Both the Altanbulag and the Tsagaan Nuur trade free zones will be opened in 2013, according to assurances given by the working group in the Mayor’s Office with responsibility for the matter. Parliament passed the law on such zones in 2002 and the working group began work the next year. MNT4.5 billion was allocated for development of Altanbulag in 2011, after MNT4.3 billion was spent in 2010. The infrastructure plan for Tsagaan Nuur is being prepared.