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Global Perspectives on Free Trade Zones

Author: Feng Shujun

ISBN: 978-1-84464-522-0

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-84464-523-7

Hardback-284 Pages

July 2018

English

£75 €90 $120

 

Description:

The China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as Shanghai FTZ) has been active for a year. With regard to the progress in the construction and reform of the free trade zone, how the achievements of the year have been made, and whether the final work submitted by its builders is satisfactory, etc., all these are waiting for the future responses and resonances from its users and other relevant parties involved. As Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pointed out in his visit to Shanghai FTZ that the free trade zone certainly would have a great future - it is a recognition and also an expectation.

Actually, "reform" is deeply rooted in the gene of Shanghai FTZ. As a national strategy, the free trade zone is a highlighted stage of reform rather than a policy neglected corner. Over the past year, the FTZ builders have all pitched in and their great endeavors have come down to the following four aspects: the establishment of a negative-list system, which is aimed for the innovation of the investment management system, the increase of trade facilitation and institutional innovation in regulatory services, the exploration on the reform of financial innovation system in the zone, and the basic formation of the in-process and post-mortem supervisory system based on transferred government functions.

China's future reform and opening up, of course, is not confined to 28.78 square kilometers of land of the FTZ. However, the experiences and lessons that FTZ has undergone during the exploration process in the past year will be of great values for its counterparts and all those successful experiences could be replicated and promoted elsewhere if needed. The FTZ construction is still on the way, China's reform and opening-up is also on the way, and there will surely be a "great future."

 

Content:

Chapter One The Free Trade Area Globalization

Section One The New Situation of Inter-State Competitions

Section Two General Approach to the Establishment of Free Trade Area

Section Three The Type and Characteristics of the Free Trade Area

Section Four The Development and Transformation of the Free Trade Zone

Chapter Two The Industry Development from the Perspective of the Free Trade Area

Section One Where Do Traditional Industries Go

Section Two The Opportunity and Challenge of Modern Service Industry

Section Three From "Made in China" to "Created in China"Chapter Three China' s Opening Strategy: Circulation among Asia, Africa and Latin AmericaSection One The Economy in the BRICS Countries Needs Adjustment Section Two Strategic Conception of the Economic Internal Circulation in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Section Three Measures and Arrangement of Economy Internal Circulation in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Appendix I Policy DocumentsNotice on Printing and Distributing the Regulations of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Notice on Printing and Distributing the Industrial Plan of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Notice of the People's Government of Shanghai Pudong New Area and China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Administrative Committee on Printing and Distributing the Trial Measures for Trust Registration

Notice of the People's Government of Shanghai on Printing and Distributing the Opinions of the Implementation in the Municipality on Further Promoting the Sound Development of Capital Markets

Notice on Printing and Distributing the Enforcement Measures of the Relative Concentrated Administrative Reconsideration Rights in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Notice On Printing and Distributing the Judicial Examination Rules of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Administration in Administration Normative Documents

Notice on Printing and Distributing the Insurance Institution and Senior Executive Record Management Measures of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

The Opinions on Further Carrying out Creation Activities of Harmonious Enterprises of Labor Relations and Harmonious Demonstration Enterprises of Labor Relations

The Opinions on Comprehensive Use Land Planning and Land Management in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Appendix II Research Report China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone has Become the Growth Pole of Shanghai Innovation and Development

References

Postscript

 

About Author:

Prof. Feng Shujun, Professor of Shanghai Business School, Former Associate Dean of Shanghai Business Development Research Institute

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