Three new pilot Chinese FTZs got the go ahead on Monday, just as the European Central…
Topic: Special Economic Zones
Special Economic Zones in Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan
Sinomach pumps $29bn into Greater Bay Area
Sinomach is planning to build a US$28.6 billion smart industrial complex in Huizhou in China's Greater…
Baku FTZ up and running by year end
Baku’s free trade zone (FTZ) will begin operating by the end of the year, the director…
China puts faith in development zones to attract investors
China is to carry on promoting its development zones as a means of attracting foreign investment and…
Beijing relaxes ownership rules for foreign investors in Chinese FTZs
Chinese FTZs: Overseas investors are to be temporarily allowed to own a limited number of new enterprises in four…
Moscow pulls plug on Russian SEZs
Russian SEZs: Ten of Russia’s Special Economic Zones are to be closed down and the rest handed over…
Khorgos – Eastern Gate SEZ operational in months
The Khorgos – Eastern Gate SEZ, the massive logistics and industrial zone on Kazakhstan’s border with China,…
Vladivostok Free Port hands out residential status to first 29 enterprises
Twenty-nine companies working on projects worth a total of approximately $1.2bn have been granted residential status in Vladivostok…
President Aliyev gives Baku FTZ the OK
Baku FTZ: Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev last week signed a decree paving the way for the establishment of a…
So far so good for One Belt One Road, claims Commerce Minister
In the three years since it was launched by President Xi Jinping during a visit to Kazakhstan, the One Belt…
Hangzhou unveils plans for $40bn international e-commerce hub
The capital of China’s eastern Zheijang province Hangzhou last week unveiled plans to position itself as…
SEZs help take foreign investment in China to record $126bn in 2015
Foreign investment in China reached a record $126bn last year, according to preliminary estimates from the…
Pakistan creates five SEZs along China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
The federal government of Pakistan has upgraded five industrial estates to special economic zone status as…
Turkish investors eye up $6bn investment in Maku petrochemical plant
A group of Turkish investors is considering investing $6bn in a petrochemical plant in Iran’s north-western city…
Jiangsu to invest $600m in Khorgos SEZ in boost for Lianyungang
China’s eastern Jiangsu province is close to agreeing to invest $600m in the Khorgos – Eastern Gate SEZ…
Free Port of Vladivostok secures first investors as Zarubino gets the OK
The Free Port of Vladivostok has attracted its first investors since it secured SEZ status this summer, in…
FDI in Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone hots up as Uber arrives
1,959 foreign-funded enterprises – including the Uber transport network – set up business in the Shanghai Pilot…
Chinese pledge $600m to Khorgos Free Economic Zone
China is to spend $600m over the next five years improving the logistical infrastructure of the Khorgos-Eastern Gate Free Economic…
Duma approves 70-year free port status for Vladivostok
The Russian State Duma has passed a bill on granting Vladivostok free port status for at least the next…
Ukraine-EU free trade zone to take effect in January 2016, Kiev predicts
Ukraine-EU free trade zone: Following ten hours of technical consultations between the EU, Ukraine and Russia…
Vladivostok free port status worth over $1bn and 50 ,000 jobs, claims mayor
Vladivostok free port: If Vladivostok is granted free port status this summer, the Far Eastern port stands…
Vladivostok ‘free port’ to be operational by 2016
Vladivostok ‘free port’ will be a centre for logistics, ship repairs, manufacturing, export-oriented and import-substituting industries…
Iranians invest in Tajik Free Economic Zone at Danghara
Iranians invest in Tajik Free Economic Zone: Iranian investors have agreed to commit $8m into two new…
Astana-New City lines up six new projects for 2015
Astana-New City, the special economic zone that was set up in the Kazakhstan capital 14 years…