Another exciting news from Shenyang!

The State Council

has approved the upgrade

of Shenyang Finance and Trade

Development Zone

to a national economic and technological

development zone.

On October 30, the General Office of the State Council released the reply on approving the upgrade of Guangzhou Huadu Economic Development Zone and three other provincial development zones to national economic and technological development zones.

Shenyang Finance and Trade Development Zone was included to be upgraded to a national economic and technological development zone and named Shenyang Finance and Trade Economic and Technological Development Zone.

The reply explicitly delineated the approved planning areas and geographical boundaries of the four national economic and technological development zones.

The approved planning area of Shenyang Finance and Trade Economic and Technological Development Zone is 5.75 square kilometers, and its approved geographical boundaries are delineated as follows: east to Xiaobeiguan Street, Tianhougong Road, Fengtian Street and Fengyutan Street, south to Wenyi Road, west to Sanjing Street and Qingnian North Road, and north to Changchun-Dalian Railway.

Moreover, the reply asked the governments of related provinces and municipalities directly under the central government to actively participate in the construction of the new development pattern and promote deep reform and high-quality development through high-level opening-up.

They should give full play to the exemplary and leading role of national economic and technological development zones in improving high-level opening-up, participating in high-quality construction of the Belt and Road Initiative, and developing new quality productive forces based on local conditions, the reply said.