Central Plains Economic Zone established in 2012/12/8

[7freedom7]

Central Plains Economic Zone, or the Zhongyuan economic zone covers an area of 290,000 square kilometers with a population of about 170 million, located in Central China's Henan province and includes areas in the neighboring provinces of Shanxi (Changzhi, Jincheng, Yuncheng cites), Shandong (Liaocheng, Heze cities), Heibei (Handan, Xingtai cities) and another 5 cities in Anhui province.




规划明确了中原经济区的具体范围，包括 5省30市3县(区)：河南省全境，河北省邢台市、邯郸市，山西省长治市、晋城市、运城市，安徽省宿州市、淮北市、阜阳市、亳州市、蚌埠市和淮南市凤台县、潘集区，山东省聊城市、菏泽市和泰安市东平县，区域面积28.9万平方公里

[teddybear]

Why they call it Central though these provinces not really in the central of China..

[7freedom7]

Central Plains here refer to 中原, an old saying goes like this 中原乃兵家必争之地

http://savvu0128.blogspot.com/2009/1...spirit-of.html

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[7freedom7]

[Celebriton]

This is interesting.

Does it mean it will like Pearl Delta economy zone of integration and development?

Originally Posted by teddybear

Why they call it Central though these provinces not really in the central of China..

中原 = the hometown of Han Chinese, the center and birthplace of Chinese civilization.....Central Plain.