FORGING ASIA＇S GLOBAL TRANSPARK IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AT ZHUHAI

The main purpose of the paper is to introduce the concept of the Global TransPark (GTP). It is a critical time to develop air logistics infrastructure in the New Economy. The paper also presents a brief review of the air cargo industry in the Asian-Pacific region and China, in particular China‘s development in the industry as its economy has grown rapidly and globalized in the past two decades. The paper argues that China needs to develop a GTP to support its future growth, and explains why the Pearl River Delta-Hong Kong-Macao city-region or Extended Metropolitan Region (EMR) is the best location. Finally, it proposes that Zhuhai Airport, one of the five airports in the EMR, is thebest site for the GTP. New policies from Chinese government as well as close cooperation between local governmentsof Guangdong and the two Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao will be needed to make the establishment of the GTP possible.     

FORGING ASIA′S GLOBAL TRANSPARK IN THE PEARL RIVER DELTA AT ZHUHAI

1 NEEDFORNEWCOMPETITIVENESSINTHEPEARLRIVERDELTAIn1978ChinaadoptedanewapproachofOpen andReforminitsdevelopment.Priortothis,HongKongwasaBritish-runenclaveoffreetrade,andwaslittlerelatedeconomicallywithitsnextdoorneighborandnaturalhinterland—thePearl(Zhujiang)RiverDelta(PRD)(SIT,1991).Sincethen,localinitiativesofGuangdongProvinceanditsconstituentmunicipalitieshaveprovidedanattractivemilieuforHongKongin-vestment.IthassoongrownintoHongKong'snewmanufacturingbasewhileHong…     

THE SPATIAL DIVISION OF INDUSTRIES OF THEPEARL RIVER DELTA IN THE1990s: CHARACTERISTICS AND TRENDS

The Pearl River Delta (PRD) has been the mostdynamic region of China in the 1980s. The gross outputvalue of industry and agriculture, gross output value ofindustry, total amount of retail sales of consumer goodsand government revenue are chosen to examine the economic growth of the PRD. From 1980 to 1991, theabove-mentioned .four indicators increased at annualaverage rate of 23. 92%, 25. 16%, 20. 05% and16. 32% respectively, being 7. 86, 8. 43, 5. 63 and4. 77 percent points above that of t…