The Shenzhen Miracle

正China’s reform started in rural areas,but its reform and opening up began in Shenzhen,southern Guangdong Province.Adjacent to Hong Kong,Shenzhen was a small fishing village prior to 1978,but underwent dramatic changes thanks to the reform and opening-up policy.After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the     

Construction of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

Shenzhen was the first special economic zone established after China's reform and opening up to the outsideworld. Over a period of two decades, a formerly shabby,frontier town has transformed into an international marketplace, exuberant in its economic prosperity and socialprogress. As the most rapidly developed city in China,Shenzhen stands as a symbol of China's reform andopening.Five special stamps depict the construction of theShenzhen Special Economic Zone.Stamp 1 celebrates the city'…     

Making Waves The Success Story of Entrepreneur Li Haojie

IN 1992, Deng Xiaoping, chief architect of China’s reform and opening-up drive, gave his famous "Southern Tour" talks while inspecting Wuchang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shanghai and a number of other cities. Deng enjoined the Chinese people to further the nation’s reform and openingup imperative and approach the changing times with courage and fortitude.     

Traits of Life

Museums with unique community characteristics brightly record the memoirs of ordinary people After China’s policy of reform and opening up got underway in 1978,electronic industry resources from the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong consistently gathered in the southern city of Shenzhen,Guangdong Province.That was the one moment in time when the Huaqiangbei Electronic Market in Shenzhen’s Futian District set off on its now legendary journey.     

SHENZHEN UP CLOSE

正Since the"first explosion of reform and opening up"took place with the founding of Shenzhen’s Shekou Industrial Zone in 1979,Shenzhen,in south China’s Guangdong Province,has been transformed from a small fishing village into an influential city of economy,science and technology and regional finance.Many pioneering sci-tech giants including Huawei,Tencent     

THE TALENT MAGNET

正An open atmosphere and policy support draw top innovators to Shenzhen Tech giants Huawei and Tencent were born in Shenzhen,which has become a cutting-edge research and development center in south China’s Guangdong Province.Throughout the past four decades of reform and opening up,it has been a pioneer in encouraging hi-tech innovation and incubating     

Going Electric

正China’s green bus revolution drives global adoption of zero-emission vehicles Shenzhen in south China’s Guangdong Province is a famous pioneer city of the country’s reform and opening up, transforming itself from a fishing village to a megacity with a population of 12.5 million in the past 40 years.Today, it is world-renowned for its full-scale adoption of electric buses. In 2017, Shenzhen     

First Steps

Reform of a unique characteristic of the Chinese stock market-split shares-is nearing completion. But many other aspects remain to be solved A list of listed companies that kicked off the 40th round of split share structure reform was published by the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges on July 10. To date,     

Shining Pearl of the Bohai Bay

AFTER successful experi-mentation in south China'sSEZs, the reform and open-ing policy was applied tocoastal cities, and then to centraland western China. Shenzhen andShanghai's Pudong constitute theeconomic backbone of theZhujiang and Yangtze RiverDeltas, and Binhai New Area isthe economic heart of Bohai Bay.The rapid development of BinhaiNew Area in recent years has stim-ulated economic growth in Tianjinand all of northern China.     

Shenzhen： Two Generations of ＂New Citizens＂

AUGUST 26, 2010 was a special day for Shenzhen. Thirty years ago the Standing Committee of the National People＇s Congress designated a 327.5-square-kilometer area of Shen- zhen as a Special Economic Zone （SEZ） on a trial basis, the first such zone in the reform and opening-up process. It put in train the transformation of this former fishing village into one of the most modern metropolises in China.     

Managing Money Online

正Internet financial products have enjoyed huge success,but will they change the landscape of China’s financial sector?Wang Kang,27,works for a Beijing branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China(ICBC),a major state-owned commercial bank in China and the largest bank     

International Reactions

正China Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi severely criticized Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the Yasukuni Shrine,calling it a brazen affront to people of all countries that suffered from Japanese aggression and colonial rule.     

PEOPLE

正"Reading books gives you access to the knowledge and culture of the people of different countries.The main problem facing China and Turkey in the field of literature is the lack of translated books."Chinese writer and Nobel laureate Mo Yan,calling for more translated literature works at a news briefing in Istanbul on February 22     

NUMBERS

正58 Number of approval items that the State Council canceled or delegated to lowerlevel governments to streamline administration on November 24 $2.3 blnvalue of agreements signed between businesses from Singapore and east China’s Zhejiang Province at the 10th SingaporeZhejiang Economic and Trade Council meeting held in Singapore on November 24 4% Decrease in business revenues in China’s telecom sector in October     

WORLD

正~~     

A White-Hot Battle

正Backing a price war between cab-booking apps serves the larger ambition of China’s Internet companies Han Yonghui is a cabbie in Beijing.After a taxi fare increase in 2013,he makes roughly 5,000 yuan($823)a month,just about enough to feed his family.Recently,Han started using cab-hailing mobile software to pick up customers who order taxis via smartphone.Benefiting from an increasingly fierce competition of rewards between two of the most popular apps for this purpose,he can receive up to 2,250 yuan($370)     

ThePolitical TricksofAbe

正Japan’s leader hopes to salvage his power by way of an early election Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe dissolved the House of Representatives,or the lower house in the country’s bicameral parliament,on November 21.A consequent snap election will be held on December 14,two years ahead of schedule.In recent months,the Japanese economy has continued to slide and entered a technical     

Mid-Term Misfortune

正Barack obama strives for a sound legacy Predictably,the U.S.Republican Party(GOP)took back the Senate after eight years in a landslide victory during the mid-term congressional election in November.While the GOP is still in control of the House of Representatives,it also gained ground in state governor elections in Illinois,Maryland,Iowa and Colorado—the traditional spheres of influence of the Democrats.     

Chinese Machinery Maker Explores overseas Market

正The 15th Russia International Show of Construction Equipment and Technologies(CTT)was held in Moscow from June 3 to 7.Liuzhou OvM Machinery Co.Ltd.attended the exhibition with its prestressed products."At the moment,infrastructure construction such as housing,elec-tric power and railway is continuing to expand in Russia,and given that the country’s import of machinery     

Doing Justice To the Past

正China has declared Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe an unwelcome visitor following his recent visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine.When asked whether Chinese leaders would listen to his explanations for the shrine visit in person,a Foreign Ministry spokesman ruled out the possibility by saying that Abe has"shut the door"on dialogue.China is not alone.The U.S.State Department also expressed disappointment at Abe’s visit