Chongqing pilot FTZ, for instance, is exploring its strategic importance as a junction for international logistics. Through China-Europe freight train service, an international logistics system has been formed, connecting Chongqing with the Pacific in the east, Europe in the west, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the south and Russia in the north.
Northwestern China's Shaanxi pilot FTZ, however, is devoted to developing modern agriculture. Shaanxi has China's first agricultural hi-tech industry demonstration zone in Yangling, which led the research and development of agricultural technologies in arid and semi-arid regions in China and cooperated with countries in similar climate conditions along the Belt and Road.
NEW MISSIONS TOWARD A BETTER FUTURE
About 40 years ago, China established special economic zones, which served as windows and testing grounds when the Chinese government decided to open up the domestic market and modernize the country's economy.
Foreign investment pumped in, new regulations were issued and new technologies were tested first in these areas and later spread to other parts of the country, contributing to the fast growth of China's economy over the years.
Observers see the establishment of pilot FTZs as a new move for China to push ahead reform and opening-up under new domestic and external environment.
Compared with special economic zones, pilot FTZs aim to achieve "mutual benefit" and enable the country to participate in global economic cooperation and competition at a higher level, Luo Qinghe, a professor with the Shenzhen University, wrote in a research paper.
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