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Generally, Africa is characterized by a low degree of industrialization and a relatively backward economic development. For this reason, the African countries have been dedicated to copying and learning East Asia’s and China’s development mode and striving to attract foreign capital and encourage foreign investments by establishing various kinds of special economic zones with various functions, issuing various preferential policies and providing convenient services. Africa enjoys relatively good location conditions for developing its export industries and world trade and has seen early initiation of special economic zones.
Luo Haiping, native of Nanchong, Sichuan Province, Ph.D., Associate Researcher, China Central Economic and Social Development Research Center, Nanchang University, mainly engaged in the research on the special zones and experimental zones. Project fund: Humanistic & Social Science Research Youth Fund under the Ministry of Education (project number: 12YJC790134).
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Huang and Tang (2012).
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Analysis of African Trade Integration (2014).
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The African Free Trade Zone (2014).
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Zhang (2013).
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Luo, H. (2016). Report on the Development of Africa’s Special Economic Zones. In: Tao, Y., Yuan, Y. (eds) Annual Report on the Development of China's Special Economic Zones (2016). Current Chinese Economic Report Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0542-8_10
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