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It is interesting that Zhao chose to inspect the two EZs on his way home from the visit to Singapore
a part of the world where similar experiments with "export processing zones"
seem to have met with some success. According to Wen Wei Po's reports of the inspection tour, Zhao impressed upon officials in Shenzhen the importance of the division of labour between officialdom and the business world. The latter he said should be encouraged to run more undertakings them- selves. He also urged wage reforms for workers in the zones, according to "economic laws" rather than an "iron rice bowl"
mentality.
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It seems, therefore, that Zhao sought to shake up the local bureaucracy by explicitly suggesting that factory managers and traders should be given greater freedom to make decisions free of official interference. Similarly, wage reform, together with a greater freedom for factory managers to hire and fire their own workers, will be welcomed by
In any Hong Kong and overseas Chinese investors in the zone. event, a visit by the Premier will have provided a tremendous fillip for those responsible for the zone and it seems clear that whatever Zhao said during his inspection tour his word will be acted upon both swiftly and thoroughly.
New 10-point programme for the SEZs
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A major policy statement regarding the future develop- ment of Guangdong and Fujian's Special Economic Zones has been widely predicted since the central leadership meeting on the subject at the end of June (see Monthly Notes: June and July). At the conclusion of Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang's visit to Chenzhen, such a statement was published in the Hong Kong communist press in the form of a 10-point programme. following points of interest energe from the 10 policy objectives:
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