In May, 2014, Financial Research Center of Fudan Development Institute published the new book written by English entitled by Shanghai, Global Contender: The Free Trade Zone and the International Financial Center, which mainly concerns on construction on Pilot Free Trade Zone and international financial centers for Shanghai. As being one of a series of academic products for “Shanghai Forum 2014”, the book is compiled by both Financial Research Center of Fudan Development Institute and Shanghai Forum, and released by Shanghai People’s Publishing House.

The English version of book consists of two parts, where the first part is special research on China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (CSPFTZ), and the second one focuses on research on international financial centers. In particular, there are four special subjects in the first part as follows: Enlightenment from TPP to the Construction of CSPFTZ, Offshore Banking Risk Management in CSPFTZ,Comparative Study on Open Policies in Six Fields of Service Industry in CSPFTZ, and Strategy Research on Improving the Competitiveness of the Trade in Services in CSPFTZ from the Perspective of Financial Support. Meanwhile, in the second part, the book introduces comparative research on international financial centers like New York, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Singapore, and Hong Kong, and then gives special subject research for international financial centers including: (1) Construction of Shanghai Financial Center, RMB Globalization and Restructuring of International Currency System; (2) Where Should Informal Finance Go? (3) “Financial Center Revelations” Column of International Finance News.

With both theoretical research and financial think tank, this book sheds light on construction on Pilot Free Trade Zone and international financial centers in Shanghai.