Guangxi’slocation within China

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is located in southern China, neighboring the provinces of Guangdong in the east, Hunan in the northeast, Guizhou in the northwest, and Yunnan in the west. To the south it gives onto the Beibu Gulf and faces the island province of Hainan across the sea to the southeast. It covers an area of 236, 700 sq km, accounting for 2.5% of China’s total territory, the ninth largest of China’s administrativ divisions. Guangxi is one of China’s frontier provinces, having a 637 km-long land border with Vietnam to the southwest and a 1, 595km-long mainland coastline.

Dongxing, gateway to China

Guangxi is both a coastal and frontier region, the only one in China with both land and sea connections with ASEAN, a hub between the economic circles of south China, southwest China and ASEAN, making it portal to ASEAN, the most accessible harbor in southwest China,anda key bridge linking Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and western China. Following the establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone in 2010, the strategic position and important role of Guangxi will become ever more prominent.

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