- 发展中国家 fāzhǎnzhōngguójiā developing country
- 事态发展 shìtàifāzhǎn developmentsthe course of events
- 上海浦东发展银行 Shànghǎi Pǔdōng Fāzhǎn Yínháng SPD BankShanghai Pudong Development Bank
- 香港贸易发展局 Xiānggǎng Màoyì Fāzhǎnjú HKTDCHong Kong Trade Development Council
- 发展商 fāzhǎnshāng developerreal estate developer
- 国家发展计划委员会 Guójiā Fāzhǎn Jìhuà Wěiyuánhuì State planning committeePRC State Development and Planning Committee, set up in 1998 to replace the State Planning Committee and replaced in 2003 by the National Development and Reform Commission
- 可持续发展 kěchíxùfāzhǎn sustainable development
- 国家发展和改革委员会 Guójiā Fāzhǎnhé Gǎigé Wěiyuánhuì NDRCPRC National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formed in 2003
- 国家发展改革委 Guójiā Fāzhǎn Gǎigé Wěi NDRCNational Development and Reform Commission (PRC)
- 发展研究中心 Fāzhǎn Yánjiū Zhōngxīn Development Research CenterDevelopment Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
- 科学发展观 Kēxué Fāzhǎnguān Scientific Outlook on DevelopmentThe Scientific Outlook on Development, a guiding socio-economic ideology of the CCP attributed to Hu Jintao, incorporated into the Constitution of the CCP in 2007.
- 经济发展 jīngjìfāzhǎn economic development
- 经济合作与发展组织 Jīngjì Hézuòyǔ Fāzhǎn Zǔzhī OECDOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- 发展中 fāzhǎnzhōng developingin the process of growth or advancement, especially in a socioeconomic context
