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Keeping Shanghai Company 　　Zijie Tiaodong Technology is a mobile Internet company headquartered in Beijing. Headline Today， a mobile news app developed by the company， boasts over 230 million users and is one of the most popular mobile apps in the country. In March， Zhang Yiming， founder and CEO of the company， made a decision to set up a research and development center as well as an opera-tion center in Tianjin， a port city adjacent to the capital. 　　Zhang’s decision followed the approval from central authorities to set up new free trade zones （FTZs） in the northern municipality， and in south China’s Guangdong Province and southeast China’s Fujian Province. 　　Following the success of the Shanghai FTZ， which was established in September 2013， the Central Government decided to expand the institutional innovation to a wider area. Successful experiences and milestones achieved by the Shanghai FTZ will be accessible elsewhere， and booming FTZs will become a new driving force for the slowing economy. However， in order to achieve differentiated development， the three newcomers should strive to find their own strengths. 　　 Duplicating the success 　　An overall plan for three experimental FTZs in Guangdong， Fujian and Tianjin and expansion of the Shanghai FTZ were approved on March 24 by the authorities. 　　Experimental FTZs are important for exploring new paths and acquiring new experiences， a statement released after the meeting explained. 　　The statement said the Shanghai FTZ had made “positive progress” over the past more than a year， generating a model that can be replicated elsewhere. The new zones， as well as the Shanghai FTZ， will continue striving for institutional innovation， according to the statement. 　　Designed as a testing ground for further reforms， the Shanghai FTZ features lower thresholds for corporate establishment and liberalized foreign exchange. The zone also offers special benefits to certain industries， including e-commerce， legal services