Shuikou
水口镇
Town
Border bridge with Vietnam
Border bridge with Vietnam
CountryChina
RegionGuangxi
Prefecture-level cityChongzuo
CountyLongzhou
Area
 • Total211.35 km2 (81.60 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total23,962

Shuikou is a town in Longzhou County, Chongzuo, Guangxi, China.[1] It is a border town of Tà Lùng in Vietnam. Due to its location on the border crossing to Vietnam and its educational and medical infrastructure, Shuikou is of regional importance.

Shuikou mainly produces sugar cane, rice, corn, beans and fruits such as jackfruit. Shuikou's main industries are in the food and medicine industries. There are several monuments that commemorate the events surrounding the Sino-French War of 1885.[2]

Border crossing

Shuikou border checkpoint

Shuikou border crossing is a national first-class trade port.[3]

In 1792 the border crossing officially opened. In 1889, an customs office was set up to facilitate trading. Through the 1950s, significant amounts of aid was sent through Shuikou to support North Vietnam in the war.[4] In 1978, over 30,000 ethnic Chinese fled from Vietnam to China through the town, as tensions built up between the countries.[5][6] Between 1979 and 1993 the crossing was closed due to hostile China–Vietnam relations. Nowadays it is one of the three major border crossings between Guangxi province and Vietnam.[7] A new, larger cross-border bridge is under construction.[8]

Notably 90% of China's cashew nut trade passes through this border crossing.[9][10]

Transport

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2020年统计用区划代码". www.stats.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ↑ "行政区划" (in Chinese). 龙州县人民政府. Retrieved 2019-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Expressway to Vietnam border opens to traffic". en.gxzf.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  4. ↑ 中国口岸 (in Chinese). 立信会计出版社. 1997. ISBN 978-7-5429-0448-5.
  5. ↑ 广西壮族自治区接待安置印支难民纪实 (in Chinese). 广西壮族自治区接待安置印支难民办公室. 1990.
  6. ↑ Liu, Guofu (2019-10-29). Chinese Refugee Law. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-41218-7.
  7. ↑ "水口口岸 - 景点介绍 - 广西崇左市龙州县人民政府门户网站 - www.longzhou.gov.cn". www.longzhou.gov.cn. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  8. ↑ "One Belt One Road, two corridors and one circle shaking hands--Seetao". Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  9. ↑ 遠見雜誌 (in Chinese). 遠見雜誌社. 2010.
  10. ↑ 經貿透視市調叢書, 外貿協會 (2016-12-01). 解讀中國大陸邊境貿易商機 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA). ISBN 978-957-495-376-9.

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