FTZs open wider to foreign firms

Government lifts restrictions on range of business in nation's 11 pilot free trade zones

More sectors are now open for foreign investment in China's 11 pilot free trade zones, ranging from helicopter manufacturing to financial services, the Ministry of Commerce announced on Thursday.

China has pledged to offer more market space to foreign companies to carry out manufacturing, transportation, information, mining, scientific research and culture-related business in these zones.