IN September 2020,the State Council,China’s cabinet,issued the Overall Plan for the Beijing,Hunan,and Anhui Pilot Free Trade Zones and the Plan for the Expansion of the Zhejiang Pilot Free Trade Zone.This is the sixth batch of measures tested by the pilot FTZs since 2013,bringing the total number of free trade zones nationwide to 21.President Xi Jinping,while presiding over the 15th meeting of the Central Commission for Deepening Overall Reform on September 1,called for efforts to promote deeper reform and pursue higher-standard opening-up to provide a strong impetus for shaping a new development pattern.