Research on the Mechanisms of High-Quality Development of Border Entry Points Economy in China’s Xinjiang under the Background of Pilot Free Trade Zone

The spatial overlap and functional complementarity between border entry points and pilot free trade zones (PFTZs) have made the high-quality development of border entry points economy both currently important and valuable. This study presents the mechanisms and pathways for achieving the high-quality development of the border entry points economy in China’s Xinjiang aiming to identify how institutional innovations within PFTZ can break through the problems constraining the high-quality development of border entry points economy. The findings of the research indicate that, to clear the hurdles, the country urgently needs to break free from the path dependence on a “corridor economy” and undergo a deep transformation toward a “landing economy”, to fill the gaps in the infrustructure through a purposeful modernization, to create an intellectual and sustainable system of protection for the security reinforcement, to make the region-wide coordination mechanisms more intensified for the enhancing overall border entry points efficiency. Based on these findings, this article proposes practicle recommendations to change the situation.