A deal unveiled by Russia's military to set up safe zones in Syria has come into force.
Over 1 billion U.S. dollars has been disbursed in various business activities and the development of special and specific economic zones (SEZs) in Laos, local daily Vientiane Times reported on Monday.
Workers had started to paint New York's Times Square into different colored zones from Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, as part of the city's effort to regulate pedestrian flow and street performers activities.
China's four pilot free trade zones, located along the country's developed east coast, are spearheading structural reforms to make it easier to start businesses and grant foreign firms more access to the service sector.
An executive meeting of the State Council, China's cabinet, on Wednesday passed a draft map of administrative divisions demarcating the maritime and land zones of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR).
France have no plan to give up fan zones at next year's European soccer championship though concerns rised over security following the latest Paris terror attacks.
World Bank suggests Africa learn from China's experience in special economic zones
By the end of 2014, China had established 4,272 national level demonstration zones over eight stages, edging it closer to its goal of agricultural standardization, said Tian Shihong, head of the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), on Tuesday.
Free trade zones (FTZs) will not flourish everywhere in China, a senior official with the Ministry of Commerce said on Monday.
The Japanese Cabinet approved a bill to set up "strategic special zones" on Tuesday as a centerpiece of economic growth strategy to promote deregulation exclusively, local media reported.
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