ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the ways in which the provincial government has managed to integrate its coastal cities into an economic region and merge two ports into one gateway. The gateway concept in relation to China's behavior toward an entrepreneurial region is reviewed. Although Guangdong is considered the most economically dynamic region in China, the Pearl River Delta (PRD) and its core, Hong Kong, are some 900 kilometers away from the major port of Guangxi. With the strong support of the Guangxi provincial government and the Chinese national government, it seems possible for the Beibuwan Coastal Economic Region (BCER) to build gateway infrastructure and offer services while simultaneously building economic centrality. The BCER in Guangxi, and similar coastal economic regions in China and other developing countries that have become more export-dependent over recent years such as India and Brazil, rely on and may expect positive results from the migrant workforce from other regions within their own countries.
