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Nine more governments reveal FTZ ambitions

Nine municipal, provincial and autonomous region governments have announced their plans to apply to be within the third batch of Chinese cities to set up free trade zones prior to the annual sessions of the National People's Congress and National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, according to cnstock.com. This year has seen great interest in FTZs from central and western regions. Those to have announced their applications are Chongqing municipality, the provinces of Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shangdong, Liaoning and Jilin, and Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.