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Shanghai to Pilot Free Trade Program
Cover Stories Series 2013> Shanghai to Pilot Free Trade Program
UPDATED: September 3, 2013
Shanghai Free Trade Zone Establishment Timeline
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July 3, 2013: The State Council executive meeting approved the plan to establish a free trade zone in Shanghai.

June 28, 2013: The Shanghai Municipal Government handed in its official application for the free trade zone after soliciting opinions from major central government departments.

2010: The National Development and Reform Commission and State Council again sent an inspection group to Shanghai.

2005: Cities including Shanghai, Shenzhen and Tianjin, filed applications to the State Council to establish free trade zones on the basis of bonded areas.

2003: Cheng Siwei, former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, suggested it was time for China to set up a free trade zone on the basis of existing bonded zones



 
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