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Ｎｅｗ　Ｃｉｔｙ　ｏｎ　ｔｈｅ　Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ　Ｆｒｏｎｔｉｅｒ 　　MOTOR vehicle temporary entry administration began in Chongzuo City on November 20, 2007. On that day, 100 Vietnamese motor vehicles bearing temporary license plates issued by the Chinese transport department entered Chongzuo. They were allowed a free run of the city, in line with the relevant regulations of the People’s Republic of China. 　　Administrators of frontier cities have long wished to offer temporary entry services to transnational motor vehicles. Chongzuo, a new city bordering Vietnam established in August 2003, is the first frontier city in China to provide this convenience of access. In so doing it has made a substantial contribution to construction of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone. 　　 “Chongzuo is at the frontline of Western Development, Sino-ASEAN trade and Sino-Vietnam trade. Establishing thetemporary entry administration of motor vehicles from Vietnam is a major step towards establishing barrier-free traffic within the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone. It also signals a new stage in transnational regional cooperation in Chongzuo,” says Luo Dianlong, Secretary of the CPC Chongzuo Municipal Committee, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with evident satisfaction. 　　 　　“Vietnam on the Doorstep, ASEAN a Few Steps Away” 　　 　　China and ASEAN reached agreement on the inauguration of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone on November 4, 2002. It was a move that brought undreamt of development opportunities to Guangxi’s frontier areas. The central authorities rescinded Nanning Prefecture (under whose jurisdiction Chongzuo fell) on December 23 of the same year, and established Chongzuo City at the prefectural level. Its aim was to take advantage of Chongzuo’s location between the Guangxi regional capital of Nanning and the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. A dynamic framework of a central city on China’s southern frontier, that will take the lead in development in the border areas, has hence been created. 　　Chongzuo has obvious geog