Like a Picasso's Painting: China's Center-Border Relations on Yanbian's Opening-up toward Democratic People's Republic of Korea
In 2009, the Chinese State Council approved a regional development plan for Jilin province in the northeast. Within the scheme, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture was designated as a pioneer zone for “opening-up” by enhancing transport infrastructures and alluring trade and investment from overseas. In 2011, China and DPRK agreed to jointly develop the Rason Special Economic and Trade Zone in DP