2019

Free trade zones achieve tangible results

Free trade zones achieve tangible results

2 minutos Free trade zones, from the coastal to the inland provinces, have well implemented the major tasks assigned by the central government in the past five years, a report said on Friday. The first Shanghai FTZ, set up in 2013, has completed 98.99 percent of the tasks-the highest rate, according to the Report on the Development of China Free Trade Zones. The completion rate for the second batch of FTZs in Guangdong province, Tianjin, and Fujian province exceeded 90 percent, the report said. Continue lendo

En auge zonas económicas especiales, revela estudio

En auge zonas económicas especiales, revela estudio

2 minutos La nueva ola de políticas industriales y el aumento de la competencia por las inversiones internacionales provocan el auge de las zonas económicas especiales, reveló un estudio disponible hoy. De acuerdo con el Informe sobre las nuevas inversiones en el mundo de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (Unctad), en los últimos cinco años se han creado más de mil de estas zonas, y al menos otras 500 están en la etapa de proyecto. Más de 145 economías Continue lendo

Industry 4.0 and the industrial Internet of Things: A perfect fit for the modern free zone

Industry 4.0 and the industrial Internet of Things: A perfect fit for the modern free zone

2 minutos Industry 4.0 has arrived, and it is reshaping the relationship between manufacturers, digital systems, and skilled and unskilled workers.  Also known as the fourth industrial revolution, Industry 4.0 is the fusion of automation technologies, such as artificial intelligence-driven machine learning and data exchange, with advanced manufacturing technologies such as robotics.  It includes cyber-physical systems, the industrial Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine communications, and cloud computing. The concept of industry 4.0 was developed in Germany; the “4.0” is a nod to previous revolutionary industrial Continue lendo

World Investment Report 2019 – Special Economic Zones

World Investment Report 2019 – Special Economic Zones

1 minuto The World Investment Report supports policymakers by monitoring global and regional foreign direct investment trends and documenting national and international investment policy developments. The policy chapter of this year’s report takes stock of efforts being made towards the reform of international investment agreements and surveys new measures.  Inclusive sustainable development depends on a global policy environment that is conducive to cross-border investment. Last year, global ows of foreign direct investment fell by 13 per cent, to $1.3 trillion. This represents the lowest level since Continue lendo

Governo do Ceará se reúne com empresários de sete multinacionais em busca de investimentos

Governo do Ceará se reúne com empresários de sete multinacionais em busca de investimentos

1 minuto Empresários de sete multinacionais estiveram em reunião na manhã desta quinta-feira, 13, com o governador Camilo Santana (PT), para discutir a promoção comercial e atração de novos negócios entre o Estado e a Catalunha. O encontro, que aconteceu no Palácio da Abolição, é idealizado pela Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Catalunha e pelo Consulado da Espanha. A tratativa é mais uma etapa do memorando de entendimento assinado ano passado entre o Governo e os investidores. “O Ceará está de portas abertas para a Catalunha”, disse o Continue lendo