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and innovative institutions. The new in-
dustrial parks are expected to attract more
competitive companies and help form indus-
trial clusters in the region.
China has implemented three rounds of
revitalization of the northeast since 2004.
According to Fu Cheng, head of the Institute
of Sociology at the Jilin Academy of Social
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Government made preferential policies for
the region and expected it to fix problems
by itself. Now the revival plan has been up-
graded by giving the region the opportunity
to have positive interactions with more
developed eastern and southern regions, Fu
said.
ìThe three northeastern provinces have
much to learn from the economically devel-
oped provinces, which have accumulated
rich experience over the past three decades
of reform and opening up and have better
understanding of development, effects of
policy incentives and market rules,î Fu told
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A staff member examines heavy trucks produced by a subsidiary of the Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co. Ltd. in Fuxin, Liaoning Province, on May 11, 2016
Fu said benefits also go the other way.
ìThe northeastern region has much to offer
to the eastern and southern regions as well,î
Fu argued. ìFor instance, it has an advanced
cultural sector and many prestigious univer-
sities from which hundreds of thousands of
students graduate each year.î
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complete industrialization, the northeast has
a lead in many manufacturing sectors, such
as the automobile industry in Changchun and
equipment manufacturing in Liaoning. TheirVV