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  • China to promote more FTZ reform measures nationwide

    China's State Council has issued a circular to promote the replication of the latest reform experience tested in its pilot free trade zones (FTZs) across the country.

    July11,2023


  • China's FTZs deepen reforms to align with international standards

    China plans to deepen reforms in some eligible free trade zones (FTZs) and Hainan Free Trade Port to align with high-standard international economic and trade rules amid efforts to boost institutional opening-up, said a circular released by the State Council on Thursday.

    June30,2023


  • China issues priority list for pilot free trade zones

    The Ministry of Commerce has issued a priority list for pilot free trade zones (FTZs) during the 2023-2025 period as the country marks the 10th anniversary of its pilot FTZ construction.

    June26,2023


  • Shanghai FTZ's Lin-gang Special Area welcomes advanced finance institute

    Dishui Lake Advanced Finance Institute of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE-DAFI) was inaugurated Monday.

    May22,2023


  • Shanghai's special area improves business environment to better serve enterprises

    Since its establishment in 2019, Lingang Special Area has taken the improvement of business environment as an important task, making efforts to update the hardware and software facilities and personnel of the government affairs service center to better serve Shanghai-based enterprises.

    May17,2023


  • State Grid branch in C. China's Hunan strives to ensure power supply of local FTZ

    Staff members of State Grid Chenzhou Power Supply Company on Thursday carried out a thorough inspection of electric equipment to ensure stable power supply at Xiangneng Hualei Optoelectronic Company (Hualei Optoelectronic) in the Chenzhou Area of China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in central China's Hunan Province.

    March24,2023


  • Changsha area of Hunan Pilot FTZ sees 15 major projects signed with over RMB 50 bln investment

    A total of 15 major projects with a total investment of 50.65 billion yuan were signed during a ceremony held on Tuesday in Changsha area of China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province.

    November30,2022


  • China’s Heilongjiang FTZ registers surging foreign trade in H1

    Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) witnessed a 48.3 percent year on year growth in foreign trade to 16.687 billion yuan in the first sixth months this year, according to the Department of Commerce of Heilongjiang Province.

    September05,2022


  • Remote sensing images show changes of pilot FTZ in Shanghai

    Image captured by a Gaofen series satellite on March 3, 2022 shows the Shanghai Astronomy Museum in Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai.

    August22,2022


  • Anhui's pilot FTZ sees robust foreign trade in H1

    The pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in east China's Anhui Province generated foreign trade of 95.93 billion yuan (about 14.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of this year, up 28.5 percent year on year.

    August04,2022


  • Zero-tariff policy for imported vehicles in Hainan sees increasing tax exemption

    Since implementation, the zero-tariff policy for imported vehicles in Hainan Free Trade Port(FTP) had reduced a total of 10.1859 million yuan tax for enterprises by June 22, reported Chinanews.com Thursday.

    June24,2022


  • NE.China's Liaoning FTZ Dalian area issues guidelines to boost development under RCEP

    The Dalian area of China (Liaoning) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), also known as Dalian Free Trade Zone, in Northeast China's Liaoning Province released action plans and measures on Monday aimed at helping local governments, industries and companies better seize the opportunities brought by the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and promote higher levels of opening-up.

    May31,2022


  • S.China Guangxi FTZ further presses ahead global investment attraction

    The Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reached investment attraction deals on May 27 with 11 overseas investment institutions from Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Germany, the United States and other countries and regions.

    May30,2022


  • ​Anhui's pilot FTZ sees robust foreign trade in first four months

    The pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in east China's Anhui Province generated foreign trade of over 63.3 billion yuan in the first four months of 2022, up 33.3 percent year on year, local customs said.

    May16,2022


  • China scrapes foreign ownership limits for certain ships in Hainan

    China will lift the foreign ownership caps of certain shipping firms in the Hainan free trade port as part of efforts to boost the port's development, an official statement said Wednesday.

    May13,2022


  • Guangxi's pilot FTZ sees surge in cross-border e-commerce in Q1

    The pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region saw its import and export of cross-border e-commerce hit 3.51 billion yuan (about 520 million U.S. dollars) in the first quarter of 2022, up 108.4 percent year on year.

    May12,2022


  • Anhui's pilot FTZ sees robust foreign trade in Q1

    The pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in east China's Anhui Province generated foreign trade of over 45.6 billion yuan (about 7.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the first three months of this year, up 33.3 percent year on year.

    April24,2022


  • Xi Focus: Four years on, Hainan's free trade port construction in full swing

    China announced a decision to develop Hainan into a pilot free trade zone while gradually exploring and steadily promoting the establishment of an FTP with Chinese characteristics in 2018.

    April21,2022


  • E.China Shandong FTZ steps up efforts to facilitate trade and investment

    The China (Shandong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in eastern China recently released 16 detailed measures to promote trade and investment facilitation, aiming to continue to attract investment to the FTZ, Dazhong Daily, a local newspaper, reported Friday.

    April18,2022


  • Pilot FTZs lead China's high-level opening-up with fruitful results

    The third batch of China's pilot free trade zones (FTZs), inaugurated in April 2017 and respectively located in Liaoning, Zhejiang, Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces and Chongqing Municipality, have recently made public the five-year development results in succession.

    April14,2022


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