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Tianjin Free-Trade Zone
中国（天津）自由贸易试验区
Free-Trade Zone
Country China
MunicipalityTianjin
Area
 • Total
119.9 km2 (46.3 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+8 (China Standard)
Websitehttp://www.china-tjftz.gov.cn/

Tianjin Free-Trade Zone (Tianjin FTZ, colloquially known as 天津自由贸易区/天津自贸区 in Chinese), officially China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (Chinese: 中国（天津）自由贸易试验区; pinyin: Zhōngguó (Tiānjīn) Zìyóu Màoyì Shìyànqū) is a free-trade zone in Tianjin, China. It is the only free-trade zone in North China.[1][2] The zone covers three areas — Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone and Binhai New Area Central Business District.[3][4]

Under the Overall program of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (中国（天津）自由贸易试验区总体方案), the mission of Tianjin FTZ's foundation is an important initiative to implementation of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei (京津冀协同发展战略).[5]

History

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Binhai New Area Central Business District, was under construction in 2011.
Dongjiang International Products Exhibition Center (东疆国际商品展销中心)

In 2006, the Chinese Communist Party Tianjin Municipal Research Room (中共天津市委研究室) said the Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone will be the highly open and free trade demonstration harbor. The goal of medium-term development is built the first free-trade zone which is meeting international practice in 2015, and the goal of long-term development is built the comprehensive free-trade zone in 2020.[6]

In December 2007, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone determined the clear direction for the development of free-trade zone.[7]

Yujiapu

In 2013, Commerce Ministry of PRC reported the embodiments of the Shanghai and Tianjin FTZ, but the embodiment of Tianjin was not passed.[8] In July, the drafting group of the embodiment of Tianjin FTZ was founded.[9]

On August 7, 2014, Tianjin and Beijing signed the Implement the joint development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei major national strategy to promote the implementation of key work agreement (贯彻落实京津冀协同发展重大国家战略推进实施重点工作协议), the agreement mentioned Beijing supported Tianjin to build the free-trade zone.[10]

On December 28, 2014, the executive meeting of State Council of the People's Republic of China passed the resolution for Tianjin FTZ.[11][12]

On March 24, 2015, the Overall program of China (Tianjin) Pilot Free-Trade Zone (中国（天津）自由贸易试验区总体方案) was passed by Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party.[13] On April 8, 2015, the Overall program of Tianjin FTZ was approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China.[5]

Founding Ceremony of Tianjin FTZ

On April 21, 2015, Tianjin FTZ was founded.[14] Also, twenty-six financial institutions (include headquarters and branches) were founded in Tianjin FTZ.[15]

Layout

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Tianjin Free-Trade Zone covers an area of 119.9 square kilometres (46 square miles) and included three areas — Tianjin Airport Economic Area, Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone and Binhai New Area Central Business District]].[5]

  • Tianjin Airport Economic Area: The area focuses the development on the aerospace industry, equipment manufacturing, new generation of information technology and other high manufacturing and R & D, aviation logistics and other producer services. It covers the land of 43.1 square kilometres.[16]
  • Dongjiang Free Trade Port Zone: The area focuses the development on the shipping and logistics, international trade and finance lease. It covers the land of 30 square kilometres.[16]
  • Binhai New Area Central Business District: The area focuses the development on the financial innovation. It covers the land of 46.8 square kilometres.[16]

References

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  1. ^ 李伯牙 (2014-12-11). "天津力争北方第一个自贸区". 163.com. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  2. ^ "黄兴国：加快推进自贸区建设 突出特色找准定位". Tianjin Daily. 2015-01-06. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
  3. ^ 胡苏敏 (2014-12-14). "天津自贸区是上海自贸区9个大，负面清单或先拷贝上海". thepaper.cn. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  4. ^ 宋薇萍 (2014-12-27). "自贸区超预期扩围：广东自贸区调整幅度较大". Shanghai Security News. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  5. ^ a b c State Council (2015-04-20). "国务院关于印发中国（天津） 自由贸易试验区总体方案的通知". State Council of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
  6. ^ 建设东疆保税港区战略研究课题组; Meng Guangwen (2006). "建设天津东疆保税港区的战略研究". Tianjin Economy (10).
  7. ^ 刘克琦 (2014-06-07). ""于家堡论坛"重申自贸区改革创新意义 天津申报更有特点". radiotj.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  8. ^ 赵晨熙 (2014-07-16). "自贸区之争，天津拿什么突围". legalweekly.cn. Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
  9. ^ "天津自贸区方案基本敲定 负面清单强调制造业". 163.com. 2014-12-18. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
  10. ^ "京津携手深入落实重大国家战略推进双城联动发展取得更大成效". Tianjin Daily. 2014-08-07. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  11. ^ 王优玲?陈菲 (2014-12-26). "粤、津、闽自贸试验区及上海自贸区扩展区域相关法律实施拟作调整". State Council of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  12. ^ "十二届全国人大常委会第十二次会议在京闭幕". Xinhua. 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2014-12-28.
  13. ^ "习近平主持召开中共中央政治局会议". Xinhua. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
  14. ^ 霍艳华; 马成; 李泽亚 (2015-04-21). "中国(天津)自由贸易试验区正式挂牌成立". enorth.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
  15. ^ 孟兴; 岳付玉 (2015-04-22). "天津自贸区首批入驻26家金融机构获颁许可证". Tianjin Daily. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
  16. ^ a b c National People's Congress. "全国人大常委会关于授权国务院在中国（广东）、中国（天津）、中国（福建）自由贸易试验区以及中国（上海）自由贸易试验区扩展区域暂时调整有关法律规定的行政审批的决定". 2014-12-28. Xinhua. Retrieved 2014-12-29.
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