the establishment of pilot free trade zones is an important measure to further expand China’s opening-up and deepen reform in the new era. The creation of a free trade area，not only for the highest international standards，in order to accelerate the all-round opening to the outside trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and institutional reform，more important is the free trade area as the benchmark，with an open to promote reform and innovation，promote the change of government function and the deepening of the reform. Since the establishment of the 12 pilot free trade zones （FTZs），focusing on the strategy of serving the country and combining with local realities，the pilot free trade zones have carried out explorations with different characteristics and focuses，which have accumulated useful inspirations and experience for China to further deepen reform and opening up and accelerate the transformation of government functions. However，in the face of the new situation and tasks of deepening reform and opening wider to the outside world，there are still some obstructions，difficulties and pain points in the transformation of government functions in institutional mechanisms and practices. It is urgent to make breakthroughs in the construction and development of pilot free trade zones.