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(Yicai Global) July 2 -- The overall plan for a new experimental area in Shanghai's Pilot Free-Trade Zone has been sent to Beijing for approval.
Ying Yong, mayor of the eastern megacity, announced this at a press conference this afternoon. Once permission is forthcoming from China's central government, Shanghai authorities will swiftly implement the scheme, he said.
Constructing a new area in Shanghai's FTZ is no simple expansion of space. Ying added, saying it serves rather to deepen reform and broaden openness at a higher level, but offered no further details of the blueprint or its execution.
Editor: Ben Armour