The Chinese Government deems Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) as a new platform to further opening up to the outside and speeding up domestic reforms, an effective approach to integrate into global economy and strengthen economic cooperation with other economies, as well as particularly an important supplement to the multilateral trading system. Currently, China has 24 FTAs under construction, among which 16 Agreements have been signed and implemented already.

• 2022/08/26The second meeting of the Trade and Investment Sub-committee of the China-Thailand Joint Economic and Trade Commission was held
• 2022/08/05China and Singapore held the fourth round of chief negotiators' meeting under the follow-up negotiations on FTA upgrade
• 2022/07/15China and the ROK actively promotes the second phase of FTA negotiations
• 2022/07/15China and Nicaragua signing the early harvest arrangement for the FTA, launching FTA negotiations and establishing the bilateral Mixed Commission on Economic, Trade and Investment Cooperation
• 2022/04/08China-New Zealand FTA upgrade protocol came into effect
• 2022/02/17China-New Zealand FTA Upgrade Protocol to Take Effect on April 7
• 2022/02/08China and Ecuador Officially Launches Free Trade Agreement Negotiations
• 2022/01/07The China-Cambodia Free Trade Agreement came into effect
• 2021/12/17China and Singapore make positive progress in FTA upgrade follow-up talks
• 2021/11/24China-Cambodia FTA will come into effect on January 1, 2022
• 2021/11/05Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) to Enter into Force on January 1, 2022
• 2021/04/09China and Singapore held the first round of follow-up negotiations on FTA upgrade
• 2021/03/14China and Norway will complete the FTA negotiations as soon as possible
• 2021/02/28China and the ROK actively promoted the second phase of the FTA negotiations
• 2021/01/28Head of the Department of International Trade and Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce on the Protocol on Upgrading the Free Trade Agreement between China and New Zealand