On March 4, 1988, the State Council decided to expand the coastal economic opening zone. On March 4, 1988, the State Council convened a coastal area opening work conference in Beijing. The meeting pointed out that over the past nine years, a multi-level and focused new layout of opening up, i.e. the economic special zone ¨C the new layout of the mainland, has accumulated experience for the coastal area to shift to the external economy, to participate in the international cycle. The meeting pointed out that the implementation of the strategic concept of the coastal region¡¯s development of the external economy in 9 years, to further improve the investment environment, especially the ¡°soft environment¡±. To further expand the county to the coastal economic development area, the State Council issued a statement on the extension of the coastal economic development area, a total of 140 square kilometers along