The first inland national new area

The economic success of the Reform and Opening-up strategy was largely dependent on the ocean. Initially, the Special Economic Zones group of cities quickly became major open ports with preferential policy. They gradually became prosperous and brought opportunities to the neighboring areas.

The economic booming of the east coast is in all aspects. The giant seaports in Shanghai, Ningbo, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen give advantages to those regions for international trade. The trading advantage appeals to capital flowing in. The accumulation of fortune makes people richer, which greatly promotes consumption. With investment, export, and consumption, the three most important factors of economic growth fully in place, the east coast of China took the lead in the economic success.

Unlike Pudong, Liangjiang New Area is not close to the ocean. Instead, it is surrounded by two rivers, lots of hills, and mountains in the west – It is the first inland National New Area of China.

The west inland China, once busy as the ancient Silk Road trade flourishing, now is not comparable to the east coast with large seaports in international trade. An economic gap between the west inland and the east coast still exists.

To further open the door of inland China and to shrink the economic gap between the east and the west, it is under these historical missions that Liangjiang New Area comes out on the stage.