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Brochure of SISI
I. Background and Process of the Establishment of China (Shanghai)
Free Trade Zone
The establishment of free trade zones (FTZ) in China has been a
long process of continuing exploration. As early as 1990, the State Council
granted the establishment of Shanghai Waigaoqiao Bonded Zone as one of the
first gateways to the outside world. When carrying out opening-up measures there,
the government found that a coordinating mechanism needed to be formulated
between the zone and relevant port to lower costs and accelerate cargo
distribution. Then in 2004, the Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistics Zone passed final
acceptance, signifying the first step toward zone-port coordination and the
establishment of a FTZ. In 2005, the State Council granted the establishment of
the first bonded port in China, Yangshan Bonded Port, marking a stride toward
the formation of a FTZ and the true zone-port integration both in
infrastructure and soft environment including polices and functional
orientation. In 2009, Shanghai Pudong Airport Free Trade Zone was established
under the approval of the State Council, which mainly aims to support the role
of Pudong airport as a hub. In the same year, Shanghai Free Trade Zone was
inaugurated promoting the coordination among "three ports and three zones".
After years of development, the model featuring zone-port integration and
coordination among "three ports and three zones" has been playing a key role in
establishing an international shipping center. In 2012, Shanghai port handled
736 million tons of cargo throughput and 32.53 million TEUs of container
throughput, taking first place in the world for a third straight year. The
share of "waterway-to-waterway" transited containers increased significantly to
42.8 percent, 6.8 points higher than that of 2007.
At the end of 2013 when Premier Li Keqiang was inspecting the
Waigaoqiao Bonded Zone during his research visit to Shanghai, he proposed that
apart from Shanghai Free Trade Zone, the government could conduct official
studies on the possibility of establishing a pilot FTZ in Shanghai for further
opening up to the outside world and promoting the system and mechanisms of an open
economy. On July 3, Premier Li presided over a State Council executive meeting
which basically approved the Framework Plan for the China (Shanghai) Pilot
Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as
the Framework Plan). And on Aug 22 the State
Council officially approved the project of China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ. Later on
Aug 30, the 12th National People's Congress Standing Committee in its fourth
session granted the State Council temporary authorization to adjust laws and
regulations binding on the China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ. On Sep 27, the General
Office of the State Council issued the Notice of the State Council on
Publishing the Framework Plan for the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone. And on Sep 29, the China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ and its Administrative
Committee were inaugurated, marking the official commencement of their running.
II. Main tasks of FTZ development and requirements on port and
shipping industries
The development of China (Shanghai) Pilot FTZ as a national
strategy, is one of the major efforts by the Central Committee of the Communist
Party of China and the State Council to pilot developmental plans, deepen
reform, further opening-up and innovate systemic designs, assuming considerable
realistic and strategic significance. To establish and develop a FTZ will
create new advantages for China in the face of global competition, build a new
platform for countries in pursuit of cooperative development, expand space for
economic growth and help to build an "updated version" of China's economy,
which thus will definitely play a profound role in facilitating the economic
and social development of China.
1. Main tasks and Innovation
According to the Framework Plan, the
Pilot FTZ is comprised of four special customs supervision zones including Shanghai
Waigaoqiao Bonded Zone, Waigaoqiao Bonded Logistics Zone, Yangshan Bonded Port
and Shanghai Pudong Airport Free Trade Zone, which means that it will be built
with major support from sea ports and Pudong airport. It is also specified in
the paper that the pilot FTZ is expandable and can be replicated.
Main tasks for building the pilot FTZ include accelerating the
transformation of government functions, widening the opening of the investment
sector, strengthening the safeguarding role of laws and regulations and
deepening efforts in reform and opening-up in the financial sector. Their
highlights, then, are concluded as follows.
(1) Emphasis on system innovations
Subject to the requirements of daring to try, managing risks,
working step by step and improving constantly, efforts will be made in
formulating a basic framework of systems in line with international rules on
investment and trade. A set of laws and regulations, management systems and
operation mechanisms will need to be prepared for the zone and more emphasis
will be put on system innovations than preferential policies. Also,
transformation of governmental functions will be accelerated and some
governmental power will be relinquished in an effort to reform the economic
restructuring model with the government playing a major role, abolishing the
practice of depending solely on the government for economic support and
transferring more of the power of dominating market behavior to major market
players. Although relaxing control and pushing reforms toward a market-oriented
system, supervisions on human and institutional resources will be conducted
during the process of or after market behavior, helping to solve the issue of
"more emphasis on examination and approval but less on supervision" effectively
and giving the needed "system bonus" to society to get over the sluggish
(2) Innovations on portal supervision
The pilot FTZ is going to adopt a creative supervision model
featuring "opening the frontier, effective and efficient control of second-tier
and free flowing within the zone". Also, customs procedures and the process of
inspection and quarantine will be made more convenient.
(3) Opening of more service sectors
Detailed plans are made to foster the opening-up of six service
sectors including financial services, shipping services, trade services,
professional services, cultural services and social services. Significantly
greater freedom will also be given to them.
(4) Emphasis on pre-establishment national treatment and
management model featuring negative list
The zone will follow international practices to give foreign
investors pre-establishment national treatment, try to make a negative list of
foreign investment projects not eligible for national treatment and reform the
model of foreign investment management. Fully conforming to international
norms, the plan to allow all foreign investment excluded on the negative list
will bring more freedom to the investment sector, enlarge the investment scope
and lower the investment threshold. Pre-investment examination and approval
procedures will be simplified or abolished.
2. Requirements on port and shipping industries
The following content in the Framework Plan concerns port and shipping industries.
(1) Limitations on foreign ownership ratio in international
shipping enterprises that are Chinese-foreign equity joint ventures or
Chinese-foreign contractual joint ventures will be relaxed. And foreign-owned
international ship management enterprises will be allowed.
(2) Efforts will be made to capitalize on good coordination among
Waigaoqiao port, Yangshan deep-water port and Pudong hub airport, exploring the
building of a shipping development system and operational model with
international competitiveness.
(3) Transit and "less=than-container-load" (LCL) business will be
further promoted. Ships not flying the PRC flag owned or controlled by
Chinese-invested companies will be allowed to use their containers engaged in
foreign trade to run coastal shipping services between Shanghai port and other
coastal ports in China.
(4) Procedures for international shipping permit applications will
be simplified and a highly efficient ship registration system will be
(5) Pilot tax refund policies at ports of departure will be
improved. And studies on the expansion of pilot scope concerning ports of
departure, carriers and means of transport will be made when appropriate.
(6) Shipping related industries including shipping financing,
international ship transportation, international ship management and international
shipping brokerage will be proactively encouraged. And the development of trade
of Shipping Price Index-deviated products will be expedited.
These measures are most directly related to the development of
port and shipping business. Apart from these, the specific plans for
implementing the supervision role featuring "opening the frontier and effective
and efficient control of second-tier" are also one of their biggest concerns.
3. Relevant rules and regulations issued
After the introduction of the Framework Plan, competent State
departments and commissions and the Shanghai government issued a series of
rules and regulations in relation to advice on its implementation and
operation, including Special Administrative Measures for Foreign Investment Access in
the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Negative List), Registration
Administration of Foreign-Funded Projects in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free
Trade Zone, Registration Administration of Foreign-invested Enterprises in the
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Registration Administration of
Overseas Investment Projects in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Registration Administration of Investment to Run Enterprises Abroad in the
China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, Administrative Measures for the China
(Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Opinions of the Ministry of Transport
and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government on Implementing the Framework
Plan for China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and Accelerating the
Construction of Shanghai International Shipping Center.
III. Expected influences of Pilot FTZ on the development of
Shanghai port and shipping industries
The pilot FTZ provides an opportunity for China to further
integrate into the world, and an important way to participate in global
competition, which will help strengthen China's economic relations with foreign
countries under international rules and enhance the influence of China's
economy in the global market. Port and shipping industries are crucial to the
development of a FTZ which according to international experience, is mostly
based on a free trade port. Therefore, the development of the pilot FTZ will
have a positive and significant influence on port and shipping industries,
which will bring them great opportunities and changes, especially creating
bonuses for their mid- and long-term development. As for the specific potential
influences, the forthcoming specific rules and an evaluation on the effects of
their implementation will have to be consulted. The establishment of the pilot
FTZ is expected to influence the development of Shanghai port and shipping
industries in the following aspects.
1. Faster assembly of production factors of the shipping industry
Liberalized and convenient investment and trade will speed up the
expansion of market access and open shipping policies will further accelerate
the assembly of varied production factors of the shipping industry and expedite
the settlement of international shipping enterprises, ship management companies
and businesses related to modern shipping services into the pilot FTZ to help
improve the resource allocation abilities of the Shanghai International
Shipping Center. Since the launch of the pilot FTZ, Shanghai Capacity Exchange
Co Ltd, branches of China Pacific Insurance (group) Co Ltd and Dazhong Co Ltd
and branches of several banks have quickly settled in. In reality, there were
25 enterprises settling in the zone on the very day of its inauguration. With
the introduction and implementation of various supporting policies, more
shipping elements will enter the zone and correspondingly improve the volume of
ship registration, shipping trade, shipping financing, shipping insurance and
"free-on-board" (FOB) services in Shanghai's market.
2. Continuing increase of port throughput and a different model of
port logistics
Convenient trade, an innovative port supervision model and a more
open market will definitely accelerate the assembly of cargoes, enhance the
radiating role of Shanghai port in the international and domestic market and
increase the production scale of ports. In addition, the port's logistics model
will be transformed and supervision procedures will be improved and simplified,
which will help speed up the assembly, distribution and transit of cargo, bring
satisfaction to customers, save costs incurred by storage and management of
containers and greatly improve the port's operational efficiency and profits.
It's reported that the first batch of goods experiencing the new supervision
model adopted by Shanghai customs of "entry first and clearance later" entered
the zone on Oct 9. Benefiting from simplified formalities, the working
efficiency was greatly enhanced and the average passage time was reduced from
the previous 6 minutes to 30 seconds.
3. Better port assembly and distribution system and much higher
share of waterway-to-waterway transit
Recent years have seen a relatively big increase in the percentage
of waterway-to-waterway transit in container throughput of Shanghai port. The
share in the first three quarters was 45.6 percent, 3.3 points higher than the
same period last year and higher than the planned target by 2015 of 45 percent.
The share in relation to Yangshan port also reached 49.6 percent. Shanghai port
registered a robust increase in its traffic volume of international transits
that reached 1.753 million TEUs with a year-on-year increase of 32.2 percent,
indicating the remarkable effects of its internationalization strategies.
The establishment of the pilot FTZ will improve the quality of
Shanghai's international logistics, trading, processing, exhibition and
financial services and expand transit trade. With the development of transit
and LCL business, the port's international cargo transit service will become
more attractive and its role in the global cargo transit market will be further
enhanced. The combination of developing shipping services on main shipping
lines and improving tax refund policies at ports of departure will help promote
the port's transit services, increase the potential growth of the port's
transit volume, greatly boost the transit volume along the Yangtze River — and
in relation to inland trade — and reverse the downturn of the transit volume of
coastal ports.
4. Faster development toward a cruise terminal and quicker
assembly of passengers
Currently, there are only 40-plus travel agents in Shanghai which
have received a permit for running outbound tourism businesses. The number is
quite small. And compared with foreign countries, the municipality has very
limited channels of sales of cruise tickets, which to some degree hinders the
sales performance of those tickets. According to the opening-up measures to be
adopted by the pilot FTZ, eligible travel agencies as Chinese-foreign equity
joint ventures registered in the zone will be allowed to run tours to outbound
destinations other than Taiwan. This policy will help to attract foreign
investors to establish travel agencies, run outbound tourism businesses and
expand the sales network of cruise tickets. Also, the establishment of the
pilot FTZ will help to explore innovations in policies and systems for China
International Cruise Tourism Pilot Zone, accelerate the development of
Shanghai' port toward a cruise terminal and encourage the development of cruise
tourism businesses.
5. Transformation and upgrading of port and shipping enterprises
stimulated by new free trade rules; stronger domestic driving forces
Currently, the USA and developed economics in Europe have been
accelerating the negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment
Partnership (TTIP) and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), seeking to
establish a new international economic order featuring a weakened role of World
Trade Organization rules. The core of the new regulations will be new free
trade rules which involve liberalized investment and service trade and powerful
control of cargoes and capital. During the establishment of the pilot FTZ,
precautions need to be made in response to the tendency. A new order in global
and regional economy and trade will definitely bring about a new order in
international logistics and a new pattern of competition for global ports and
shipping enterprises, especially intensifying the competition among East Asian
With the implementation of international norms in the pilot FTZ,
widened openness and lowered thresholds for foreign investment, more and more
players will participate in the industry and intensify competition, especially
competition in the international market, forcing the restructuring and
upgrading of domestic port and shipping industries, encouraging professional
and intensive operations, improving the quality of services and creating new
economic growth points.
IV. Advices
The pilot FTZ is now under construction, fostering new conditions,
tasks and requirements in relation to the development of Shanghai port and
shipping industries. The municipality is advised to capitalize on the
establishment of the pilot FTZ to accelerate the development of its port and
shipping industries in the following ways.
1. Improve ports' assembly and distribution systems
(1) Keep accelerating the establishment of port infrastructure,
satisfying new requirements in port capacity during the establishment of the
pilot FTZ
Waigaoqiao port and Yangshan port have nearly reached saturation
point now, greatly limiting their potential to improve handling capacity
through technological innovations and proactive endeavors. As the process of
establishing the pilot FTZ goes further, the demand for port services will keep
increasing in the future, which requires immediate efforts to increase the
handling capacity to strike a balance between supply and demand.
The Phase IV project of Yangshan port needs to be expedited to
further improve the comprehensive handling capacity of the container terminal
of Shanghai port. Handling capacity and layout of container terminal main lines
and branch lines need to be improved to accelerate the anchoring of vessels in
branch lines and the establishment of anchorages, easing the deficiency in
berths in branch lines.
It's advised to strengthen cooperation between Ningbo port and
Zhoushan port, create new cooperative models and mechanisms and facilitate
coordinated development and exploitation of Big Yangshan Island and Small
Yangshan Island to produce intensive effects and expand the radiating scope of
the pilot FTZ.
(2) Keep encouraging "waterway-to-waterway transit" businesses
Waigaoqiao port, Yangshao port, Zhanghuabang Terminal and
Jungonglu Terminal need to be operated in coordination in order to improve the
management of transportation, reduce the need for distribution and improve the
scale and efficiency of waterway transportation.
The procedures for transferring empty containers need to be
improved according to international transfer procedures and a regional center
for transferring international empty containers needs to be built. Efforts need
to be made to accelerate the establishment of a transit and LCL business center
on Yangshan Islands, expand the scale of international transit and LCL business
and attract more multinational companies to establish international
distribution centers in the pilot FTZ.
Efforts also need to be made to increase the intensity of liners
in relation to fixed ports, shipping lines, shipping schedules, voyage times
and vessels along the Yangtze River, exploring the establishment of a transfer
center in the middle reaches of the river and enhancing the transfer efficiency
along the river. Also, studies will have to be conducted on the standard ship
type, management rules and charges relating to direct shipping between rivers
and seas in an effort to reduce shipping costs and encourage the promotion of
ships suitable for river-sea direct shipping.
The municipality is also advised to speed up the cultivation of
the inland river container transport market and build express waterways; to
accelerate the establishment and commencement of the operation of Waigaoqiao
inland river port and Ruchao inland river port, strengthen their links to sea
ports and promote the integrated operation of inland ports and sea ports; to
build a platform for common carriers engaged in the inland river container
business, link each part of the logistics chain relating to inland river
containers and keep pushing the pilot project of "two ports and one shipping
line"; to expedite research and development and application of inland river
container vessels with "large tonnages and the support of high technologies",
and learn from the advanced experience of the shipping business along the
Rhine-Main-Danube waterways in Europe; to accelerate the building and trial run
of vessels equipped with flexible connectors and increase the length of inland
river container vessels to increase shipping efficiency and profits; strengthen
connections between main ports and branch ports; improve supporting services
and try to persuade the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of
Transport to issue permits to inland river container vessels on a periodic
2. Strengthen cooperation among regional ports
Efforts need to be made to improve the cooperative mechanisms,
proactively strengthen the linkage and cooperation among ports along the
Yangtze River and at the Yangtze River Delta, carry out coordinated operations
in various ways, favor the integration of main ports and branch ports and
expand the radiating effects of the pilot FTZ.
3. Facilitate port supervision system reform and innovation,
transfer the development model of port logistics
The municipality is advised to capitalize on the establishment of
the pilot FTZ to keep encouraging innovation in relation to the management of
and policies concerning clearance formalities, customs inspection, transit
procedures and supervision, operational procedures and warehouse storage and
reform the development model of port logistics in order to enhance the
logistics efficiency and speed up the assembly and distribution of cargo. Also,
the functions of the ports need to be expanded and value-added services need
improvement to meet international standards and further improve the quality and
comprehensive management and services of Shanghai's ports.
4. Formulate and improve implementation rules as soon as possible
to put polices concerning the pilot FTZ into practice
The Framework Plan and Opinions of the Ministry of Transport and the Shanghai Municipal People's
Government on Implementing the Framework Plan for China (Shanghai) Pilot Free
Trade Zone and Accelerating the Construction of Shanghai International Shipping
Center need to be fully carried out. Studies need to be made in
order to make full use of the comparative advantages of the pilot FTZ and
international entrepots including Waigaoqiao port and Yangshao port, stimulate
the further integration of ports and zones, and gradually include the whole
area of each port and zone into the coverage of the pilot FTZ policies.
Implementation rules and operation measures for pilot projects of coastal
shipping and tax refunds at ports of departures need to be formulated as soon
as possible and the effects of these pilot projects need to be publicized.
Also, efforts need to be made in developing polices and measures for encouraging
the restricting, upgrading and healthy development of the shipping industry.
5. Foster the establishment of the cruise terminal
Efforts are required to facilitate the infrastructure
establishment of the cruise terminal and improvement of supporting facilities
to improve its handling capacity for large cruises; to encourage the
establishment of a ship supply distribution center in the cruise terminal; to
conduct studies on mechanisms for passenger-ship involved shipping dispute
settlement and in response to emergencies; to cultivate a local cruise market
and explore local cruise development projects and to make full use of the
comprehensive advantages of the pilot FTZ and China International Cruise
Tourism Pilot Zone and encourage policy and system innovations concerning
cruise products, financing, ship age and charges.
6. Transform industrial management methods, improve the enterprise
credit system
The municipality is advised to transform its administrative
methods, strengthen supervision of international ship transportation,
international ship management and other modern shipping-related service
sectors, subsequent to their entry into the market with approval, and establish
systems for after-entry supervision and the tracking of enterprise credit to
regulate the market order and prevent risks. Also, the legal environment will
also need to be improved to make enterprises voluntarily operate in accordance
within the laws and withdraw from the pilot FTZ in the event of any illegal


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King Edward Mine Museum
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- Free parking
- Lots to do for the whole family
King Edward Mine Museum and Mill
The exhibits in the museum tell the remarkable story of how this mine has survived almost intact for over 100 years. The visitor is shown how the mine complex developed and then is taken on a guided tour of the mill to see much of the rare equipment in use as it would have been in the early 1900s. Much of the machinery in the mill (where tin ore is processed) is amongst the last of its kind in the world. The museum is also a valuable resource for local schools.
Visit the museum and learn something about the local and social history
Discover out how the mine complex developed
See a film of the mill in action
Take the guided tour through the tin processing plant where machinery can be seen at work
View some of the on-going restoration projects
Stay for a coffee and find out about Cornwall's Mineral Tramways Project
Current Restoration Projects
In January 2010, KEM was awarded a major grant by Cornwall Council for the restoration of the winder and compressor houses which were burnt down in a fire in 1957. The grant is part of the funding received by mining attractions with the World Heritage Area.
The new Winder House was opened by Alec Robertson, Leader of Cornwall Council on Monday 16th August 2010.
Work continues on the original Holman winder and the 1870 Harvey compressor. Both are housed in the new building.
In 2011, there is a new exhibition of the history of Holman Bros Ltd Camborne and drilling equipment.
The Survey office was painted by volunteers in October 2010. Work continues to restore the remainder of the site.
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Later Works: The Untimely Death of a Narrativist
Byzantium beyond these feeble stations
burning blunt with cracked fires of charity
within a guardian guide I sought relations
yet believed bereft of soul found clarity
clicking hand conflates the day
mechanical minder creates with me
all I am whiled a world away
a heart's journey wild and free.
England blew bits of me beyond some bios
dance dear dull fish on rain dead days
sidestepping cute whores and deadly boyos
unsoaked suits who swayed our ways.
Across in England framed dreams knelt in storms
Poems became my prayers in better forms.


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2016 Staedtler Yen Female Art Awards Finalists
A round of applause for the 20 talented finalists of the STAEDTLER Yen Female Art Awards.
Five judges. Over 550 beautiful entries. And a whole lot of 'what about this one?', 'ooh I like that one' and 'why can't we pick more than 20 dammit?', before we finally managed to narrow it down to the below finalists.
The winner will be announced on 23 June, 2016 at Gaffa. Wander down and check out the winner and finalists exhibition at Gaffa (281 Clarence Street, Sydney CBD, NSW 2000) from 24 June – 4 July, 2016. Without further ado, may we present the 2016 STAEDTLER Yen Art Award finalists.
Homepage image: Penelope Boyd – The Sentry.
Lead image: Amanda Amanda Porritt – Honeycomb Over.