Hunchun Border Economic Cooperation Zones In The Development Of Countermeasures

Hunchun Border Economic Cooperation Zone is located at the center of theNortheast Asia, surrounded by very rich natural resources. Increasing of theinter-regional economic activities and the preferential policies offered by manycountries bring great opportunities to the zone. The development of the zone isof great significance to Yanbian area as well as Jilin Province's economy andalso plays a very important role in promoting the old industrial base in NortheastChina, even in developing international economic cooperation.After 15-year development, the infrastructure construction, open fields,investment environment and the industrial scale in the zone have begun to takeshape, and series of preferential policies and measurements energize the zone.However, the slow development of Tumen River International CooperationProgram and the lagging traffic conditions both at home and abroadconsiderably block the zone's development, and therefore the zone is unable tomake best use of the advantages in region, resources and policies. Its relativeinsufficient functions also become the restrictive facts to the zone'sdevelopment.From the angle of international regional cooperation, the first need of thefuture development of Hunchun Border Economic Cooperation Zone is to keeppeace in Northeast Asia and strengthen the economic cooperation among thecountries in Northeast Asia so as to form a single power enhancing the economicdevelopment in this area. Making best use of two kinds of resources and marketsat home and abroad and other proper conditions will propel the regionaleconomy forward. On the way of struggling for a brighter future of the zone, theinternational trade should be given specific attention, the relations with Russiaand DPRK must be strengthened and the exchanges between Japan and theRepublic of Korea should also be further impreved. For the Hunchun BorderEconomic Cooperation Zone, the most important thing is to strengthen the economic and trade exchange with Russia, pay specific attention to thedevelopment of Sino-Russia Land-Port-Customs Project in order to enlarge theeconomic activities with Russia and resolve the shipping problem; to promotethe Sino-DPRK Land-Port-Zone Project in order to expand shipping channels.Attempting to improve investment environment, enhancing functions,integrating resources around the zone and making great efforts to key andadvantageous industries should be planned to gradually form the industrialconcentration so as to let the Hunchun Border Economic Cooperation Zone playa leading role in the province's economic and trade cooperation.