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Shenzhen Free Trade Zones

szftz.szjmxxw.gov.cn Updated: 2019-01-16

Shenzhen has two free trade zones: Futian Free Trade Zone (FTZ) and Yantian Integrated Free Trade Zone.

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Futian Free Trade Zone [Photo/szftz.szjmxxw.gov.cn]

Futian FTZ was established on May 28, 1991 with the approval of the State Council. It was officially opened in February 1993. The supervised area is 1.35 square kilometers. The total area of industrial buildings in the FTZ is 2.26 million square meters, and it is expected to reach 2.82 million square meters by 2020. The enterprises are mainly engaged in industrial, logistics and trade businesses. The FTZ is dominated by high-tech processing, modern logistics and international trade. At present, there are about 1,800 enterprises in the FTZ with nearly 80,000 employees. In addition, organizations among the world's top 500 companies have set up 17 enterprises here.

Covering an area of 1.24 sq km, Yantian Integrated Free Trade Zone started operations on Jan 15, 2016. It consists of Yantian area and Shatoujiao area.

The 1.01-square-kilometer Yantian area is the original Yantian Port Bonded Logistics Park. Currently, industries in Yantian area are mainly involved in modern logistics and enterprises are mainly engaged in bonded warehousing, international distribution, international transit, etc. The types of goods involved in the businesses present there mainly include tablet computers, office electronic equipment, liquid crystal displays, clothing, shoes, toys, daily necessities, red wine, etc.

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Yantian area of Yantian Integrated Free Trade Zone [Photo/szftz.szjmxxw.gov.cn]

The Shatoujiao area was the original Shatoujiao Bonded Zone which was established in 1991 as the earliest bonded zone in China. At present, the Shatoujiao area of Yantian Integrated Free Trade Zone has a supervised area of 0.27 sq km. It has a building area of 720,000 square meters, including a plant area of 660,000 sq m. It is the smallest bonded area in the country with the highest land use rate. After more than 20 years of development, Shatoujiao area has developed into an export-oriented economic region with a good investment environment, forming three pillar industries of gold jewelry, electronic information and high-end electronic toys.

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Shatoujiao area of Yantian Integrated Free Trade Zone [Photo/szftz.szjmxxw.gov.cn]