
' , abbreviated in Chinese as Ning , is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture...
- Suzhou Industrial Park
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- Shanghai
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Minhang
- Shanghai
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Hongqiao
- Shanghai Caohejing Development Zone (Shanghai Metro)
Caohejing Development Zone is the name of an underground station on Shanghai Metro Line 9....
- Shanghai
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PudongPudong , officially known as Pudong New Area , is a district of Shanghai, China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river, on the opposite of Puxi, the west side...
Lujiazui Financial & Trading ZoneLujiazui is an important financial district in Pudong, Shanghai. In 2005 the State Council reaffirmed the positioning of the 31.78 km² Lujiazui area, as the only finance and trade zone among the 185 state-level development zones in mainland China....
- Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level...
PudongPudong , officially known as Pudong New Area , is a district of Shanghai, China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river, on the opposite of Puxi, the west side...
Waigaiqiao Free-Trade Zone
- Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level...
PudongPudong , officially known as Pudong New Area , is a district of Shanghai, China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river, on the opposite of Puxi, the west side...
Jinqiao Export Manufacturing Zone
- Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city in China, and one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, with over 20 million people. Located on China's central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River, the city is administered as a municipality of the People's Republic of China with province-level...
PudongPudong , officially known as Pudong New Area , is a district of Shanghai, China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river, on the opposite of Puxi, the west side...
Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park
- Hangzhou
' is a sub-provincial city located in the Yangtze River Delta in the People's Republic of China, and the capital of Zhejiang province. Located southwest of Shanghai, as of 2004 the entire Hangzhou Region or Prefecture-level city had a registered population of 6.4 million people...
- Hangzhou
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XiangshanXiangshan can refer to*Xiangshan Hills, Fragrant Hills in Beijing*Xiangshan District, Guilin, district in Guilin, Guangxi, China*Xiangshan District, Huaibei, district in Huaibei prefecture*Xiangshan, Zhejiang, a county-level city in Zhejiang, China...
- Ningbo
Ningbo is a seaport with sub-provincial administrative status. The city has a population of 2,201,000 and is situated in northeastern Zhejiang province, China...
- Ningbo
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Daxie Island
- Wenzhou
Wenzhou is a major city in southeastern Zhejiang province of the People's Republic of China. The prefecture under its jurisdiction, which includes 2 satellite cities and 6 counties, had a population of 7,645,700 in 2007. About 1,423,600 residents live in Wenzhou's city proper...
- Xiamen
Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a coastal sub-provincial city in southeastern Fujian province, People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south....
Haicang DistrictHaicang is one of the six county-level districts in the municipal region of Xiamen, FJ, and one of the four located on the mainland proper, as opposed to on Xiamen Island.-Liberation:...
- Guangzhou
Guangzhou , in English formerly known as Canton and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China.It is a port on the Pearl River,...
- Guangzhou
Guangzhou , in English formerly known as Canton and also known as Kwangchow, is a sub-provincial city and the capital of Guangdong Province in the southern part of the People's Republic of China.It is a port on the Pearl River,...
Nansha
- Zhanjiang
Zhanjiang is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, in southeast China.-Administration:Zhanjiang has direct juridiction over 9 county-level divisions:...
- Hainan
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Yangpu
- Xining
Xining in Chinese or Silung in Tibetan is the capital of Qinghai Province, People's Republic of China.-Geography:...
- Taiyuan
Taiyuan is a prefecture-level city and the capital of Shanxi province, China. In 2004, the city had a population of 3.4 million.-Pre-1911:...
- Lasa
Lasa can refer to:* Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa, German chess master.* In Etruscan mythology, the Lasas were gods and goddesses who accompanied Turan, the goddess of love....
- Nanning
Nanning is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. It is known as the "Green City" because of its abundance of lush tropical foliage.-History:...
- Lanzhou
Lanzhou is a prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu province in northwestern China.-History:Originally in the territory of the Western Qiang peoples, Lanzhou became part of the territory of Qin in the 6th century BC....
Provincial Economic Development Zones
There are now many Provincial Economic Development Zones, such as:
- Dalian Changxing Island Seaport Industrial Area (Liaoning
' is a northeastern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Liao ."Liáo" is an ancient name for this region, which was adopted by the Liao Dynasty which ruled this area between 907 and 1125. "Níng" means "peacefulness"...
)
- Dongying Economic Development Zone
Dongying Economic Development Zone is a provincial-level economic development zone in Dongying, Shandong, China, established in 1992. It covers an area of 65 square kilometres and is divided into "class-A" and "class-B" economic development zones...
(ShandongFor the people of Shandong, see Shandong people' is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is Lǔ, after the state of Lu that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....
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Some of them are as large as the National Econmic and Technological Development Zones. There are also the Municipal-Level Economic Development Zones.
See also
- Metropolitan regions of China
According to research by the of the People's Republic of China, ten major metropolitan regions are forming in China. Together, they constitute about one-tenth of China's land area, one-third of the country's population and one-half of the country's GDP...
- Economic reform in the People's Republic of China
- Special Economic Zones
- Special Economic Zones of the People's Republic of China
- List of technology centers of the world
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