Lanzhou New Area
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Lanzhou New Area 兰州新区 |
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| State-level new area | |
| Coordinates: 36°29.89′N 103°39.73′E / 36.49817°N 103.66217°E | |
| Country | China |
| Province | Gansu |
| Prefecture | Lanzhou |
| Area | |
| • Total | 806 km2 (311 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 100,000 |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | Official site |
Lanzhou New Area (simplified Chinese: 兰州新区; traditional Chinese: 蘭州新區; pinyin: Lánzhōuxīnqū) is a state-level new area (special economic and political administration zone) under the direct control of Lanzhou Municipal Government established in 2012. It is located in the valley around Lanzhou Zhongchuan Airport. It is the first state-level new development area in northwestern China.
The establishment of Lanzhou New Area (simplified as LNA) is the culmination of multiple strategies both from Chinese Central Government and Gansu Provincial Government. Since China launched the Development of the West in 2000, several Western Provinces, such as Shanxi, Guangxi, etc. have accomplished profound achievements during the last decade due to the favorable policies those provinces received from China’s Central Government. With huge amount of capital investment issued from State’s Financial Department, those western provinces developed rapidly with a progressive GDP growth rate, a gradually mature industry structure and an efficient communication system. Though those provinces mentioned above developed quickly, none of those fast developing provinces are actually located in the West of China, although the Chinese Central Government classified them into the 12 Western provinces. For instance, Guangxi Province is a coastal region in southwestern China, bordering the South China Sea and Vietnam, an ASEAN country.
Lanzhou is intended to achieve the ideal of 'common wealth' as outlined by the Communist Party of China through the rapid development of Western provinces. The geographical location of LNA holds significant advantage to its future economic growth. Lanzhou is the biggest city among two megacities (Ürümqi and Xi'an) in this vast region, and is adjacent to two other capital cities, (Xining of Qinghai Province and Yinchuan of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region). These three capital cities are close enough to form a regional economic conglomeration, and LNA is the center of this amalgamation. The development of LNA will boost the development of its adjacent areas. Lanzhou's main area is constrained by its geographical topography, since it is a typical valley which can be described as sandwiched by two mountains, with the Yellow River crossing by. The topography of Lanzhou hampers this city to become a megacity like Beijing or Xi’an. The General Office of the State Council issued the Several Advice about Supporting the Development of Economy and Society of Gansu Province in May 2010, especially stating that Lanzhou has to be the impetus of the development of Gansu Province, even the whole northwestern region; not long after, on August 3, 2010, Lanzhou Municipal Government, by the 7th Session of the 11th convention of Lanzhou Municipal Council, announced the strategy of building a new city in Qinwang Flat Plain which now called Lanzhou New Area, then, Gansu Provincial Government issued the Consulting Advice about Promoting Constructions in Lanzhou New Area in order to support the development of LNA.
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