2016年，世界经济仍未走出全球金融危机的阴影，经济增速持续下降，国际贸易投资不断下行，贸易保护主义和反全球化趋势抬头，从而使世界经济面临更多的风险。面对国际经济政治等方面形势变化带来的挑战，我国经济在进入以结构调整和发展方式转变为核心的新常态后，亟待培育发展新动能，而“一带一路”与自贸区建设的结合则为我国通过进一步扩大开放来深化改革提供了思路和途径，尤其是在外部整体环境不利于贸易投资自由化发展的情况下，我国更需要大力建设自由贸易试验区，通过自主扩大开放、探索制度创新、服务国家战略、打造改革开放新模式。
In 2016，the world economy is still not been out of the shadow of the financial crisis，economic growth continued to decline，the international trade and investment continued downward，trade protectionism and anti-globalization has risen，so that the world economy is facing more risks. In the face of changes in all aspects of international economic and political challenges，China’s economy into the structure adjustment and development mode transformation as the core of the new normal，need to foster the development of new energy，and the combination of the Belt and Road Initiatives and the construction of the FTA for China through further opening up to reform the ideas and approaches，especially the overall external environment is not conducive to the development of trade and investment liberalization situation，our country needs to build the FTZ，through self expanding opening up，explore the system innovation，service national strategy，build a new model of reform and opening up.
