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CONFIDENTIAL ##

CRC INF 2/89

(CEC 10/88)

Report on visit to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

(10 November 1988)

Executive Summary

(paragraph references refer to the report)

Since its establishment in 1980, the Shenzhen

Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has grown very rapidly

(paragraph 2). In 1987 Shenzhen City's gross industrial

output was valued at Rmb 5.76 billion and will probably

reach Rmb 8 billion in 1988 (paragraphs 2 and 3).

Compared with the rest of the Pearl River Delta region,

the layout of the SSEZ is well designed and the zone

generally is well endowed with infrastructural facilities

and services (paragraph 5). Apparently the SSEZ is under

greater influence from the central government (paragraph

6). Nevertheless, the Shenzhen officials confirmed that

the trend was for the SSEZ to enjoy a greater degree of

antonomy in managing its economic affairs (paragraph 7).

2.

In 1987 about 53%, or Rmb 3.1 billion, of the

gross industrial output produced by Shenzhen City was

exported (paragraph 8). There were 1,580 industrial

enterprises in the City, employing more than 200,000

workers. Electronics was the most important industry, accounting for 40% of the City's industrial production (paragraph 9). Enterprises in the SSEZ were reported to be trying to develop a greater variety of light

industries, particularly those of higher technology and/or

those that were complementary to Hong Kong's manufacturing sector (paragraph 10).

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