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'''Revitalize The Old Northeast Industrial Bases''' ({{zh|s=振兴东北老工业基地|t=振興東北老工業基地|p=Zhènxīng Dōngběi Lǎo Gōngyè Jīdì}}), also '''Revitalize Northeast China''' or '''Northeast China Revitalization''', is a policy adopted by the [[People's Republic of China]] to rejuvenate [[Industrial sector|industrial]] bases in [[Northeast China]]. The areas targeted once functioned as the center of [[heavy industry]] in China, first under Japanese-occupation ([[Manchukuo]] and [[Kwantung Leased Territory]]) and then under the state-led development of the People's Republic of China before [[Chinese economic reform|reform and opening-up]]. Since the 1980s, the region has been heavily affected by the [[Chinese economic reform|restructuring of the Chinese economy]] and the closing and consolidation of many heavy industry [[State-owned enterprise]]s (SOEs).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/outofasia/2017/07/14/dongbei-china-rust-belt/#70c4c1bc4012|title=China Has Its Own Rust Belt, And It's Getting Left Behind As The Country Prospers|last=Asia|first=Out of|work=Forbes|access-date=2018-08-31|language=en}}</ref> It covers three [[Province (China)|provinces]]: [[Heilongjiang]], [[Jilin]], and [[Liaoning]], collectively referred to as [[Dongbei]], as well as the five eastern [[prefectures]] of [[Inner Mongolia]]: [[Xilin Gol League|Xilin Gol]], [[Chifeng]], [[Tongliao]], [[Hinggan League|Hinggan]] and [[Hulunbuir]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Northeast Revitalization Plan (2007)|url=http://www.gov.cn/gzdt/2007-08/20/content_721632.htm|publisher=China State Council|access-date=31 August 2010|language=zh}}</ref>

== History ==
[[List of premiers of China|Premier]] [[Wen Jiabao]] held a [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]] meeting on 10 September 2003 regarding the issue of reviving northeast China. The meeting saw the drafting of the document "Certain Opinions Regarding Implementing the Strategies of Reviving the Old Industrial Bases Including the Northeast", which would be jointly disseminated by the [[Central Committee of the CCP]] and the State Council in October 2003.<ref>{{Cite journal|jstor=27756425|title=Assessing the "Revive the Northeast" (zhenxing dongbei) Programme: Origins, Policies and Implementation|last1=Chung|first1=Jae Ho |first2=Hongyi|last2=Lai|first3=Jang-Hwan|last3=Joo|journal=[[The China Quarterly]]|publisher=Cambridge University Press|issue=197|date=March 2009|page=113}}</ref>

The State Council established a special Leading Group to define and adopt related strategies, which held its first meeting in August 2009 and the second in August 2010. The Chairman of the Leading Group is Premier [[Wen Jiabao]].

Following the first meeting of the Leading Group, the revitalization strategy was affirmed and extended in a document of September 9, 2009. The State Council asked the Northeastern provinces to better coordinate their economic development strategies.<ref>http://velopment.de/wiki/Document_33 State Council Document No. 33</ref> As a result, the top party and government leaders of Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Inner Mongolia met in [[Shenyang]], capital of [[Liaoning]] for the first [[Northeast Summit]] in April 2010, and signed a framework agreement of 25 articles for cooperation and integrated regional development.

The core of the program is to revitalize the region's traditional industry, while speeding up development in aspects of structural regulation, regional cooperation, economic reform, the construction of an [[environment-friendly]] economy, and increased efforts in education, healthcare, and cultural projects.

In 2016, it was announced that 1.6 trillion RMB would be used to continue to revitalize the economy.

Cooperation with Russia, the two Koreas (North and South Korea) and Mongolia, as well as securing natural gas supplies will become important factors in this revitalisation program.

==See also==
*[[Bohai Economic Rim]]
*[[Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone]]
*[[China Western Development]]
*[[Rise of Central China Plan]]
*[[Economy of China]]

==External links==
*[http://english.gov.cn/special/ne_index.htm NE China Revitalization] - Special Report
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051028221106/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/GI14Ad03.html Asia Times Online: Reviving northeast China]

==References==
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