Shanghai will soon conduct the first review of its groundbreaking trial zone for reforms, said Shanghai's Party chief Han Zheng on Thursday.
People's Bank of China's Shanghai head office launched cross-border renminbi payment services in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Pilot Zone on Tuesday.
Authorities are working on a mechanism for antitrust and safety probes in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, a senior government official for the zone said Tuesday.
Central government has given the nod to 12 free trade zones following the one in Shanghai, amid a spurt of nationwide enthusiasm for such schemes.
Guotai Junan Securities opened a branch in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone on Monday, the first of its kind in the area.
Details of a reform measure in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone to allow investment in overseas securities market will be unveiled by March.
China will open up seven telecom value-added services to foreign capital in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, with five allowing for full foreign ownership, a senior telecom official said Tuesday.
Changes to a raft of measures on foreign investment approval and admission control within the pilot free trade zone in Shanghai were announced.
China has temporarily lifted the 14-year-old ban to permit "foreign-invested enterprises" to make video games consoles within Shanghai's free trade zone.
Shanghai plans to encourage entrepreneurs returning from overseas to set up business in the city's new free trade zone (FTZ), an official said.
A senior FTZ official announced on Tuesday that China's first foray into trading crude oil futures will take place next spring in the Shanghai FTZ.
Foreign investors are cautiously optimistic about the Shanghai FTZ, though such enthusiasm was not reflected in the number of business registrations.