Glossary of abbreviations

AHIDZs-National Agricultural Hi-Tech Industrial Demonstration Zones

BECZs-National Border and Economic Cooperation Zones

CCP-Chinese Communist Party

EPZs-Export Processing Zones

ETDZs-Economic and Technological Development Zones

FEZs-Free Economic Zones

FTZs-Free Trade Zones

GDP-Gross Domestic Product

GLF-Great Leap Forward

GNP-Gross National Product

HIDZs-High-Tech Industrial Development Zones

IS-Import Substitution

LFR-Local Financial Revenue

PRC-People’s Republic of China

RMB-Ren Min Bi，Chinese currency

SEZs-Special Economic Zones

THRs-National Tourist and Holiday Resorts

TIZs-Taiwan Investment Zones（TIZs）

YEDA-Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zone