BEIJING, May 9 (Xinhua) – Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone, located in east Fujian, southeast China and a cross-strait bridge on the Belt and Road, has attracted as many as 1,854 financial and related enterprises to operate business there by end March, reported Fujian Daily Tuesday.
Thanks to this, the cross-strait financial industry cluster in the zone has basically taken shape, featuring funds, VC, assets management, and capital service.
Part of Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone overlaps with Pingtan Area of China (Fujian) Pilot Free Trade Zone in terms of area of coverage. Since April 21, 2015 when the Pingtan Area was put into formal operation, the Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone has optimized its financial services and become home to a batch of key projects with financial business licenses .
From April 2015 to March this year, financial industry in Pingtan Comprehensive Pilot Zone generated 913 million yuan of added value, giving a big boost to the development of local tertiary industry. (Contributed by Duan Jing, duanjing@xinhua.org, edited by Zhang Aifang, zhangaf@xinhua.org)