Abstract
The official launch of China’s pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in Shanghai on September 29, 2013, marked a significant milestone for the country’s economic reforms and its strategy of opening up its domestic markets for foreign investors. Th e FTZ is expected to liberalize trade and the provision of services and help to develop opportunities available to off shore companies. Th e main purposes of the FTZ are to: improve the effi ciency and eff ectiveness of government functions; open up the economy to new investment opportunities; accelerate the development of trading; widen the opening up of 18 service industries, and align the existing legal framework with respective to foreign investments.
Widely perceived as a testing ground for the shaping of foreign investment landscape, the FTZ covers an area of 28 square kilometers in Shanghai and comprises four zones specially administered by customs authorities: the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistic Park, Yangshan Free Trade Port Area and Pudong Airport Free Trade Zone.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 31-43 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | International Tax Journal |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2014 |