Traditional Chinese 新區 Literal meaning New Area | Simplified Chinese 新区 Hanyu Pinyin | |
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.
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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 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
Provincial-level and prefectural-level new areas are not governed by the central government rather by the provincial or prefectural government.