The Annual Report objectively reflects the whole year's progress of politics, economy, society, culture, system, environment, innovation and reform, as well as the problems, challenges and countermeasures in traditional special economic zones and new special economic zones. It analyses China's Special Economic Zones, including overall review on the whole year's development state of the reform experimental zone and part of new special economic zones, which focuses on analyzing the transformation of special economic zones, use of resources, the sustainable development, economic and social development, social security and technical innovation from the aspects of present situation of development, the comparative analysis, and policy suggestions and puts forward development suggestions for each specific issue.

Represents an authoritative study on China's Special Economic Zones Features recent achievements in Special Economic Zones Presents a large number of historic materials and the latest data about Special Economic Zones

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Prof. Tao Yitao's Main research areas are history of economic thoughts, Western economics, and issues on China's SEZs. She studied in Shanghai University of Finance and Economics for Ph.D, majoring in History of Chinese Economics Thoughts from 1987 to 1989, supervised by Mr. HU Jichuang, a famous scholar. Prof. Tao started her career in Shenzhen University since Jul. 1994, successively as Director of Department of Economics, Party Secretary in Business School, Dean in Business School, and presently Deputy Secretary of CPC Committee of Shenzhen University, Director of China Center for Special Economic Zones Research.
Prof. Yuan Yiming holds also positions of deputy director of Shenzhen Industrial Economics association, expert of Shenzhen City Government Soft Science Expert Committee, and academic leader of Economics of Population, Resources & Environmental economics. And he also serves as local consultant of the World Bank. His main research areas are economic development, industrial organization and policy research. In recent years he has presided 25 research projects including projects for the World Bank, the State Ministry of Education, Shenzhen municipal government.

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Chapter1. Comparison of Three Bay Area Economic Belts and the Position and Role of Shenzhen in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.- Chapter2. Report on the Development of Pilot Free Trade Zones in China.- Chapter3. Report on the Development of Foreign Investments in the Tumen River Region of China.- Chapter4. Report on the Development of Qianhai, Shenzhen.- Chapter5. Report on the Economic Development of the Shenzhen Bay Area.- Chapter6. Report on the Development of Emerging Special Economic Zones in Xinjiang.- Chapter7. Report on the Development of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.- Chapter8. Report on the Development of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone.- Chapter9. Report on the Development of the Shantou Special Economic Zone.- Chapter10. Report on the Development of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone.- Chapter11. Report on the Development of the Hainan Special Economic Zone.- Chapter12. Report on the Development of the Shanghai Pudong New Area.- Chapter13. Report on theDevelopment of the Tianjin Binhai New Area.