Innovation sector comes of age

Free Trade Zone now known for pharma manufacture and as mainstay of Pudong New Area's economy

Core innovation capability of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone has been largely enhanced since the municipal government released a framework plan to link the FTZ with Shanghai Zhangjiang National Innovation Demonstration Zone in late November last year.

Officially launched in 2013, Shanghai FTZ expanded in April 2014. By then, Zhangjiang was already a link.