摘要
The Lanzhou New Area, China's fifth State-level development zone, was established in August to "explore the market of the Commonwealth of the Independent States". Sitting in the geometric center of the country and the traditional transportation hub toward Europe, Lanzhou City, with its advantage of oil refining and equipment manufacturing, is well prepared to develop energy industries by importing more raw materials from Central Asia and Mongolia. The Lanzhou New Area targets the markets of Central Asian countries and the CIS countries.