Location close to the border, the presence of a developed transportation complex and several land (both road and rail) checkpoints across the state border indicate a significant but not yet realized potential for the developed of cross-border economic cooperation. The high population density of the regional center creates opportunities for development.
Primorye Territory is considered the most promising region of the Far Eastern Federal District in terms of economic and social development potential. A favourable climate, an extensive coastline, and the access to various resources for economic activity have created attractive living conditions, which predetermined a high level of residential development of the region.
The priority development of the urban agglomerations of the Khabarovsk Territory, as well as its southern and coastal centers of population concentration, can become the main driver of development of the region. Two largest cities – Khabarovsk and Komsomolsk-on-Amur, which produce the most of the GRP, are the centers of concentration of economic entities (including small businesses) and the labor potential of the region.
