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.