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The '''National Economic and Technological Development Zones''' ({{zh|s={{linktext|国家|级|经济技术开发区}}|t=國家級經濟技術開發區|p=Guójiājí Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifā Qū}}) are the special areas of the [[China|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 of China|Special Economic Zones]] for three cities in 1978, as part of [[Chinese economic reform|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:

* [[Dalian Development Area]]
* [[Haining]]
* [[Qinhuangdao]]
* [[Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area]]
* [[Yantai]]
* [[Qingdao]]
* [[Nantong]]
* [[Lianyungang]]
* [[Weihai]]
* [[Fuqing]] Rongqiao
* [[Tongshan County, Hubei|Tongshan]]
* [[Shenyang]]
* [[Harbin]]
* [[Changchun]]
* [[Wuhan]]
* [[Wuhu City|Wuhu]]
* [[Huizhou]] Dayawan
* [[Beijing]]
* [[Ürümqi]]
* [[Hefei]]
* [[Zhengzhou]]
* [[Xi'an]]
* [[Chengdu]]
* [[Kunming]]
* [[Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone]]
* [[Guiyang]]
* [[Nanchang]]
* [[Hohhot]]
* [[Yinchuan]]
* [[Nanjing]]
* [[Suzhou Industrial Park]]
* [[Shanghai]] Minhang
* [[Shanghai]] Hongqiao
* [[Caohejing Development Zone (Shanghai Metro)|Shanghai Caohejing Development Zone (Shanghai Metro)]]
* [[Shanghai]] [[Pudong]] [[Lujiazui|Lujiazui Financial & Trading Zone]]
* [[Shanghai]] [[Pudong]] Waigaiqiao Free-Trade Zone
* [[Shanghai]] [[Pudong]] Jinqiao Export Manufacturing Zone
* [[Shanghai]] [[Pudong]] [[Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park]]
* [[Hangzhou]]
* [[Hangzhou]] [[Zhongshan|Xiangshan]]
* [[Ningbo]]
* [[Ningbo]] Daxie Island
* [[Wenzhou]]
* [[Fuzhou]] [[Mawei District]]
* [[Xiamen]] [[Haicang District]]
* [[Guangzhou]]
* [[Guangzhou]] Nansha
* [[Zhanjiang]]
* [[Hainan]] [[Yangpu Economic Development Zone]]
* [[Xining]]
* [[Taiyuan]]
* [[Lhasa|Lasa]]
* [[Nanning]]
* [[Lanzhou]]
* [[Shuyang]] [[Shuyang Economic and Technological Development Zone]]

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

* [[Changxing Island (Dalian)#Dalian Changxing Island Seaport Industrial Area|Dalian Changxing Island Seaport Industrial Area]] ([[Liaoning]])
* [[Dongying Economic Development Zone]] ([[Shandong]])
* [[Yunmeng County]] Economic Development Zone, Xiaogan, Hubei
* [[Hanchuan]] Economic and Technological Development Zone ({{lang|zh-hans|汉川市经济技术开发区}}),<ref name="xzqhhc">{{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15392.html |script-title=zh:汉川市历史沿革|trans-title=Hanchuan City Historical Development| publisher=XZQH.org.org|quote="{{lang|zh-hans|汉川市经济技术开发区7647人，}}"|date=6 August 2014|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref><ref name="statshc">{{cite web|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2016/42/09/420984.html |script-title=zh:2016年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：汉川市|trans-title=2016 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Hanchuan City |language=zh| publisher = [[National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China]] |quote="{{lang|zh-hans|420984504000 汉川市经济技术开发区}}"|date=2016|access-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> Xiaogan, Hubei
* Jingzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone,<ref name="govjz">{{cite web |url=http://jingzhou.gov.cn/z/zoujinjingzhou/ |script-title=zh:城市概况 |trans-title=City Description |language=zh-hans |publisher=Jingzhou People's Government |quote={{lang|zh-hans|荆州经济技术开发区}} |access-date=11 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816114154/http://jingzhou.gov.cn/z/zoujinjingzhou/ |archive-date=16 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/37311.html|title = 荆州市荆州开发区_区划地名网}}</ref> [[Jingzhou]], Hubei
* [[Aksu City]] Economic and Technological Development Zone<ref name="statsaksu">{{cite web |url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/65/29/652901.html |script-title=zh:2019年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：阿克苏市 |trans-title=2019 Statistical Area Numbers and Rural-Urban Area Numbers: Aksu City |language=zh-hans |publisher=[[National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China]] |date=2019 |access-date=18 May 2019 |quote={{lang|zh-hans|统计用区划代码 名称 {...} 652901408000 经济技术开发区}}}}</ref>
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==
* [[Chinese economic reform]]
* [[List of economic and technological development zones in Beijing]]
* [[List of economic and technological development zones in Shanghai]]
* [[List of technology centers|List of technology centers of the world]]
* [[Megalopolises in China]]
* [[Special economic zone]]
* [[Special economic zones of China]]

== References ==
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==Further reading==
* <https://web.archive.org/web/20161220025544/http://www.ide.go.jp/English/Publish/Periodicals/De/pdf/87_01_05.pdf>
* China Acadmenic Journals Full-text Database <http://www.eastview.com/>
* <http://www.ntpu.edu.tw/econ/files/Journal/20110308170007.pdf>

==External links==
*[http://www.mofcom.gov.cn/xglj/kaifaqu.shtml Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)]
*[http://www.cadz.org.cn/ China Association of Development Zones]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081221083440/http://www.export.gov/china/exporting_to_china/developmentzones.pdf China Development Zones]
*[http://www.mainlandchinadevelopment.com/ Support service to enter development Zones to Mainland China]
*[http://rightsite.asia/ China Industrial Zone and Property Directory at RightSite.asia]

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