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Pudong redoubles its effort to build the free trade zone

chinadaily.com.cn Updated:2018-01-02

In a conference held by the standing committee of the 14th Shanghai People's Congress on Dec 27, Ying Yong, vice secretary of Shanghai's party committee briefed on the economic and social development of Shanghai.

He said that Shanghai's economic development has been stable and has actually surpassed the goals set forth by previous plans. Shanghai is developing into an economy which now boasts a better structure thus yielding higher profits.

In 2018, Shanghai will further its development in eight primary aspects, namely, comprehensively deepening the reform and opening-up while centering the construction of free trade zone, deepening the construction of the center of technological innovation, advancing the reform of the structure of supply, focusing on ensuring the welfare of the public, strengthening the city's management and governance, maintaining the balanced development of urban and rural areas, improving the ecological environment, and improving the overall capacity of the government.

Ying asserted that the program of deepening the reform and opening-up in Shanghai's Free Trade Zone includes 98 key projects about social development and all of them will be completed next year. Meanwhile, Shanghai will actively probe the construction of the free trade zone, boost the construction of a globally influential technological innovation center and concentrate on the development of Zhangjiang's comprehensive national science center.

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The conference held by Shanghai's 14th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Dec 27. [Photo/ cntv.cn]

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