摘要
A look at the ongoing '5 points in 1 line ' coastline development project in Liaoning, Northeast China LIAONING Province in Northeast China was once the country's industrial engine. Within a decade of New China's founding, it was churning out everything from coal and steel to fighter jets. But the engine spluttered out in the mid-1990s, when many of Liaoning's
LIAONING Province in Northeast China was once the country＇s industrial engine. Within a decade of New China＇s founding, it was churning out everything from coal and steel to fighter jets. But the engine spluttered out in the mid-1990s, when many of Liaoning＇s state-owned enterprises restructured or shut down completely due to bankruptcy, cavernous inefficiencies or new anti-pollution regulations. Millions were laid off, and as China was at that time concentrating on the eastern and southern seaboards, the outlook for Liaoning wasn＇t pretty. However, a new drive to revitalize the Northeast, galvanized by closer economic cooperation between Northeast China, Japan and South Korea, is breathing new life into Liaoning and beyond.
