上海自贸区服务“一带一路”建设 支持境外企业机构发行人民币债券和资产证券化产品 - 2017年04月01日

THE China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) will strive to become an investment and financing hub for the country's "Belt and Road" initiative, encouraging the offer of onshore bond insurance to attract investors, the city’s financial officials said today during a media briefing on the new reform plan of the zone.

"Shanghai FTZ plans to attract sovereign funds from countries along the Belt and Road regions to invest in onshore yuan-denominated assets," said Li Jun, vice director of the Shanghai Financial Service Office. "It supports qualified foreign companies to develop and expand its business by making use of China's capital market."

The State Council issued a new reform plan of the three-year-old Shanghai FTZ yesterday, with highlights of the launch of a new free trade port inside the zone, attracting foreign investors to issue yuan-denominated financial products, and serve projects in the "Belt and Road" initiative.