What are the five special economic zones in China?

Five special economic zones: Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Xiamen, Shantou and Hainan.

1. Shenzhen: referred to as "Shenzhen" or "Pengcheng" for short, it is one of the four first-tier cities in China, a city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, a city with separate plans, a sub-provincial city, a national regional central city, a megacity, a national economic center and an international city positioned by the State Council, a national innovative city, an international science and technology industry innovation center, a global ocean centre city, an international comprehensive transportation hub and one of the three financial centers in China.

2. Zhuhai: a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta and an important scenic tourist city in the southeast coast. It is located between 2148 ′ ~ 22 27 ′ north latitude and113 03 ′ ~1419 ′ east longitude. Located in the southwest of the Pearl River Estuary in Guangdong Province, it faces Hong Kong across the sea in the east, Macao in the south, Xinhui District and Taishan City in Jiangmen City in the west and Zhongshan City in the north. It has eight national first-class ports, including Gongbei, Jiuzhou Port, Zhuhai Port, Wanshan, Hengqin, Doumen, Wanchai and Zhuhai-Macao Cross-border Industrial Zone. It is the city with the largest ocean area, the largest number of islands and the longest coastline in the Pearl River Delta, and is known as the "City of Hundred Islands".

3. Xiamen: It belongs to Fujian Province, also known as Ludao, or heron for short. Sub-provincial cities, special economic zones, important central cities, ports and scenic tourist cities along the southeast coast. Xiamen is located at the southeast end of Fujian Province, bordering Zhangzhou in the west, Nan 'an and Jinjiang in the north, and Dajinmen and Dadan Island across the sea in the southeast. It is a major city in southern Fujian. Together with Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, it is also called Xiamen-Zhang Quan Minnan Golden Triangle Economic Zone.

4. Shantou: a municipality directly under the Central Government of Guangdong Province, a special economic zone, an important port city in the southeast coast and a central city in eastern Guangdong. Located in the east of Guangdong Province, at the southern tip of Hanjiang Delta, it is adjacent to Chaozhou City in the north, Jieyang City in the west and the South China Sea in the southeast. Hanjiang River, Rongjiang River and Lianjiang River enter the sea. The coastline of the mainland is 217.7km long and that of the islands is167.37km long. There are 82 large and small islands. It has jurisdiction over 6 municipal districts, 1 county, with a total area of 2,064 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5,579,200 in 20 16.

Hainan: referred to as "Qiong" for short, it is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC) and Haikou, the capital of China. Hainan Province is located at the southernmost tip of China, bordering Qiongzhou Strait in the north, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Vietnam in the west, Taiwan Province Province in the South China Sea in the east, and the Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia in the southeast and south respectively.

Sansha City in the province is a prefecture-level city with the southernmost geographical position, the largest total area (including sea area), the smallest land area and the least population in China. Hainan Province has four prefecture-level cities, five county-level cities, four counties and six autonomous counties. By the end of 20 17, the permanent population of the province was 9,257,600.

China Special Economic Zone was born in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and grew up in the 1990s. The establishment of special economic zones marks the further development of China's reform and opening up. So far, there are seven special economic zones in Chinese mainland.

1In July, 1979, the Central Committee and the State Council agreed to carry out pilot projects in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou in Guangdong Province and Xiamen in Fujian Province. 1980 in may, China central Committee and the State Council decided to rename the four export special zones of Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen as special economic zones. 1In April, 1988, Hainan Special Economic Zone was established.

From 65438 to 0992, after China accelerated the reform and opening-up, the mode of special economic zones shifted to national new districts, and the new special zones in Shanghai Pudong and other national new districts expanded their reforms, which became an important symbol of China's new round of reform.

References:

Special Economic Zone _ Baidu Encyclopedia