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  2. Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone

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    The development zone was established in 1984. It is located at 30 kilometres away east of Guangzhou downtown in an enclave in Luogang District. It has a developed area of 17.67 square kilometres. It is located at about 50–100 km away from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport [2] and its closest port is Shenzhen Port. [3]

  3. Industrialization of China - Wikipedia

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    The industrialization of China refers to the process of China undergoing various stages of industrialization and technological revolutions.The focus is on the period after the founding of the People's Republic of China where China experienced its most notable transformation from a largely agrarian country to an industrialized powerhouse.

  4. Guangzhou - Wikipedia

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    Guangzhou, [a] previously romanized as Canton [6] or Kwangchow, [7] is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. [8] Located on the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the Silk Road.

  5. Technological and industrial history of China - Wikipedia

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    Industrial centers also arose in the southwest, mostly in Sichuan. In the 1950s, industrial centers in east and northeast China accounted for approximately two-thirds of total industrial output. However, by 1983 industrial centers in the north, south, and southwest had increased their share of output to more than 40 percent.

  6. Economy of Guangdong - Wikipedia

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    Guangzhou is the capital of the province ... Economic development policies encouraged industrial development in the interior provinces which were weakly linked to ...

  7. Economic history of China (1949–present) - Wikipedia

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    When the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power in 1949, its leaders' fundamental long-range goals were to transform China into a modern, powerful, socialist nation. In economic terms these objectives meant industrialization, improvement of living standards, narrowing of income differences, and production of modern military equipment.

  8. Canton System - Wikipedia

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    "Single [port] trading relations") served as a means for Qing China to control trade with the West within its own country by focusing all trade on the southern port of Canton (now Guangzhou). The protectionist policy arose in 1757 as a response to a perceived political and commercial threat from abroad on the part of successive Chinese emperors.

  9. Guangzhou Science City - Wikipedia

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    Guangzhou Science City (GSC; Chinese: 广州科学城; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu Kēxué Chéng) is a technology center developed with support from the Guangzhou government. It has emerged from the first-ever use of strategic urban planning in China. It integrates industrial, urban residential and commercial areas, forming one of the sub-urban ...