Baise, Guangxi: Twenty Years of Hard Work to the Frontier of Opening Up and Cooperation on the Border of South China
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BAISE, China, Nov. 25, 2022 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--
On November 2, the press conference on the 20th anniversary of the
establishment of Baise City was held in Nanning, Guangxi. In the past 20 years,
Baise has insisted on giving priority to industry and made every effort to
promote the high-quality development of strong industry, characteristic
agriculture and modern service industry. With the total output value growing
8.5 times, the total volume of import and export trade increasing by 44 times,
and the scale of aluminum industry reaching RMB 100 billion, Baise successively
won the honorary titles of "Top Tourist City of China" and "National Garden
City".
Located in the west of Guangxi, Baise is a prefecture-level city with the
largest border area between China and Vietnam, and also an important frontier
city for China to open and cooperate with ASEAN countries, according to the
Publicity Department of Baise City. Over the past 20 years, Baise has seized
opportunities, carried forward reform and innovation and forged ahead,
significantly enhancing the overall strength of the city, greatly changing the
appearance of urban and rural areas, substantially improving the people's
living standards, and achieving a great success in development and opening up.
Public services such as employment, education, medical care, housing, maternity
and old-age services have been well guaranteed and continuously improved, and
the well-being of the people has been greatly improved. Its revitalization of
industry has been developed rapidly and steadily, a regional power grid in
Baise has been constructed and a national demonstration base for ecological
aluminum industry has been built, with the scale of aluminum industry reaching
RMB 100 billion. As its featured agriculture has been developed in an
accelerated manner, Baise mango becomes one of the first 100 geographical
indication products protected by European Union in China. Baise has pushed
forward comprehensive management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes
and grasses, and increased the forest coverage from 42.3% in 2002 to 73% in
2021, winning the honorary titles of "National Forest City" and "National Model
City for Greening".
Meanwhile, Baise persists in reform and opening up, and constantly improves the
level of opening up. Baise Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone was approved
to be set up, making it China's first prefecture-level city-wide key
development and opening pilot zone along the border. Longbang Port was upgraded
to an international port and opened up the Naxi Corridor. Locals living by both
sides of the border trade with each other and the output value of on-site
processing of import goods ranks first in Guangxi. The international channel
towards ASEAN has been further opened.
In addition, the construction of a batch of opening up and cooperation
platforms, including Guangxi Aluminum Products Warehousing and Trading Center
and Jingxi Border Economic Cooperation Zone, has been accelerated. The
"Baise-1" train has successfully connected with China-Europe Railway Express,
and foreign trade has developed rapidly. Baise has become one of the important
node cities facing ASEAN and connecting the "Belt and Road".
Facing the future, Baise will persist in opening up for development, build
Baise Key Development and Opening Pilot Zone with high quality, and accelerate
the construction of such platforms as the Border Economic Cooperation Zone and
the Cross-province (District) Economic Park. Besides, Baise will actively
integrate into the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area - Beibu Gulf
Economic Zone - ASEAN" cross-regional and cross-border industrial chain supply
chain and build a new pattern of higher-level opening up and cooperation.
Source: The Publicity Department of Baise City
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