Regional structure, governance and the development of border area: A survey of Horgos border zone in Xinjiang, China

Border area developed in globalization and regional integration. This paper argues the influence factors from an abstract "ideal border area" view. This paper takes the development of Horgos border zone as an example to pointout that, the transform of border attribute promote the difference and relevance in cross border structure, which, in regional integration, leads to an increase of cross flow and economic concentration. While cross border governance, especially institutional arrangement from the state government promotes the cooperation and development in border area.