3 minutos China’s key free trade zones saw robust growth in foreign investment and trade during the first seven months of the year despite mounting downside pressures and a sluggish global economy due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday. Tang Wenhong, director of the department of pilot free trade zones and free trade ports at the Ministry of Commerce, said the pilot FTZs have played a key role in stabilizing foreign trade and investment. “The FTZs have been working Continue lendo→

4 minutos Integrantes do governo, representantes da indústria nacional e defensores da ampliação das zonas de processamento de exportação (ZPEs) aproveitaram uma medida provisória (MP) editada para viabilizar o abastecimento de oxigênio durante a pandemia para reformular a lei que rege o funcionamento dessas áreas. O texto acordado retira travas existentes para vendas ao mercado interno e impõe outras para evitar “concorrência desleal”.  ZPEs são áreas de livre-comércio com o exterior, com tratamento tributário, cambial e administrativo diferenciado. As empresas instaladas nelas adquirem bens Continue lendo→

1 minuto  An official with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Tuesday said China’s special economic zones (SEZs) and free trade zones are conducive to sustainable growth. Beate Trankmann, resident representative of UNDP China, made the remarks at a forum held on the sidelines of the ongoing China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS). A sustainable future calls for massive investments of 5 to 7 trillion U.S. dollars per year, mostly in developing countries, which can only be achieved through improved government Continue lendo→

1 minuto The Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones (OPAZ) is gearing up to implement a unified system for the One-Stop Shop (OSS) in the special economic zones and free zones as an implementation of the Royal Decree No (105/2020) to establish the Authority. The Royal Decree stipulates that the Authority’s competences include implementing the One-Stop Shop system in the special economic zones and free zones. OPAZ aims to put in place this unified system for the one-stop shop in all Continue lendo→

1 minuto Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday that Beijing would be supported in building a national integrated demonstration zone for expanding opening-up in the service sector. “We will also support Beijing in setting up a pilot free trade zone characterizing scientific and technological innovation, opening-up of the services sector, and digital economy,” said the president. In an interview with CGTN, Bai Ming, deputy director of the Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation in Ministry of Commerce, said that building a pilot free Continue lendo→

4 minutos Cuando se anuncian como “Zonas Económicas Especiales” (ZEE) no suena particularmente emocionante. En la mente aparece una conjura de parques industriales, almacenes aduaneros y otras infraestructuras básicas asociadas a una delimitado perímetro comercial. Sin embargo, las primeras cuatro ZEE de China, que este año celebran su 40 aniversario, nunca han sido áreas comerciales ordinarias. Las zonas de Shenzhen, Zhuhai y Shantou, en la provincia costera meridional de Guangdong, y en Xiamen, en la provincia de Fujian, iniciaron labores en 1980. Su impronta Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday he supports the city of Beijing in setting up a pilot international free trade zone for the service sector and digital economy and to promote scientific and technological innovation.  Xi made the remarks while addressing the Global Trade in Services Summit of the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services via video. He did not give details on when or how the new zone would be set up.   “China will unswervingly increase Continue lendo→

2 minutos A Zona de Processamento de Exportação (ZPE) do Ceará completou sete anos de funcionamento, neste domingo (30). Destaque no País, a expansão da ZPE (setor II) deve ser entregue até o segundo semestre de 2021, conforme cronograma do Governo do Estado. São mais de 48 milhões de toneladas de cargas movimentadas e a perspectiva é de crescimento anual. Entre as mercadorias que entram e saem pela área de livre comércio cearense estão minério de ferro, carvão mineral, placas de aço, gases industriais, Continue lendo→