Comparison of SEZ policies of China and India

In an excellent article written by Amiti Sen, the comparison between Chinese and Indian SEZ policy is discussed. Read the full article as it appeared in The Economic Times here. I am giving below the salient points in a tabular form.

Issue	China	India
Size	Very big. Typically in hundreds of hectares.	Even 10 hectares will do.
Location	Well thought out and located only on coasts. To facilitate exports and imports easily.	Anywhere. No restriction.
Labour laws	Relaxed in the SEZs.	Flexibility is totally absent.
Policy regime	Experimentation of liberal policies in the specified areas while insulating them from the rest of the country.	Based on fiscal sops.
Investors	Basically foreigners who are wooed with sops and promise of stability in policy.	Basically locals. Not foreign investor driven; which should have been the case.
Commencement	In 1979	In 1969 with the export processing zone concept. But failed to muster courage in giving these regions foreign territory status till the year 2000 when Murasoli Maran announced the SEZ policy.
Number	Only six: Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, Xiamen, Hainan and Pudong	Any where and any number. So far 28 operational. About 200 received approvals.
Tax holidays	Present.	Longer and steeper than in China.