Abstract

On Aug. 10th, 2006, Beihai hosts the First City Cooperation Summit of Beibu Gulf(Guangxi) Economic Zone. It discusses and approves the “4+2” City Cooperation Framework Agreement of Beibu Gulf(Guangxi) Economic Zone. Along with the formation of Beibu Gulf(Guangxi) economic zone, its spatial structure will inevitably turn into an export-oriented spatial structure. The new characteristics of regional economic spatial structure rely in: forming a “pole-axis” spatial pattern showing initial city leveled system; the network system and the “pole-axis” system without perfect “driving axis”; with lots of spatial units. In future, the Beibu Gulf(Guangxi) economic zone will undoubtedly become a new important place of population and industrial spatial agglomeration.

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