The new areas or new districts of the People's Republic of China are new urban districts that are given special economic and development support by the Chinese Central Government or regional government. New areas are divided into two varieties: administrative or management and further divided into levels: state-level, provincial-level, and prefectural-level.
The State-level new areas of the People's Republic of China are special economic-development zones supported by the central government. The zones are parts of cities at various levels in the formal hierarchy but are known as "national-level" or "state-level" in reference to the preferential policies and privileges that are granted directly by the State Council. These privileges are to encourage and attract new developments (particularly foreign direct investment) to speed up the city's economy.[1]
Provincial-level and prefectural-level new areas are not governed by the central government rather by the provincial or prefectural government.[citation needed]
^国函〔2012〕128号 China DailyNansha New Area launched Updated: 2012-09-13 14:56 "China has mapped out a new State-level development zone in South China's Guangdong province, the Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday. As the country's sixth State-level New Area, the Nansha New Area is expected to get national support from a series of preferential policies and innovation reforms on tax policy, land management, financial innovation and industrial development. The other zones are in Shanghai, Tianjin and Chongqing, as well as Zhejiang and Gansu provinces."
^综述 (in Simplified Chinese). Shayang County People's Government. Archived from the original on 5 April 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018. 现辖13个镇2个新区和1个省级经济开发区，其中：13个镇分别为五里铺、十里铺、纪山、拾迴桥、后港、毛李、官垱、李市、马良、高阳、沈集、曾集、沙洋镇，2个新区分别为滨江新区和新港区，1个省级经济开发区为沙洋经济开发区。全县现有249个村31个社区居委会。县人民政府驻沙洋镇。
^大悟县概况 (in Simplified Chinese). Xiaogan People's Government. Retrieved 29 March 2018. 县辖{...}高铁新区。
