Industrial park tries new model

China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region aims to explore a new model in cross-border cooperation between such parks, said Gao Pu, deputy director of the industrial park's management committee.

A major cooperation project between China and Malaysia, the park was unveiled in 2012 in Qinzhou, a coastal city in Guangxi. Its counterpart, the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park, opened in 2013 in Kuantan, Malaysia.

Qinzhou is a port city located near the Beibu Gulf, a hub in China's links with Southeast Asian countries. The city serves as a strategic point on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, part of the Belt and Road Initiative.