This Day, That Year

Editor's Note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.

In 1980, the country's first Special Economic Zones were set up in Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong province and Xiamen, Fujian province, to encourage overseas investment and boost the country's economic growth.

Shenzhen attracted 14 percent of the country's total foreign investment in 1992. It is the country's major trade hub and leading manufacturing base.