巴拿马科隆自贸区的发展历程及启示

Development and Enlightenments of Colon Free Trade Zone in Panama

采用文献归纳、案例分析等方法,依据贸易与经济地理等理论对科隆自由贸易区的发展历程、特征以及影响因素进行系统归纳与梳理;在此基础上,对科隆自贸区发展的成功经验与存在的问题与挑战进行了系统的总结与分析;最后对中国自由贸易试验区的启示作了初步的分析与探讨。

With the in-depth development of economic globalization, Free Trade Zones not only play an important role in the expansion of international trade, attracting foreign investment, stimulating the development of regional economy and urbanization, but also take an essential part in promoting both the implementation of the overall economic development strategy in China and the reform of administration and economic system. Scholars in this field have introduced more about the early seedtime of Panama Free Trade Zone, while the study on the analysis and summary of current situation of Panama Free Trade Zone is weak. Thus, the article, which is on the basis of trade theory, economic geography, system evolution theory, uses the literature review, case study and other methods to summarize and review the development history, features and influence factors of Colon Free Trade Zone; then it analyses the strength and weakness, the opportunities and threats that prompt the evolution of Colon Free Trade Zone systematically; and it also makes a preliminary analysis and discussion about the influence to the construction of China＇ s experimental free-trade areas at the end of the article. And the experience of Colon Free Trade Zone means a lot to the development of the four free trade areas in China.