Tongnan, Rongchang, Chengkou, Wushan, Wuxi and Xiushan counties of Chongqing will be built into interprovincial border trade centers by 2020 in order to accelerate the construction of the city’s urban-rural trade network system.
Chongqing is to focus on several aspects such as primary trading areas, specialized markets, catering & accommodation, modern logistics, etc. Development plans for the 36 major projects in the border trade centers have been worked out, and most of which have already been put into construction.
The total retail sales of the 6 border counties is expected to reach 35 billion yuan by 2015 and 70 billion yuan by 2020, with an annual growth rate of over 16%.
Liu Wei