Silk Road on the sea revitalizes livelihoods

Clean air, robust marine economy to fuel Zhoushan's free trade zone

Huge crowds and busy days were something that the 25-year-old Zhu Meifang had not envisaged when she took up employment at the Starbucks outlet in Zhoushan Islands New Area last year.

But with a steady stream of investors and visitors coming in after the Zhoushan Port Comprehensive Bonded Zone said on January that it had started official operations of its first-phase project, Zhu has her hands full.