What they say

The UK is a great supporter of the Chinese free trade zone policy. Our prime minister and the chancellor of the exchequer recently appointed me to be the chairman of the International Experts Consultation Group that has been set up to help Chinese policymakers develop the FTZ policy.

We have so far assembled a group of around 50 international firms ready to lend their expertise to help China develop practical solutions to their policy requirements. The plan is initially to produce a series of short policy papers, each focusing on a specific topic, which will then be widely disseminated among Chinese policymakers, to be followed up by a whole series of face-to-face dialogues.

Gerry Grimstone, chairman of TheCityUK