2013年9月29日上午10时,中国(上海)自由贸易试验区正式挂牌。作为首个“国”字号试点地区,上海自贸区的问世吸引了全国目光。其中,有疑问,也有思考。为何首选上海首个国家自贸区在上海挂牌,同当地政府的努力、中央政府的考量、国际经济形势的变化密不可分。早在2009年,上海浦东新区政府就委托中国生产力学会,组建课题组,进行实地调研,并形成《关于中国在浦东建立自由贸易区的建议》报告。 At 0900 hours on September 29, 2013, China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone was officially launched. As the first pilot area under the title of “country”, the advent of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone has attracted national attention. Among them, there are questions, there are thinking. Why Preferred Shanghai’s First State-owned Free Trade Zone Launched in Shanghai? It is inseparable from the efforts of the local government, the considerations of the central government, and changes in the international economic situation. As early as 2009, the Pudong New Area Government in Shanghai commissioned the China Productivity Institute to set up a task force to carry out on-the-spot research and form a “Report on China’s proposal to establish a free trade zone in Pudong.”