Investing in China through Free Trade Zones

This book introduces the new China (Shanghai) Free-Trade Zone one year after its launch. It examines in depth the economic, strategic and political effects of Chinese economic and financial reform. The results of the analysis are further clarified by comparing Shanghai with analogous counterparts in Singapore and Hong Kong. China has developed a number of special and free-trade zones but the new Pilot Shanghai FTZ includes all previous privileges promoting the area as perfect hub for the Asia-Pacific region. This work represents a valuable business guide for appraising new opportunities in the most promising sectors for business enterprises in China.

List of contents

Introduction.- Facts Sheet.- How To Enter China.- Singapore vs Shanghai.- The New Concept of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.- Steps Forward to an Open System.- Further Developments

Summary

This book introduces the new China (Shanghai) Free-Trade Zone one year after its launch. It examines in depth the economic, strategic and political effects of Chinese economic and financial reform. The results of the analysis are further clarified by comparing Shanghai with analogous counterparts in Singapore and Hong Kong. China has developed a number of special and free-trade zones but the new Pilot Shanghai FTZ includes all previous privileges promoting the area as perfect hub for the Asia-Pacific region. This work represents a valuable business guide for appraising new opportunities in the most promising sectors for business enterprises in China.

Product details

• Authors: Lorenzo Riccardi
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2015
• EAN: 9783662473535
• ISBN: 978-3-662-47353-5
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 241 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 523 g
• Illustrations: IX, 234 p. 24 illus., 21 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; B, Economic Policy, Economics, Finance, Finance, general, Economics and Finance, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional/Spatial Science, Regional and Spatial Economics, regional economics, Spatial economics