开发区 kāifāqū development zone
How to remember 开发区: 开 open + 发 send out + 区 area = development zone.
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How it is used
- A development zone - a designated area for economic/industrial development - 经济技术开发区 (jīngjì jìshù kāifāqū) an economic and technological development zone.
- A specific administrative/urban-planning term for zones with policy incentives for investment.
- Read fā (发 = to develop); often shortened in names like 高新开发区 (high-tech development zone).