Waigaoqiao tax free zone, authorized by State Council, is the first comprehensive and multi-function trade zone established in china in June 1990. It covers 10 kilometers, in which the Custom-close areas amount to 6.4 kilometers.
In the past ten years, with preferential policies and effective management, Wai attracts a great number of foreign investors. To the end of 2000, there are 4383 projects in Waigaoqiao, with total volume reaching 5.35 billion US dollars. 67 of Fortune 500 established their factories within Waigaoqiao. The overall value increases 42.79 billion dollars, a fold in every 1.5 years. With the comprehensive strength increasing, Waigaoqiao is one of the most dynamic and open areas in the world.
Waigaoqiao pays great attention to environment protection while witnessing a rapid economic development, setting the management policy of “establishing green zone, developing green products and providing international trade with green paths”. After enforcing ISO14000 environmental managing certification, Wai effectively promotes the establishment of an ecology-friendly zone and consolidation of its advantages in business attraction.
The compilation of this book on regulations and laws on environment protection aims at enhancing the transparency of our regulations and strengthening people’s awareness of environment protection by advocating, studying and carrying out environment-related laws so as to provide every investor and corporation with a systematic reference on environment protection.