Pingtan encourages higher learning institutions from Taiwan and the Chinese mainland to join efforts in founding Pingtan University, secondary and higher-education schools, and vocational and technical schools in the pilot zone.
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In 2011, Pingtan realized a GDP of 11.15 billion yuan ($1.75 billion), a year-on-year growth of 17.1 percent
With a hot and humid climate, Pingtan county has short but warm winters and long but cool summers with rare frosts and snows.
Pingtan has always been an important coastal defense spot. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it speeded up the island construction and attached great importance to coastal defense.
The banks near Pingtan are mainly Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC).
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Laws and regulations apply to the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone