An experimental free trade zone located in the Shanghai municipality of China. Inside the Shanghai FTZ, some aspects of China's national legal and regulatory regime are varied for an initial trial period, after which they will be rolled out nationwide or terminated.

The Shanghai FTZ originally comprised the following four special customs regulation zones covering 28.78 square kilometres:

The Shanghai FTZ was expanded in 2014 to include the following:

The geographical extent of the Shanghai FTZ was further expanded in 2019 to include Lingang New Area (临港新片区), referring to the area locating to the south of the Dazhi River (大治河) and to the east of the Jinhui Port (金汇港) as well as in Xiao Yangshan Island (小洋山岛) and the southern section of Pudong International Airport:

The Lingang New Area will be developed in phases with an area of 119.5 square kilometres having been identified as the first phase.

The Shanghai FTZ was established with effect from 1 October 2013 under the Measures on the Administration of the Shanghai FTZ 2013, Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the Overall Plan for the Shanghai FTZ 2013 and the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on the Administrative Examination and Approval on Authorizing the State Council to Temporarily Adjust Relevant Legal Provisions in the Shanghai FTZ 2013.

The expansion of the zone in 2014 was made under the Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Authorizing the State Council to Temporarily Adjust Relevant Administrative Examination and Approval Items Prescribed by Pertinent Laws in China FTZs 2014.

The further expansion of the zone in 2019 was made under the Approval Reply from the State Council on the Establishment of Lingang New Area of the Shanghai FTZ 2019 (国务院关于同意设立中国（上海）自由贸易试验区临港新片区的批复).