In Depth
Fangchenggang – A port facing Asia
- Published 10 Dec 2009
Plans for steel and nuclear power plants, plus busy ties with Vietnam, power an expansion in urban area of 24% this year alone.
Urbanisation trend:The port of Fangchenggang is a prefecture-level city in Guangxi province close to Vietnam. Its built-up area totalled 30.6 sq km at end-2008, and the population living in the city proper was 285,000.
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