3. Progress of Research on Regional Exploitation and Regional Development in China

Office of Special Economic Zones under the State Council, Introduction to China’s Coastal Open Zone, March 1991.

Li Wenyan, Pay Attention to Geographical Conditions for Resource Evaluation, Research on Industrial Town Layout and Regional Planning, First Series, 1981.

Strictly speaking, the “Isolated Countries” written by Thunen from Germany was translated into Chinese and introduced into China in 1937.

For example, the planning of an industrial zone focusing on petrochemicals in Xigu area of Lanzhou, the planning of an industrial zone focusing on the machinery industry in Luoyang, the planning of the Beiyan chemical zone in Taiyuan, etc.

The earliest typical investigation was made by Cao Yong. Later, there was Li Xiaojian’s Ph.D. dissertation “Industrial Change and Company Activities—Australian Geographical Research” (May 1990), and Fei Hongping’s Ph.D. dissertation “Research on Enterprise Spatial Behaviors, Industry Cluster and Spatial Organization—A Case Study of the Industrial Belt along the Qingdao-Ji’nan Railway” (April 1992).

Written by Chen Dongsheng, Theory and Practice of Economic Distribution, Liaoning University Press, 1989.

Edited by Chen Dongsheng: Research on China’s Industrial Distribution, Economic Science Press, 1988, Beijing.

Wang Zhan, et al.: Development of the East and the West Should Follow the Path of Unbalanced Development, World Economic Herald, April 10, 1989.

Edited by Chen Dongsheng, A New Starting Point for Research on Regional Economy, Economic Management Press, 1991, Beijing.

Edited by Zhou Shulian, et al., Research on China’s Regional Industrial Policies, China Economic Publishing House, 1990, Beijing.

Zhou Qiye, Liu Zaixing, et al., Regional Economics, China Renmin University Press, December 1989, Beijing.

Yang Kaizhong, Research on China’s Regional Development, China Ocean Press, 1989, Beijing.

Poverty Area Development Research Group, Geography Research Institution, Chinese Academy of Sciences, March 1988.

The preferential regional policies implemented by the Chinese government in the economic and technological development zones mainly include: ① The equipment and raw materials used for the production of export commodities are exempt from import tariffs. ② The income tax for wholly-owned enterprises and solely foreign-owned enterprises is only 15%, and: enterprises are exempt from tax for the first two years from the profitable year, and the tax will be reduced by half for the next three years; for advanced technology enterprises, the tax reduction period will be extended for another three years, and the tax rate is 10%; enterprises that stop production of more than 70% of export commodities will be taxed at 10% each year, and the profits from foreign investment are exempt from remittance tax. ③ The export products manufactured by foreign-invested enterprises are exempt from industrial and commercial consolidated tax.

Hu Xuwei, The Nature and Tasks of Regional Planning, Research on Industrial and Urban Layout and Regional Planning, Fourth Series, December 1982.

Hu Xuwei, Several New Understandings of the Concept and Essence of Territorial Planning, Productivity Distribution and Territorial Planning, First Series, 1985.

Hu Xuwei, Research on Economic Geography of Industrial Layout and Regional Planning in the Past 30 Years, Research on Industrial and Urban Layout and Regional Planning, First Series, July 1987.

It was stated in the “draft” of the national territorial planning outline 1986 that the coastal and riverside areas are taken as the first-level key development axes of the country, and the two constitute a “T” shape. In subsequent revisions, the Yellow River-Longhai line is also taken as the first-level key development axis.