The new areas or new districts of the People's Republic of China are new urban districts that are given special economic and development support by the Chinese 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.
Types An administrative new area is one in which the territory of the new area and an administrative district coincide, and is either administered simultaneously by the district's governing body or by a joint office under the one institution with two names arrangement.
A management new area is one in which its territory may or may not directly coincide with that of a county level division (i.e. it may includes only parts of county level divisions), and is administered by a management committee dispatched by the municipal government, existing separate from the county level division governments, themselves. A management new area committee is generally responsible for economic development, planning and other related functions, while the county level division governments exercise responsibility over social management and other related functions.
State-level new areas
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 that 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.
Division Hanzi (S) & Pinyin Designated Area(km2) Jurisdiction Pudong New Area 浦东新区; Pǔdōng Xīnqū 11 October 1992国函〔1992〕145号 1,210 Shanghai (Pudong) Binhai New Area 滨海新区; Bīnhǎi Xīnqū 9 November 2009国函〔2009〕125号 2,270 Tianjin (Binhai) Liangjiang New Area 两江新区; Liǎngjiāng Xīnqū 18 June 2010国函〔2010〕36号 1,360 Chongqing (Liangjiang) Zhoushan Archipelago New Area 舟山群岛新区; Zhōushān Qúndǎo Xīnqū 8 July 2011国函〔2011〕77号 1,440 Zhoushan (Dinghai, Putuo, Daishan, & Shengsi) Lanzhou New Area 兰州新区; Lánzhōu Xīnqū 20 August 2012国函〔2012〕104号 806 Lanzhou Nansha New Area 南沙新区; Nánshā Xīnqū 19 September 2012国函〔2012〕128号 China Daily Nansha New Area launched Updated: 2012-09-13 14:56 "China has mapped out a new State-level development zone in South China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday. As the country's sixth State-level New Area, the Nansha New Area is expected to get national support from a series of preferential policies and innovation reforms on tax policy, land management, financial innovation and industrial development. The other zones are in Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, as well as Zhejiang and Gansu provinces." 527 Guangzhou (Nansha) Xixian New Area 西咸新区; Xīxián Xīnqū 6 January 2014国函〔2014〕2号 882 Xi'an & Xianyang Guian New Area 贵安新区; Guì'ān Xīnqū 6 January 2014国函〔2014〕3号 1,795 Guiyang & Anshun West Coast New Area 西海岸新区; Xīhǎi'àn Xīnqū 3 June 2014国函〔2014〕71号 2,096 Qingdao (Huangdao) Jinpu New Area 金普新区; Jīnpǔ Xīnqū 23 June 2014国函〔2014〕76号 2,299 Dalian Tianfu New Area 天府新区; Tiānfǔ Xīnqū 2 October 2014国函〔2014〕133号 1,578 Chengdu & Meishan Xiangjiang New Area 湘江新区; Xiāngjiāng Xīnqū 8 April 2015国函〔2015〕66号 490 Changsha Jiangbei New Area 江北新区; Jiāngběi Xīnqū 2 July 2015国函〔2015〕103号 806 Nanjing Fuzhou New Area 福州新区; Fúzhōu Xīnqū 30 August 2015国函〔2015〕137号 800 Fuzhou Dianzhong New Area 滇中新区; Diānzhōng Xīnqū 7 September 2015国函〔2015〕141号 482 Kunming, Qujing, Chuxiong, & Yuxi Harbin New Area 哈尔滨新区; Hārbīn Xīnqū 22 December 2015国函〔2015〕217号 493 Harbin Changchun New Area 长春新区; Chángchūn Xīnqū 2 February 2016国函〔2016〕31号 499 Changchun Ganjiang New Area 赣江新区; Gànjiāng Xīnqū 14 June 2016国函〔2016〕96号 465 Nanchang & Jiujiang Xiong'an New Area 雄安新区; Xióng'ān Xīnqū 1 April 2017China to create Xiongan New Area in Hebei, Xinhua, 2017-04-01 100 Baoding
Provincial-level and prefectural-level new areas Provincial-level and prefectural-level new areas are not governed by the central government rather by the provincial or prefectural government.
Cangzhou - Bohai New Area Fuzhou - Jinshan New Area Longyan - New Area Nanjing - Jiangbei New Area Ningbo - Hangzhou Bay New Area Nanping - Wuyi New Area Qinghuangdao - Beidaihe New Area Suzhou: Suzhou Industrial Park Suzhou New District Shenzhen - Dapeng New District Tianjin - Tianjin Northern New Area Wuxi - Wuxi New Area Zhenjiang - Zhenjiang New Area Zhongshan - Cuiheng New Area Anyang - Anyang New Area Ganzhou - Zhangkang New Area Kaifeng - Kaifeng New Area Luoyang - Luoyang New Area Ma'anshan Bingjiang New Area Bowang New Area Xiushan New Area Zhengpugang New Area Nanchang - Honggutan New District Xinyu - Xinyu New Area Zhengzhou Zhengbian New Area Zhengdong New Area Dalian Jinzhou New Area Pulandian Bay New Area Shenyang Hunnan New District Shenbei New Area Chongqing - New North Zone Guiyang - Jinyang New Area Lhasa - Niu New Area Ordos - Kangbashi New Area Suining - Hedong New Area Xi'an - Qujiang New District
County-level new areas
Jingmen - Zhanghe New Area () Minhe - Chuanyuan New Area (川垣新区)
Township-level new areas Shayang County - Binjiang New Area () Dawu County, Hubei - High-speed Railway New Area () Huainan - Shannan New Area (), Hotan County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang
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