Fujian zone to focus on cross-Straits trade

A recently approved free trade zone in Fujian province will focus on cross-Straits cooperation with Taiwan, according to provincial legislators.

An executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, decided in December to establish three new pilot free trade zones in the provinces of Guangdong and Fujian and the northern municipality of Tianjin, a major port, but did not specify when they would begin operations.

Su Shulin, a deputy to the National People's Congress and governor of Fujian province, said the province's close geographical and social links with Taiwan make the Fujian FTZ a unique project.