图们江下游地区地处东北亚的中央部位,中、俄、朝三国毗邻,是东北亚地区实现水平分工与垂直分工的交汇点,是未来新亚欧大陆桥的东端起点,俄、朝的港口群与广阔的中国东北地区和俄西伯利亚与远东的腹地紧密相连,在世界经济一体化和区域集团化不断发展的当今世界,多国合作与联合开发则是图们江下游区域开发的最佳模式选择,跨国自由经济贸易区是其最高的地域组织形式,为此,需要依据经济区域的发展规律,不断协调地缘经济关系,促进这一跨世纪工程早日实现。

The lower reaches of Tumen River is situated in the central part of Northeast Asia Region where isadjacent to China, Russia and DPRK, and it is the adjoining point of horizontal division and verticaldivision among the regions of Northeast Asia, and it is also the northern starting point of the future newcontinent bridge between Asia and Europe. The port clusters of Russia and DPRK in the area link withthe vast hinterlands of Northeast China, Russian Siberia and Russian Far East closely. Today, theworld economic integration and regional grouping are going continuously, the model of multi - coopera-tion will be the best choice to develop the lower area of Tumen River, and the trans boundary free eco-nomic and trade zone will be the highest regional organization model. So, in order to facilitate thistrans- century project as soon as possible, it is necessary to coordinate geo - economic relations ac-cording to the developing principals of economic region step by step.