From Passive Actor to Active Leader.

China established its first free trade zone, the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, in 2013 and, by September 2020, had established a total of 21 free trade zones across the country. Twenty years on, China has grown to become a crucial participant in and contributor to WTO restructuring and the rewriting of international trade rules. The China closing International ceremony of Import the Fourth Expo (CIIE) took place in Shanghai on November 10. [Extracted from the article]