Pilotní FTZ v Číně

The diploma thesis examines the subject of Special Economic Zones in the People's Republic of China with its specific focus on the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone. The aim of the diploma thesis is to compare the Special Economic Zones and the Pilot Free Trade Zone in terms of fulfillment of expectations and to evaluate the costs and benefits of the Free Trade Pilot Zone for foreign companies in China using a concrete example of the Czech company. The thesis is divided into two main parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part, based on scientific methods of study and research of professional literature and electronic resources and subsequently methods of scientific description, explains the issue of Special Economic Zones. The practical part of the thesis, based on scientific methods of study and research of specialized literature and electronic resources, comparison, analogy, analysis and synthesis, deals in two chapters first with describing the problems of Special Economic Zones and their types in the area of China, which the thesis compares within around 35-year period in terms of expectations and future developments. Furthermore, in the practical part, a concrete example of a Czech company operating in the Chinese Free Trade Pilot Zone in Shanghai is compared with the establishment of the same company outside the zone.