[4] With huge amount of capital investment issued from State's Financial Department, those provinces developed rapidly with a progressive GDP growth rate, a gradually mature industry structure and an efficient communication system.

[citation needed] Lanzhou is intended to achieve the ideal of 'common wealth' as outlined by the Chinese Communist Party through the rapid development of Western provinces.

These three capital cities are close enough to form a regional economic conglomeration, and Lanzhou New Area is envisioned as the center of this amalgamation.

[citation needed] Lanzhou's main urban area is constrained in size by its geographical topography, since it is a typical valley sandwiched by mountains, with the Yellow River crossing by.

Later, the Gansu Provincial Government issued the Consulting Advice about Promoting Constructions in Lanzhou New Area in order to support the development of LNA.

[citation needed] Lanzhou and Gansu province are part of China's strategic platform for opening up to the West, to improve manufacturing industry and economy in the western regions.

The objective rendered the economic and geographical scale of LNA to be equivalent to that of Lanzhou main city within 20 years.

[10] In order to construct the city, 6000 workers and more than 3000 excavators were brought in to flatten hundreds of mountain tops, thereby making land which could be built upon.

[4] Most other early residents were local villagers who were received an urban hukou in exchange for selling their land, and workers of factories that had been relocated to the new area.

[citation needed] LNA has been designated a smart city since 2017, primarily based on technology supplied by Huawei.

Construction of the Lanzhou Metro commenced in July 2012, and future lines are planned connecting the New Area to the old city.