A Knowledge Map Study of an Application of a Smart Land Planning Free-Trade Zone and China’s Contribution

Abstract

The use of a free-trade zone (FTZ) has emerged as a smart land tool in increasing trading, attracting foreign investment, attempting financial openness and conducting other pilot economic reforms, which adds higher requirements for smart spatial planning, smart industry planning and smart management planning. However, no systematic analysis has been performed, making it difficult to provide deeper insights into FTZs. Thus, this study conducted bibliometric and visual analysis to identify the research status, new theories or practices, and potential future directions of FTZs based on 953 publications from the Web of Science Core Collection. The results show that there is a marked rise in the number of FTZ studies since 2013, which is the same year China authorized the first FTZ in Shanghai. China and the United States of America have played a leading role in FTZ research. Finally, the increasing trend in FTZ utilization will remain sizeable during its deepening development. The findings may contribute to a better understanding of FTZs and make some references to smart land-use planning experience and practices around the globe.

Effects and Mechanisms of China’s Pilot Free Trade Zones on Green and High-Quality Development from the Dual-Circulation Perspective

“…(2) According to the heterogeneity analysis, compared with inland areas, coastal locations may more effectively foster green and high-quality development. (3) The influencing mechanism test results show that PFTZs primarily have a positive impact on technological progress, scale expansion, and innovation-driven effects, which, in turn, support green and high-quality development. The mediating effect of innovation-driven and technological progress is extremely significant among them.…”

“…Therefore, the significant practical issue that has to be resolved in the new growth pattern is how to play the key node of PFTZs effectively to open up the domestic and international dual circulation and better promote green and high-quality development. With institutional innovation at its center, PFTZ is a policy test zone that offers a high level of openness, including trade facilitation, investment liberalization, and financial internationalization [3]. There has been a fair amount of research on the policy evaluation of the economic consequences of PFTZs, with the main topics being economic growth [4][5][6], foreign direct investment [7][8][9], import and export trade [10,11], and financial innovation [12,13].…”

Construction of the Hainan Free Trade Port from the perspective of regional cultural development

“…This is a common concern across different sectors. However, related research has been mainly conducted on aspects, such as international experience, free trade port system innovation, open policy, government distribution service framework, and domestic and foreign markets that has focused on the historical lessons of Hainan's development in the past 30 years (Wan et al, 2014;Zhiyuan and Rui, 2020;Li S. et al, 2021;Fan et al, 2022;Ye et al, 2022). As the construction of the free trade port is still at its nascent stage in achieving high-level economic development by integrating elements and resources, the influence of people and their cultural factors that play a role in regional development has been receiving increasing attention.…”

Geotechnical Characterization for Territorial Planning of a Special Economic Zone at a University Campus in Ecuador

“…These zones, often incorporating ports or land areas, are independently supervised and equipped with the highest level of free trade logistics and preferential policies [20]. The selection and design of a free trade zone (FTZ) to stimulate regional economic growth entails careful planning and territorial ordering [21] through soil characterisation and geotechnical studies to facilitate various infrastructure constructions. As of 2018, approximately 2300 free zones were registered worldwide, attracting investments, fuelling industry growth, fostering knowledge transfer, and creating jobs [22].…”