Shanghai to soar on FTZ wings

Pilot economic plan will turn city into a bright light in Asia

Shanghai's experience with the development of Pudong puts it in a unique position to manage the new national free trade zone, said Zhao Qizheng, a former deputy mayor of Shanghai and the first director of the Pudong new zone in the early 1990s.

Zhao said the city is best suited to pilot China's free trade zone experiment and provide fresh experience for the nation's next round of reforms.