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1、JournalofTransportGeography34(2014)1–6ContentslistsavailableatScienceDirectJournalofTransportGeographyjournalhomepage:www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeoViewpointPolicyandpoliticsbehindShanghai’sFreeTradeZonePrograma,b,⇑caaZhengWan,YangZhang,XuefengWang,JihongChenaCollegeofTransportandCommun
2、ications,ShanghaiMaritimeUniversity,Shanghai201306,ChinabChinaCenterforEnergyandTransportation,UniversityofCaliforniaDavis,Davis,CA95616,USAcSchoolofEconomicsandManagement,ShanghaiMaritimeUniversity,Shanghai201306,ChinaarticleinfoabstractKeywords:ChinalaunchedtheShanghaiFreeTradeZone(FTZ)
3、ProgramonSeptember29,2013inabidtoreduceShanghaiadministrativeinterventions,easerestrictionsoninvestments,furtheropenupitsfinancialsystem,Containerportsandinternationalizeitscurrencytoboostershipping,logistics,andcommerce.ThisarticleaimstopresentFreeTradeZoneabackgroundoftheShanghaiFTZandso
4、mereflectionsonit.China’seconomicreconstructionhasmadeaReformsmajorimpactonitsportcities.CompetitionsbetweenportsaregraduallyevolvingintocompetitionsGovernancebetweensupplychains,withportsnolongerconsideredasisolatedlinksinthetransportchainbutratherasintegrallinksinthesupplychain.Portsaret
5、ransitioningintofourth-generationportswiththeestab-lishmentoflogisticsandvalue-addedactivities,whicharedevelopedinconjunctionwithlocalindustrialandservicebusinesses.Inthistrend,China’sportcitiescanprovideawiderangeofvalue-addedservicesandbecomecentersofcommodityflow,capitalflow,andinformati
6、onflow.Specifically,thecombinedeffectsofdrivingthedevelopmentofperipheralindustriesandactivelycoordinatingtheactivitiesofrel-evantpartieshelpregulatetheoperationsoftheentiresupplychaintoobtainpotentialvalue-addedben-efits.TheimplementationoftheShanghaiFTZwillnotonlystimulatetradebutwillalsob
7、ringincreasedshippingandfinanceopportunitiestothecity.Withfreetradeasthenewdirectionandfocusofthecoun-try’seconomicinitiatives,theShanghaiFTZwillhopefullylaythegroundworkforanewroundofreformsandrestructuringoftheChineseeconomy.Ó2013ElsevierLtd.Allrightsreserved.21.In
