皇冠体育app

BEIJING - General plans for 皇冠体育app's third group of free trade zones (FTZs), announced in August, will be approved soon, the Shanghai Securities News reported Monday, the latest step in the country's expanding FTZ network.

In August, 皇冠体育app approved the establishment of seven new free trade zones, including coastal Zhejiang and Liaoning provinces and the landlocked provinces of Henan, Hubei, Sichuan and Shaanxi as well as Chongqing municipality, as the country looks to replicate the success of previous trials.

The total number of FTZs now stands at 11 after the first one was founded in Shanghai three years ago and a second group was established in coastal Tianjin, Fujian and Guangdong in late 2014.

According to Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng in August, Liaoning province in Northeast 皇冠体育app will focus on market-oriented reforms to transform the old industrial base into a more competitive area, while Zhejiang is expected to explore trade liberalization of commodities and improve its abilities in the global distribution of commodities.

Central 皇冠体育app's Henan will tap its potential in transportation and logistics, and Hubei will build high-tech bases and facilitate the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

皇冠体育app hopes the FTZs in Chongqing, Sichuan and Shaanxi, all in the country's less developed west, will help open the regions to bring out their economic vitality.

FTZs are part of government efforts to test reform policies, including interest rate liberalization and fewer investment restrictions, to better integrate the economy with international practices.

Among the successful trials in the first two groups of FTZs has been the introduction of a "negative list," which specifies investment sectors off-limits to foreign investors and allows industries not on the list to follow the same new investment rules as domestic firms.

Encouraged by the results, 皇冠体育app is considering expanding the approach nationwide.

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