The "Report on the Development of Economic and Trade Cooperation in Special Economic Zones among BRICS Countries 2025" was released.
On the afternoon of September 25th, at the "BRICS Special Economic Zones Dialogue" during the 4th Global Digital Trade Expo, the "Report on the Economic and Trade Cooperation and Development of BRICS Special Economic Zones (2025) - Cooperation Trends, Chinese Practices, and Future Paths" was officially released. Under the guidance of the Department of International Economic and Trade Relations of the Ministry of Commerce, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, the International Trade Centre (ITC), the BRICS Business Council, the United Nations Global Centre for Big Data in Statistics and Data Science, and the International Centre on Small Hydro Power (ICSHP), this report was compiled by the China Cooperation Centre for BRICS Special Economic Zones (hereinafter referred to as the BRICS Cooperation Centre) in collaboration with the Zhejiang Academy of Commerce.
This report is the first flagship achievement themed on BRICS special economic zones and released at a national-level exhibition. Compiled in both Chinese and English, the report fully reflects characteristics such as innovation, practicality, and internationalization.
Hu Zhenfang, the deputy director of the Zhejiang Department of Commerce, attended the release. She introduced the six highlights of the report and expected that the BRICS Cooperation Centre could fully leverage its platform role, continuously strengthen cooperation with international organizations, BRICS governments, and enterprises, pool efforts for the construction of the cooperation mechanism, build bridges for the coordinated development of industries, provide fertile ground for the cultivation of innovation momentum, and inject vitality into the world economic recovery.
The report points out that in the face of the rapidly evolving profound changes unseen in a century, as a multilateral international mechanism composed of multiple emerging countries, the BRICS countries always adhere to the principle of multilateralism, and its success is closely related to the word "multi": diversity lays the foundation for BRICS cooperation, multiple fields expand the space for BRICS cooperation, a multi-dimensional framework determines the path for BRICS cooperation, a colorful combination demonstrates the openness and inclusiveness of BRICS cooperation, the principle of multilateralism converges the consensus of BRICS cooperation, and the volatile world expects the stability of BRICS cooperation.
The content of the report unfolds around the logical main line of "current situation - overview - trends - practices - future" and presents six highlights.
Clear Definition: It summarizes and puts forward the core connotation of "three specific" for BRICS special economic zones. The report points out that special economic zones generally have three major characteristics of "specific regional scope, specific policy arrangements, and specific development goals". It refers to a specific area within a country where specific economic policies are implemented to promote industrial transformation and upgrading, expand opening up, and promote international cooperation.
Systematic Sorting: For the first time, it clarifies the main types and policy trends of BRICS special economic zones. Through a comprehensive review, the report finds that the special economic zones of each member country are diverse in types, vary in quantity, and have their own characteristics. Policies mainly focus on four major directions: investment opening, tax incentives, industrial transformation and upgrading, and trade facilitation. Some parks provide support such as corporate income tax and tariff exemptions, and industrial development highlights the orientation of digitalization and greening.
Hot - spot Analysis: It decodes the cooperation trends of BRICS special economic zones around three major fields. Closely following global development issues and common demands, the report focuses on three key fields: artificial intelligence, green and low - carbon, and agriculture, showing cooperation trends and practices. In the field of artificial intelligence, it emphasizes policy coordination and technology implementation; in the green and low - carbon field, it explores transformation paths based on resource complementarity; in the agricultural field, with food security as the core, it promotes R & D and processing trade cooperation.
Model Extraction: It summarizes four replicable cooperation models for BRICS special economic zones. The report extracts four models: park co - construction led by enterprises as the engine, industrial coordination guided by resource integration, linked innovation centered on technology sharing, and capacity building linked by talent flow, providing practical references for deepening cooperation.
"China's Answer": It presents the "Chinese solution" for the cooperation of BRICS special economic zones. It mainly includes cultivating trade cooperation represented by cross - border e - commerce, promoting investment cooperation with overseas economic and trade cooperation zones as carriers, constructing three - dimensional logistics cooperation with sea, land, and air as the network, exploring cross - border financial cooperation centered on "financing + settlement", and promoting connectivity cooperation supported by standardization, contributing Chinese wisdom and practical paths to BRICS cooperation.
Index Innovation: It attempts to construct a trade index system between China and BRICS member countries. The report attempts to construct a scientific, operable, and comprehensive trade index system to quantitatively evaluate the level and potential of trade cooperation between China and other BRICS countries. The trade cooperation between China and BRICS member countries shows multi - dimensional and hierarchical development, and the overall cooperation level is steadily improving.
The release of this report provides a reference for promoting economic and trade cooperation among the BRICS countries. The China Cooperation Centre for BRICS Special Economic Zones said that in the future, it will continue to focus on issues such as the cooperation and innovative development of BRICS special economic zones, continuously compile and release reports, strive to improve the quality and influence of the reports, and jointly explore new paths for the cooperation of special economic zones.
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