Goods under storage and interflow between enterprises in the zone are exempt from inspection and quarantine.

The administration system in favor of the development and standardization of the third-party inspection and appraisal institutions shall be established in the PFTZ, and the inspection and quarantine department shall admit the third-party test results according to the international prevailing rules.

Article 21 The single window for international trade shall be set up in the PFTZ to form a comprehensive management service platform for trans-department trade, transportation, processing, storage and other business in the zone, and realize the inter-department exchange of information, mutual recognition of supervision and mutual aid in law enforcement.

Enterprises may, through the single window, make one-time submissions of standardized electronic information as required by different administrations, and the feedback of handling outcome shall be given through the single window.

Article 22 In the PFTZ, the integrated development of domestic and foreign trade shall be carried out, and the enterprise in the zone shall be encouraged to make overall plan for conducting international and domestic trade, cultivate the trade new business mode and function, and form the competition edge with technology, brand, quality and service as the core.

The PFTZ shall support the transformation and upgrading of basic businesses of international trade, storage and logistics, processing manufacture and the development of service trade. Encourage shall be given to the development of offshore trade, international bulk commodity transaction, financing lease, bonded delivery of futures, trans-border e-commerce and other new trade, promoting the development of outsourcing businesses such as biomedical R&D, software and information service  and data processing .

Transnational companies are encouraged to establish headquarters in the zone, setting up the operation center that consolidates trade, logistics, settlement and such other functions.

Article 23 The PFTZ shall strengthen the linkage with the seaport and airport hub, enhance the coordinated development with shipping industry clusters outside of the zone, and explore and form the shipping development system and operation mode with international competition edge.

The PFTZ shall support the development of international transshipment, consolidation (LCL) and distribution as well as container transfer business and air cargo international transshipment. Eligible shipping enterprises may conduct cabotage incidental business of foreign trade export-import containers between domestic coastal ports and Shanghai port.

The shipping service development environment shall be improved, with  industries of shipping finance, international shipping transport, international ship management, international seamen service and international shipping brokerage to be developed and with shipping freight index derivative trading business to be expanded and with functional agencies of shipping service to be clustered in the PFTZ.

In the PFTZ the international ship registration system with China Yangshan Port as the port of registry shall be carried out with efficient ship registration procedures to be set up.