Study On Transnational Cooperative Development Of South-west Border Areas Of China In The Context Of CAFTA

In the context of intense global economic integration and regional economic collectivization, the economic links bas broaden and cooperation has deepen among regions, the mode of FTA(Free Trade Area ) and"Growth Triangle"has emerged prosperously. As well, the economic links and co-operations between China and ASEAN has speeded up, Chinese leaders and ASEAN leaders agreed on China-ASEAN free trade area (CAFTA) by 2010, on November 4th, 2002, China and ASEAN signed the Framework Agreement on China-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Cooperation to establish China-ASEAN Free Trade Area. Within the Framework Agreement, the main content is about to develop the Golden Four Capes (border areas between China, Laos, Burma and Thailand). Based on the considerations over the favorable international conditions, the constructed 12 national first ranks ports and 16 second ranks ports, favorable transports and economic links and complement resources and economy between the nations, in order to speed the transnational development of south–west border areas of China, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the transnational regional development, urge the process of CAFTA construction, the theory and tactics of transnational regional development of south west border areas of China is set as the research subject.The dissertation is made up six parts, including the pedestal, the context of 4 parts and the conclusion.In the pedestal part, the author: 1) analyzed systematically the main context of global economic integration with increasingly important geo-economy, the intense economic and trade links between China-ASEAN and construction of Free Trade Area, developmental strategy of West Development and 9+2, 10+1,so on; 2) elucidates the theoretical and practical value; 3) defines the methodology-comprehensive theory, mind and methods from human (economic ) geography, regional economy, international trade and system science, emphasis on interaction between theoretical research and case study, data analysis and field investigation, and qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis when necessary.In Chapter One, the author retrospect and evaluates the related researches literatures, mainly on geopolitical relationship and geo-economic territory, border location, border cooperation and transnational growth triangle, construction of CAFTA. Based on the retrospect, the author discovers the lacks of systematical study on the transnational regional development of border areas in the existing literature, and as well in the literatures on the development of south–west border areas of China. The chapter is set as the base for the aim and content of the dissertation.In Chapter Two, the author focuses on related theory basis which support the transnational regional development of border areas. 1) the author analyzes the classical theory, such as location theory, regional labor division theory, gradient development theory, system theory, synergy theory, and...