Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone

Taipei, Taiwan's capital city.
Fuzhou, Fujian's provincial capital city.

Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone or West Coast Economic Zone (simplified Chinese: 海峡西岸经济区; traditional Chinese: 海峽西岸經濟區; pinyin: Hǎixiá Xī'àn Jīngjì Qū; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-kiap sai-hōaⁿ keng-chè khu) is the proposed economic development zone for the economic region west of the Taiwan Straits by the Fujian government and the Chinese central government.[1] This include the coastal cities of Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou and Fuzhou along Fujian province.[2]

The proposed economic zone aims to integrate the economies, transport, infrastructure, policies from the coastal cities west of the Taiwan Straits for competitiveness, social development, increased and strengthened economic cooperation with Taiwan.[3]

  1. ^ "Fujian: A Pilot ProvinceĦĦTo Strengthen Ties with Taiwan". www.66163.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2004.
  2. ^ "海峡西岸经济区概述" (in Chinese). 20 August 2007. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Fujian, Taiwan record closer economic ties_English_Xinhua". news.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008.