Shanghai Free Trade Zone Joint Development Co., Ltd. visited ICNE and exchanged ideas

On March 15, 2018, Ms. Yiwen Zhou, deputy general manager of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone Joint Development Co., Ltd., Mr. Haiyi Ruan, director of the marketing department, and Mr. Han Bo, project director of the "Ke Chuang No.1", came to the Institute for China Neighboring Economies (ICNE) for investigation and research. Professor Jingfu Wei, the director of ICNE, highlighted the history of ICNE's establishment, the existing team size, and scientific research achievements, and expressed the intention of sincere cooperation to the guests. In a spirit of actively implementing the "strategic cooperation agreement" signed last year, the two sides conducted in-depth discussions on the possibility of extensive cooperation between both sides based on the orientation of Shanghai in response to the "The Belt and Road" initiative.

Dr. Jianquan Guo and Dr. Wenju Tian, who were concurrently presented at the ICNE conference, had a lively discussion with the three guests on the ways and methods to carry out the “Shanghai FTZ Management Experience” to jointly study the demonstration significance of frontier regions or neighboring countries. In particular, both parties expressed their strong interest in the conception and implementation of the concept of "inland port in the port-type hinterland".

Ms. Yiwen Zhou, deputy general manager, invited teachers and students of ICNE to visit the Shanghai free trade area in the near future and do more research for further cooperation in the next step.

Translated by: Liujun Huang