Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone | western taiwan
ProposedspecialeconomiczoneinChinaTaipei,Taiwanscapitalcity.Fuzhou,Fujiansprovincialcapitalcity.WesternTaiwanStraitsEconomicZoneorWestCoastEconomicZone(simplifiedChinese:海峡西岸经济区;traditionalChinese:海峽西岸經濟區;pinyin:HǎixiáXīànJīngjìQū;Pe̍h-ōe-jī:hái-kiapsai-hōaⁿkeng-chèkhu)istheproposedeconomicdevelopmentzonefortheeconomicregionwestoftheTaiwanStraitsbytheFujiangovernmentandtheChinesecentralgovernment.[1]ThisincludethecoastalcitiesofXiamen,Zhangzhou,QuanzhouandFuzhoualongFujianprovi...
Proposed special economic zone in China
Taipei, Taiwans capital city. Fuzhou, Fujians provincial capital city.Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone or West Coast Economic Zone (simplified Chinese: 海峡西岸经济区; traditional Chinese: 海峽西岸經濟區; pinyin: Hǎixiá Xīàn Jīngjì Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-kiap sai-hōaⁿ keng-chè khu) is the proposed economic development zone for the economic region west of the Taiwan Straits by the Fujian government and the Chinese central government.[1] This include the coastal cities of Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou along Fujian province.[2][3][4][5]
The proposed economic zone aims to integrate the economies, transport, infrastructure, policies from the coastal cities west of the Taiwan Straits for competitiveness, social development, increased and strengthened economic cooperation with Taiwan.[6]
History[edit]The ideas of the economic zone has been around since 2001, when Fujian province was undergoing strong economic growth and the Fu...