18 FTZs, China's salute to free trade,,,,,

The Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) was extended with the inclusion of Lingang special area in 2019, and six new FTZs were set up in the provincial regions of Shandong, Jiangsu, Guangxi, Hebei, Yunnan and Heilongjiang, bringing the total number of China's pilot FTZs to 18.

The FTZs serve as pioneers of the country's reform and opening-up as they test new styles of foreign investment management, trade facilitation and transformation of government functions to better align the economy with international practices.,,,?