State-level new areas of the People's Republic of China

New areas
Traditional Chinese	新區
Simplified Chinese	新区
Literal meaning	New Area
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīnqū

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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīnqū

State-level new areas
Traditional Chinese	國家級新區
Simplified Chinese	国家级新区
Literal meaning	national-level new area
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guójiājí Xīnqū
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	國家級開放開發新區
Simplified Chinese	国家级开放开发新区
Literal meaning	national-level open development new area
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guójiājí Kāifàng Kāifā Xīnqū

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guójiājí Xīnqū

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Guójiājí Kāifàng Kāifā Xīnqū

The new areas or new districts of the People's Republic of China are new urban districts that are given special economic and development supported by the central government or regional government. New areas are divided into two varieties: administrative or management and further divided into levels: state-level, provincial-level, and prefectural-level.

The State-level new areas of the People's Republic of China are special economic-development zones supported by the central government. The zones are parts of cities at various levels in the formal hierarchy but are known as "national-level" or "state-level" in reference to the preferential policies and privileges they are granted directly by the State Council. These privileges are to encourage and attract new developments (particularly foreign direct investment) to speed up the city's economy.

Provincial-level and prefectural-level new areas are not governed by the central government rather by the provincial or prefectural government.

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