Qinzhou Port Economic and Technological Development Zone
China DailyCovering an area of 152 square kilometers, Qinzhou Port was established in 1992 and approved to be a provincial economic and technological development zone in June 1996. Qinzhou Port Economic and Technological Development Zone High-speed railways, expressways, ocean shipping, and air freights make up a comprehensive transportation system, making the zone the center of the half-hour economic circle of the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, the central gateway of the coastal shipping system in Guangxi, an important transportation hub along the coast of Guangxi, as well as the frontier window of the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor. World-renowned companies like PetroChina, Sinopec, COFCO, CSSC, State Power Investment Corporation, Huayi Group, Zhejiang Hengyi Group, Zhejiang Tongkun Group, and Indonesian APP Company have settled in the development zone. On Aug 26, 2019, China Pilot Free Trade Zone was approved by the State Council to be established, of which Qinzhou Port Area comprised 58.19 sq km of it, including 32.14 sq km in the Qinzhou Port Economic and Technological Development Zone.