{"id":257851,"date":"2025-12-30T10:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/257851\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T10:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T10:26:12","slug":"chinese-firms-anchor-in-dubai-free-zones-to-navigate-trade-barriers-and-expand-reach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/257851\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese firms anchor in Dubai free zones to navigate trade barriers and expand reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese firms are increasingly anchoring themselves in <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/presented\/business\/topics\/investopia-global-hong-kong\/article\/3327640\/talk-walk-investopia-maps-hk-uae-corridors-pathway?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dubai\u2019s free trade zones<\/a> to navigate trade barriers and tap new markets as rising protectionism and supply-chain shifts impact global commerce.Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), state-owned DP World\u2019s flagship free economic zone at the western end of the city in the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3336341\/chinas-wang-yi-urges-uae-help-close-free-trade-deal-gulf-cooperation-council?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>, hosted 507 Chinese companies as of November, nearly double the number in 2021.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The trend reflected how a Middle Eastern hub offered companies \u201cneutral, stable and well-connected bases to operate across East-West corridors\u201d in a slowing global trade environment marked by rising protectionism, said Abdulla Al Hashmi, chief operating officer of parks and zones at DP World in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBy combining ports, free zones and logistics parks, we support nearshoring and diversification, a model now being replicated in India, Africa and Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3326808\/chinas-unrivalled-supply-chains-still-have-weak-links-why-5-years-could-fix-them?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">supply chains<\/a> diversified, businesses manufactured in China or Southeast Asian countries, added value through free zones and exported through the Gulf to strengthen resilience and improve lead times, Al Hashmi said.<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JD.com operates five logistics assets in Jafza. Photo: Shutterstock\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/15d15b35-d2dc-466c-ae2e-f4335650f8ec_a84b4ef7.jpg\" title=\"JD.com operates five logistics assets in Jafza. Photo: Shutterstock\"\/>JD.com operates five logistics assets in Jafza. Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Jafza hosts nearly 12,000 companies, serving as a re-export and value-add hub, and many Chinese firms have chosen it as their regional headquarters and assembly base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chinese firms are increasingly anchoring themselves in Dubai\u2019s free trade zones to navigate trade barriers and tap new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[4204,2786,61826,79,381,133411,133410,3819,179,18,1015,17551,64734,19,387,17,133413,26609,133412,8820,3818],"class_list":{"0":"post-257851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-asia","10":"tag-association-of-southeast-asian-nations","11":"tag-business","12":"tag-china","13":"tag-china-national-building-material-group-cnbm","14":"tag-dp-world","15":"tag-dubai","16":"tag-economy","17":"tag-eire","18":"tag-europe","19":"tag-gcc","20":"tag-gulf","21":"tag-ie","22":"tag-india","23":"tag-ireland","24":"tag-jafza","25":"tag-jd-com","26":"tag-jebel-ali-port","27":"tag-middle-east","28":"tag-uae"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115808042699659233","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}