Burma border trade zone opened in Y

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BBC Summary of World Broadcasts
September 6, 2000

Burma border trade zone opened in Yunnan

Text of report in English by official Chinese news agency Xinhua (New China 
News Agency)

Kunming, 28th August: The Jiegao Border Trade Zone was set up today at the 
Dai-Jingpo
Autonomous Prefecture of Dehong in southwest China's Yunnan Province. The 
aim of the move is to
open an outlet to Southeast Asia, promote border trade and expand economic 
and trade cooperation
with south and southeast Asian countries.

Jiegao is an important trading port on the China-Myanmar [Burma] border. It 
handles half of the trade
volume in Yunnan annually. The trade zone covers 1.92 sq.km. It has four 
districts catering to
commerce and trade, processing, tourism and warehouses.

Yunnan strives to turn the border trade zone into an investment centre and 
a cross-border sightseeing
area in three to five years.