On the morning of September 21, the Chinese government website announced the "China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone Overall Plan", which marked the official approval of the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone.

The construction of the pilot free trade zone is an important strategic measure of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core to promote reform and opening up in the new era. The establishment of the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone is a major decision made by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China at the critical moment of winning the double victory of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and accelerating the formation of a new development pattern of domestic and international double cycles.

According to the "Plan", the strategic positioning and development goals of the China (Hunan) Pilot Free Trade Zone are, with institutional innovation as the core, and replicability and promotion as the basic requirements, and fully implement the central government's requirements for accelerating the construction of a manufacturing power and implementing the strategy of the rise of central China., Give full play to the location advantages of the eastern coastal area and the transitional zone of the central and western regions, the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the coastal open Economic Belt, efforts will be made to build a world-class advanced manufacturing cluster, an international investment and trade corridor connecting the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, a leading area for in-depth economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa, and a new highland for inland opening.

The implementation area of the Hunan Pilot Free Trade Zone is 119.76 square kilometers, covering three areas: 79.98 square kilometers in Changsha (including 1.99 square kilometers in Changsha Huanghua Comprehensive Bonded Zone), 19.94 square kilometers in Yueyang (including 2.07 square kilometers in Yueyang Chenglingji Comprehensive Bonded Zone), 19.84 square kilometers in Chenzhou (including 1.06 square kilometers in Chenzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone).

The Changsha area focuses on the construction of the "Belt and Road", highlights the airport economy, and focuses on the development of high-end equipment manufacturing, new-generation information technology, biomedicine, e-commerce, agricultural technology and other industries, and builds a global high-end equipment manufacturing base and high-end inland areas. Modern service industry center, China-Africa in-depth economic and trade cooperation pioneer zone and the rise of growth poles in the central region.

The Yueyang area focuses on docking the development strategy of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, highlighting the port economy, focusing on the development of shipping logistics, e-commerce, new generation information technology and other industries, and building a comprehensive shipping logistics center in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and an inland port economic demonstration zone.

The Chenzhou area focuses on the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, highlighting the direct connection between Hunan, Hong Kong and Macao, focusing on the development of non-ferrous metal processing, modern logistics and other industries, and creating an important platform for inland areas to undertake industrial transfer and processing trade transformation and upgrading, as well as a demonstration zone for Hunan-Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao cooperation.