BEIJING, Oct. 31 (Xinhuanet) -- Yinchuan Comprehensive Bonded Area (First stage), which was officially approved in the national acceptance inspection, is going to operate on Sept. 12, 2013, demonstrating China's policies of developing the west and opening the west.

Located to the south of the Yinchuan Hedong International Airport, Yinchuan Comprehensive Bonded Area covers a planning area of 8.17 square kilometers.

The Comprehensive Bonded Area mainly focuses on exclusive Muslim products, the development of bonded logistic and air-transportation related economy.

According to Wang Heshan, Deputy President of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the area will be an important base for further promoting the opening of Ningxia, and continuing the economic cooperation between China and Arab countries.