Forty-five years ago today, on March 24, 1980 (February 8, 1980), the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China named the first batch of "Special Economic Zones". In the urban area of Shenzhen in 1998, on March 24, 1980, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting in Guangzhou, Guangdong and Fujian provinces, and officially designated "export special zones" as "Special Economic Zones". During the Central Work Conference in April 1979, Deng Xiaoping told Xi Zhongxun and Yang Shangkun, leaders of Guangdong Province, to designate a place called a special zone. If the central government has no money, you can do it yourself. In June, the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward the idea of establishing an export special zone: the special zone allows overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots, and some foreign manufacturers to invest and set up factories, or joint ventures to set up enterprises and tourism; foreign investors must abide by all Chinese laws and implement an open policy in the economy. On July 15, 1979, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council agreed to pilot the establishment of export special zones in Shenzhen and Zhuhai, Guangdong, and then set up in Shantou, Guangdong, and Xiamen, Fujian after gaining experience. On March 24, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decided to designate the "export special zone" as "Special Economic Zone". Guangdong should first concentrate on building the Shenzhen special zone, followed by Zhuhai. Shantou and Xiamen can make plans first. In August 1980, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress decided: Approve the proposal put forward by the State Council to set up Special Economic Zones in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou and Xiamen in Fujian Province. The old appearance of Xiangzhou in Shenzhen City in 1985 (1979) In September 1998, Zhuhai won the first place in the "Best International Action to Improve the Living Environment" selected by the United People's Habitat Center. Before the establishment of the special zone, Xiamen Special Economic Zone (1997) The Shantou Bay Bridge "Lin Baixin International Conference and Exhibition Center" completed at the end of 1996 was called the "door face" of Shantou