Guangdong

Detayenan

Liña di tempu di e Organisashon

Four pilot special economic zones are designated

📅 1 Yüli 1979

Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen were designated as pilot zones for foreign investment, export production and institutional experimentation. The zones were not simply free-market enclaves: the...

Coastal provinces receive authority to test special economic zones

📅 15 Yüli 1979

A central decision authorized Guangdong and Fujian to use more flexible economic policies and attract overseas Chinese and foreign investment. The measure combined decentralization with an...

National People’s Congress approves the four SEZs

📅 26 Ougùstùs 1980

The Standing Committee formally approved special economic zones in Guangdong and Fujian, giving legal standing to the opening experiment. The zones reversed the colonial-era role of treaty-port...

Coastal open economic zones link regional growth to export markets

📅 18 Febrüari 1985

The central government opened the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and southern Fujian triangle as economic zones. This widened access to foreign capital and technology while channeling...

Deng’s southern tour ends with a renewed opening mandate

📅 21 Febrüari 1992

The tour concluded after visits to key southern cities, giving reformist officials cover to restart investment and liberalization. The renewed mandate drew on the visible growth of SEZs but also...