1February, 984, Dalian, Qingdao and other port cities. These places are not called special zones, but some policies of the special zones can be implemented. "(Selected Works of Deng Xiaoping, Volume 3, Page 52)
In March of the same year, the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council jointly held a forum, proposing to further open 14 coastal port cities, such as Dalian, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Yantai, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Nantong, Shanghai, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and Beihai, and expand the authority to open cities, such as relaxing the authority to examine and approve foreign capital construction projects, and increasing the quota of foreign exchange use and foreign exchange loans.
* * * The Central Committee and the State Council approved the minutes of this symposium. The purpose is to carry out foreign economic and technological cooperation, actively attract foreign investment, digest and absorb advanced technology and management methods, accelerate the economic development of these cities, and promote the economic development of the mainland through them.
1985 the State Council approved Yingkou to enjoy some privileges as an open coastal city; From 65438 to 0987, Weihai and Yantai are separated. The following year, the State Council approved Weihai as an open coastal city. The first batch of coastal open cities were named fourteen, but there were actually sixteen. Together with the coastal economic open zones, special economic zones and Pudong New Area, these 16 open cities constitute the frontier of China's coastal opening from south to north.
1992, the central government of China and the State Council decided to implement the opening-up policy of coastal cities to five cities along the Yangtze River, northeast, southwest and northwest regions 13 border cities and counties and inland regions 1 1 provincial capital cities. The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that the field of opening to the outside world should be expanded to form a multi-level, multi-channel and all-round opening pattern. We will continue to run special economic zones, coastal open cities and coastal economic open zones. Expand opening up along the border and accelerate the opening up of inland provinces and regions.