China Unveils Plan for Shanghai Free-Trade Zone
China unveiled on Aug. 6 its pilot plan for the new Lingang area of the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone, where goods will benefit from reduced duties or tax exemptions, according to an Aug. 6 report from Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency.…
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The section will cover an area of about 75 square miles and will “match the standard of the most competitive free trade zones worldwide,” Xinhua said. The zone will encourage foreign access and increase the free flow of goods, and by 2025 the Lingang area “will have a relatively mature institutional system of investment and trade liberalization and facilitation,” Xinhua said. While Xinhua did not include specific details, the zone is also expected to eliminate all duties and ease most customs procedures (see 1908050013).