Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of the reform and opening up, drew a circle in the "small fishing village", which actually means that Shenzhen has been designated as a special zone, and now Shenzhen has become a modern metropolis.

In fact, the reversal of Shenzhen's fate, and even that of China as a whole, began with the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee held in February 1978. It was this plenary session that decisively decided to shift the focus of the whole party's work to socialist modernization. ?

Although Guangdong wanted to be one step ahead, it did not expect to set up a "special zone". But Deng Xiaoping thought of this. "Special Zone" is the summary and sublimation of all the above suggestions and ideas, showing the extraordinary wisdom and courage of the chief designer. Deng Xiaoping's idea was adopted by the Central Committee. The meeting officially made it clear that Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong will be exported to the special zone on a pilot basis, and asked the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee to focus on Shenzhen first. This is the basis of what Deng Xiaoping said when he visited the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone for the first time on 1984: "I initiated the establishment of the special economic zone and it was decided by the central authorities". ?

1980 at the end of March, the State Council held a working conference in Guangzhou for Guangdong and Fujian provinces, studied and put forward some important policies for the pilot special zones, and agreed to change the original name of "export special zones" to "special economic zones". 1980 On August 26th, Marshal Ye Jianying, Chairman of the National People's Congress, presided over the 15th meeting of the Fifth National People's Congress and approved the Regulations of Guangdong Special Economic Zone. This day became the founding day of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.