31.   Accompanied by senior aviation and provincial officials, Li attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the airport in Zhuhai, a special economic zone in the Guangdong province.

32.   An exception is made in a special zone in Shanghai, called Pudong, where nine foreign banks are allowed to conduct business in the local currency.

33.   And they promised to study the creation of special industrial zones to boost manufacturing and trade.

34.   Any proposal to set up such special zones would require approval from the Legislature and a positive response from China, Lien was quoted as saying.

35.   Apart from that, there are special industrial zones stretching from Danang to Nha Trang.

36.   Because many Hong Kong companies, especially in the manufacturing sector, had been relocating to special economic zones in the mainland, local workers also had to move.

37.   Ben Antonio, an official of Clark Development Corp., which supervises the special zone, said Pamintuan misled his men into supporting him.

38.   But in the shorter term, Taiwan will emphasize concrete measures to improve economic relations, including establishing special zones for commerce with China, he said.

39.   But the North has told them their investment would be confined to the Rajin-Sonbong special economic zone on the border with Russia and China, Joongang added.

40.   Five northeastern Asian nations initialled an agreement Tuesday on moving ahead with an ambitious plan to develop a special economic zone along the mouth of the Tumen River.