Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 20, 2019 shows an interior view of an administrative service center at the Lingang area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 6, 2023 shows a view of the Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Vietnamese student livestreams at a cross-border e-commerce company in the Nanning area of the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Lei Jiaxing)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 26, 2023 shows the Tesla Gigafactory in Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member briefs on China (Shanghai) International Trade Single Window in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 12, 2018. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This panoramic aerial photo taken on Jan. 10, 2023 shows a view of Lujiazui area in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows the Yangpu Bonded Port Area in Yangpu, south China's Hainan Province. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

Xinhua Headlines: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

(230929) -- SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 1, 2023 shows a view of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider

STORY: 10 years on, FTZs set sail on new voyage as China vows to open wider DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai FTZ 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PEI YIGEN, Head of Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered (China) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG WENXI, CEO of Skytech Global Ltd. 4. various of Shanghai FTZ STORYLINE: Friday marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of China's first pilot free trade zone in Shanghai's Pudong New Area. According to a white paper released last week, the Shanghai FTZ had attracted 84,000 new enterprises by the end of last year, 2.35 times the number of enterprises established in the 20 years before its establishment. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): PEI YIGEN, Head of Transaction Banking, Standard Chartered (China) "The Shanghai Free Trade Zone is of great significance to Standard Chartered. We see China as its most strategic and important market. The launch of the FTZ, with its focus on the internationa

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(230926) -- BEIJING, Sept. 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, conveys Xi Jinping's instruction on advancing the construction of pilot free trade zones (FTZs) and delivers a speech at a meeting marking the 10th anniversary of the establishment of China's first FTZ in Beijing, capital of China on Sept. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)

A decade on, China's free trade zones become pacesetters for further reform and opening-up

STORY: A decade on, China's free trade zones become pacesetters for further reform and opening-up DATELINE: Aug. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai FTZ and views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANNA VAN ACKER, Senior Vice President of MSD and President of MSD China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TANG HAO, Deputy director, Management committee, Lin-gang Special Area of Shanghai FTZ 4. various of the views in China 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BELEN GARIJO, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck Group 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BENOIT BAZIN, CEO, Saint-Gobain Group STORYLINE: In 2013, China set up its first pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in Shanghai, a testbed of new opening-up policies. After rounds of expansion, China now has 21 such zones and the Hainan Free Trade Port. They have played a crucial role in attracting foreign investment and stabilizing foreign trade. In 2022, the 21 FTZs saw exports and imports rise 14.5 percent year on year

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

(221029) -- BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows a section of the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone in Nansha New District of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

(221029) -- BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 4, 2022 shows the Volkswagen Anhui MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix) plant under construction in the Hefei area of the pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

(221029) -- BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A container is loaded onto a truck at an international container pier of the Wuhu Port in East China's Anhui Province, Sept. 27, 2022. (Photo by Yuan Juan/Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

(221029) -- BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 4, 2022 shows a workshop of the Volkswagen Anhui MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix) plant under construction in the Hefei area of the pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in east China's Anhui Province. (Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

(221029) -- BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on July 29, 2022 shows a China-Europe freight train bound for Budapest, Hungary leaving a logistics base in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. (Photo by Song Yanjun/Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

Xinhua Headlines: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

(221029) -- BEIJING, Oct. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 20, 2022 shows the Tesla Gigafactory in the Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up

STORY: Pilot FTZs gear up China's high-quality opening up DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of general views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GRACE TAO, Global Vice President of Tesla 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): DAVID SANCHEZ CASTANEDA, Sales Manager of Fujian Black Bean Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FAHEEM SARDAR, Senior policy specialist at Pakistan's national security division 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): OH EI SUN, Principal adviser for Malaysia's Pacific Research Center STORYLINE: In the Hefei area of the pilot free trade zone (FTZ) in China's Anhui, the construction of Volkswagen Anhui MEB (Modular Electric Drive Matrix) plant is in full swing, with mass production scheduled for 2023. Last month marked the second anniversary of the inauguration of the Anhui pilot FTZ. According to official data, in the first half of this year, the FTZ generated foreign trade of 95.93 billion yuan (about 13.38 billion U.S. dollars)