A yacht moves past the cruise ship hub in Sanya, Hainan Province, during a nightly circuit in February. (Photo by Sha Xiaofeng/For China Daily)
China will start a new round of two-year pilot program for trade in services in 17 regions on July 1.
The pilot program aims to improve management mechanism, to enlarge opening-up, to foster market participants, to innovate in development models, to facilitate trade, to improve policy systems, to complete statistical system, and to innovate in regulation.
Let us take a look at these 17 regions.
Tianjin
Hager Braham from Canada (left) and Jyotika Chauhan (right) from South Africa learn Chinese while visiting Binhai Cultural Center during a language program launched by a community school in the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area. (JIA CHENGLONG/FOR CHINA DAILY)