Development Areas

Development areas are economic and technological development zones, bonded areas, new- and high-tech industrial development zones, national tourist resorts, and other designated zones set up within the jurisdiction of cities, at the approval of the State Council and the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government, in which preferential state policies are implemented.

These areas are windows on China's opening to the outside world, key centers to attract foreign investment, and powerhouses to boost the regional economy. They have become important growth poles in China's economy and modern industrial cluster regions. They have the fastest growth, attract the most foreign investment, offer the best investment environment, and develop the most advanced technologies.

The goals of the development areas include increasing their functional strengths and becoming leaders in new industrialization, demonstration areas with high-standard business environment, cluster centers for widespread innovation and entrepreneurship, and pioneers in open economy and institutional innovation. They aim to foster new driving forces for economic growth through supply-side structural reforms.

National-level development areas such as economic and technological development zones, new- and high-tech industrial development zones, and special customs regulation zones are expected to play an exemplary role in leading advanced manufacturing, strategic emerging industries, and process trade and in meeting international standards, in order to build high-quality industrial parks that can compete on the global stage and create park brands with international influence.

Provincial-level economic development zones, industrial parks, and new- and high-tech industrial parks rely on regional strengths to pool factors of production, improve the business environment to international standards, and develop dominant industries, with extended industrial chains and complete supplementary facilities, in order to grow into regional growth poles and drive the upgrading of the local economic structure.

開發區

開發區，即由國務院和省、自治區、直轄市人民政府批準在城市規劃區內設立的經濟技術開發區、保稅區、高新技術產業開發區、國家旅游度假區等實行國家特定優惠政策的各類開發區。開發區被視為中國對外開放的窗口、吸引外資的主要區域以及發展區域經濟的引擎。自誕生以來，開發區已成為中國經濟發展最快、吸引外資最多、投資環境最優、技術水平最高的現代化產業集聚園區，成為中國經濟重要的增長極。

開發區建設發展的目標是，增強功能優勢，把各類開發區建設成為新型工業化發展的引領區、高水平營商環境的示范區、大眾創業萬眾創新的集聚區、開放型經濟和體制創新的先行區，推進供給側結構性改革，形成經濟增長的新動力。經濟技術開發區、高新技術產業開發區、海關特殊監管區域等國家級開發區發揮示范引領作用，突出先進制造業、戰略性新興產業、加工貿易等產業特色，主動對接國際通行規則，建設具有國際競爭力的高水平園區，打造具有國際影響力的園區品牌。經濟開發區、工業園區、高新技術產業園區等省級開發區依托區域資源優勢，推動產業要素集聚，提升營商環境國際化水平，向主導產業明確、延伸產業鏈條、綜合配套完備的方向發展，成為區域經濟增長極，帶動區域經濟結構優化升級。