National Economic and Technological Development Zones


The National Economic and Technological Development Zones are the special areas of the 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 for three cities in 1978, as part of the reform and opening up, and were extended to the Economic and Technological Development Zones in 14 cities in 1984.

List of zones

In 2006, there were 49 Development Zones. A list of Development Zones is below:
There are now many Provincial Economic Development Zones, such as:
Some of them are as large as the National Economic and Technological Development Zones. There are also the Municipal-Level Economic Development Zones.