The Dandong Border Economic Cooperation Zone saw its GDP reach 9.6 billion yuan ($1.54 billion) in the first three quarters of 2012, an increase of 16.3 percent year-on-year, Dandong Daily reported on Nov 14.

Industrial added value and fixed asset investment totaled 3.06 billion yuan and 10.06 billion yuan during the period, up by 18.7 percent and 10.7 percent, respectively. Domestic capital reached 10.62 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 43.3 percent.

Edited by Zhao Qian and Michael Thai