Pilot FTZs get support to innovate

State Council measures to boost investment environment, trade

China will increase support for reform and innovation at its pilot free trade zones with measures unveiled on Friday to improve the investment environment and trade facilitation.

Fifty-three measures released in a notice from the State Council are aimed at giving the country's 12 pilot FTZs greater freedom in reform and opening-up and greater policy support, said Tang Wenhong, head of the department of foreign investment at the Ministry of Commerce, in a policy briefing of the State Council Information Office.