Small site provides big lessons

Major measures such as 'negative list' will be extended to suitable areas

The nation will draw practical lessons from the development of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone to reduce limits on foreign capital in the service and manufacturing sectors, senior government officials said.

Hu Zucai, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that such practices as the "negative list" system and easier market access for foreign companies would be formalized and extended to suitable areas of China.