Following the central leadership's decision two years ago to allocate an area of land in Shanghai's southeast to be a test site for China's further development and opening-up, the Lingang Special Area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone was officially established and started to make immediate progress.

On the shores of the East China Sea, Lingang is destined to embrace the whole world with its incomparable attractions – a cluster of cutting-edge technologies, a wonderland with the most liberal policies throughout the country, a high ground of entrepreneurship and a warm home to all sorts of professionals from around the world.

Although it is only the beginning, Lingang has succeeded in carrying out its mission over the past two years. The special area has formed an open system with the freedom of investment, trade, finance, shipping and employment as well as the convenience of communications, according to Zhu Zhisong, director of the administrative committee of Lingang Special Area.