Zhoushan Archipelago New Area is the newly established
state-level new area (
special economic and political administration zone) under the direct control of Zhoushan Municipal Government on 7 July 2011. Zhoushan Archipelago New Area was approved by the State Council of China's Central Government as the fourth
state-level new area (followed by
Pudong of Shanghai,
Binhai of Tianjin, an
Liangjiang of Chongqing), which is also the second state-level new development area in East China.