FREE TRADE ZONE

China Unveils Blueprint for FTZ Transformation of Hainan Island

31 October 2018

Further details of plans to transform the whole of Hainan Island into China’s newest Free Trade Zone (FTZ) have been released by the State Council. More

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Guangdong Scraps Approvals for Cross-Location Drug Advertising and Radiopharmaceutical Use

26 September 2018

The Food and Drug Administration of Guangdong Province will no longer be accepting applications relating to either the cross-location filing of drug advertisements or licences for the use of radiopharmaceuticals (categories I and II) within medical institutions. More

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Zhuhai Set to Implement Existing Free Trade Area Reforms on Citywide Basis

20 September 2018

The Zhuhai government plans to extend six of the reforms and innovations currently being trialled in the Hengqin New Area of the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone to the whole of the city. More

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Shanghai FTZ Looks to Upgrade Financial Services Offer

26 July 2018

To further open-up the financial sector and to maintain Shanghai’s lead role within it, the Shanghai Free Trade Zone (FTZ) Administrative Committee recently introduced 25 measures, across six key sectors, intended to refine the current level of related services and incentives on offer within the FTZ. More

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China Further Liberalises Free Trade Zone Sectors for Foreign Investment

23 July 2018

Foreign investment within the country’s Pilot Free Trade Zones has now been okayed in an additional 50 sectors. More

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Pilot Free Trade Zones Reforms Approved for China-wide Implementation

17 July 2018

Many of the reforms trialed in the country’s Pilot Free Trade Zones are to be rolled out on a national basis, with the State Council calling on the relevant government departments to prioritise their implementation. More

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Dedicated Area Set to Trial Hainan’s Future Free Trade Policies and Practices

03 July 2018

As a precursor to Hainan’s shift to full Free Trade Zone status, a move scheduled to be completed by 2020, a 298 sq km site on the east coast of Haikou, the island-province’s capital, is to be developed as a testing ground for the policies and practices that will later be implemented on a province-wide basis. More

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China Spells Out Future Roles for the Guangdong, Tianjin and Fujian Free Trade Zones

15 June 2018

Greater autonomy has been promised to three of the country’s Pilot Free Trade Zones – Guangdong, Tianjin and Fujian. More

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Planned Hainan Free Trade Zone and Free Trade Port Gain Official Assent

31 May 2018

Plans to push ahead with the construction of the China (Hainan) Pilot Free Trade Zone and an accompanying free trade port have now been granted official approval. More

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Hainan Set for Free Trade Zone and Free Port Status

23 April 2018

Hainan is to be transformed into both a Pilot Free Trade Zone and a Free Trade Port, with the province set to expand its tourism remit, while also opening-up to the wider world on a more general basis. More

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