Speeding Up the Development and Opening Up of Border Areas in China
It is more reasonable to define the border areas as the basic unit by taking the prefecture-level administrative region,namely the border prefecture city alliance.Plateaus and mountainous areas characterize the border areas in China,which have a relatively low level of economic and social development and a late opening up.They are a typical underdeveloped area.They are also a concentrated distribution area of minorities in China.At present,the development of the border areas in China is faced with the serious situation of brain drain,the bad condition of infrastructure and business environment,and the contradiction between economic development and ec-ological protection.At the same time,there are both opportunities and challenges for speeding up the development and opening up of the border areas in China.To speed up the development and opening up of our border areas under the new circumstances,we should plan and build the border-economic-belt,taking the prefecture-level administrative regions of the People's Republic of China as the basic unit and relying on the central cities along the border.We should fully integrate it into the construction of the new development pattern,cultivate new economic growth poles,optimize the business environment,and further strengthen the support for the develop-ment of the border areas.
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