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Jiangsu FTZ tapped to be biopharma hub

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What happened: On August 21, the State Council approved a plan aimed at turning the Jiangsu Free Trade Zone (FTZ) into a globally competitive biopharmaceutical hub. 

The full text was released on August 27. 

Why Jiangsu? In 2024, Jiangsu's biopharma industry made RMB 454.4 billion in rev...



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