1 minuto The Board consists of 2 representatives from the Private Sector and include; the Chairperson Frederick Kiwanuka and the Vice Chairperson, Grace Achire Labong, Stephen Kasangaki from Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED), Cleopas Ndorweire from the Ministry of Trade Industries and Cooperatives (MTIC), Robert. V. Nyombi from Uganda Land Commission (ULC), Lawrence Byensi from Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) and Stella Nyapendi Chombo an ex-officio member from Uganda Revenue Authority (URA). While presiding over the inauguration ceremony, Kasaija, reiterated that the Continue lendo→

1 minuto President Emmerson Mnangagwa said government will soon grant Manicaland a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status. Addressing a rally at Sakubva stadium in the eastern border city on Saturday, Mnangagwa said Manicaland will fall under SEZs for the purposes of exportation of goods to Beira from Mutare. Manicaland province is rich in natural resources such as gold, diamonds and timber and has got a good climate for horticulture. “In our economic plans, Manicaland will be granted a status of Special Economic Zone for the Continue lendo→

1 minuto The Shanghai United Family Pudong Hospital opened today, becoming the first private hospital to open in the city’s Pudong free trade zone. With the further opening-up of the domestic health care market, there will be four high-end foreign or joint venture hospitals open in the Pudong New Area by 2020.  The 200-bed hospital has more than 20 clinical departments including family medicine, internal medicine, surgery, dental, dermatology and aesthetics, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, targeting expatriates and Chinese with higher demands for health Continue lendo→

menos de 1 minuto The High Council of Free Zones approved on Tuesday the annexation of two ports of Shahid Beheshti and Shahid Kalantari in Chabahar to Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone in Iran’s southeast. First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri, Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi, Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi, the head of Department of Environment, Isa Kalantari, and Secretary of High Council of Free Zones Morteza Bank attended the Continue lendo→

1 minuto China has unveiled plans to further deepen reform and boost innovation in three coastal pilot free-trade zones to improve the business environment and enhance the country’s opening-up, a senior commerce official said on Thursday. The new drive for reform and opening-up in free-trade zones in Guangdong and Fujian provinces and in Tianjin will focus on high quality development, supply-side structural reform, institutional innovation and risk prevention, according to a document released recently by the State Council. Ren Hongbin, assistant commerce minister, said Continue lendo→

1 minuto O Ceará está participando, nesta terça e quarta-feira (29 e 30/05), em São Paulo, do Brazil Investment Forum (BIF) 2018, evento cujo objetivo é atrair investidores estrangeiros para o país e é organizado pela Agência Brasileira de Promoção de Exportações e Investimentos (Apex Brasil) , Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (BID) e Governo Federal. O Ceará é um dos 23 estados com estande para atendimento a investidores. Uma equipe do Governo do Ceará, por meio da Secretaria do Desenvolvimento Econômico (SDE) e do Continue lendo→

2 minutos What will happen to free zones in the UAE when 100 per cent ownership is given to onshore? Sam Blatteis, co-founder and CEO of The Mena Catalysts Inc, a Gulf-based government affairs consulting company, said that free zones are not going anywhere into the midterm. “They provide many other benefits to companies including commitments to no corporate taxes for lengthy periods of time, no import or export duties, along with 100 per cent repatriation of revenues and profits. The word ‘free’ in free Continue lendo→