Reading and thinking three, look at the title, discuss with a partner what major factors could affect the development of shane, then read the text and check your ideas. Chen jen, from fishing village to metro is on obs. Twenty six thousand nine hundred eighty. Jen was given a new mission to become a trailblazer in china is opening up. On that day, the national people's congress accepted the proposal to establish the southern city is china's first special economic zone S, C, Z. This was the brainchild of the late leader in chief architect of china's reform dang. Join such an experiment combining socialism with chinese characteristics and a market oriented economy, turn a tiny fishing village to a small city of just over three hundred and thirty thousand inhabitants, then into a modern, high tech metal polis of seventeen million people. Shen's location made IT the perfect touchstone for this project about forty years ago, with the main industry being fishing. Its gross domestic product, GDP was only two hundred and seventy million union, forty one point seven million dollars. In contrast, by twenty twenty, its GDP had skyrocket to two point seventy seven trillion union, four hundred and twenty eight billion dollars. IT is therefore no wonder that this incredible growth LED to the description the miracle of shen jen being selected as an S. C. C. In doubt. Jen, with certain powers beyond other cities in china, the city gained a degree of autonomy to pursue reforms that kept one step ahead of the rest of the country, IT benefit from lower tax rates, and gained more control over economic development, including the authority to approve foreign investment. The shen genoc z was initially driven by the following construction, primarily relying on foreign capital through foreign direct investment fdi, utilizing signo foreign joint ventures, JV partnerships and holy foreign n enterprises WUFOE as primary economic forms, producing primarily for export market forces, driving economic activities, with changing being firmly established as an SCZ in one thousand and eighty, a wave of economic progression was triggered that spread across the country. In the following decades, shammin fugen province, together with shane, was accepted as an S, C, Z, and so were john and shot in one gong province. In addition, hyne province also became an SCZ in one nine eighty eight. This process was accompanied by open door measures such as making fourteen cities open, coastal cities in one thousand and eighty four, then in ninety eighty five, the two deltas of the yancy river and Pearl river, and the shaman jang jo Joanna triangle in southern fuji, or approved this coastal economic open zones. E, O, Z. These policies have made an important contribution in making china the second largest economy in the world. In twenty shene evolved from mainly developing foreign trade to pursuing high level opening up in an all round way. Now, jen, being the high tech in manufacturing hub of southern china, people often refer to the city and the surrounding region as the world factory. IT is home to the headquarters of several of china's largest and most well known companies, such as whole way D, J, I, dr. John anton sent, whose global influence has also helped the city to become known as china's valley. Sectors such as high tech, tele communications, artificial intelligence, A, I, new energy and cultural industries are the new engines for economic growth. Chen jen embraced independent and innovative industries as the dominant strategy for future development, giving IT a pivotal role in the implementation of the belt road initiative. B. R. I. All this has contributed to a city that moves at great velocity and efficiency, leading to the expression that one week in shen jen is like one month everywhere else. The vital ity and dynamism of this southern city is reflected in its inhabitants whose lifestyle spirit in body, the essence of the principles on which the modern city was founded. This prompted the municipal government to describe sangean citizens as pioneering and innovative, honest and law, biting, pragmatic and efficient, united, dedicated in two thousand, three, a population of enterprising people consisting of a majority of migrant workers, leading to the title migrant city to P, H, D. Scholars make tion gene core part of the socio demographic revolution across the country. A generous and tolerant attitude LED to the title of china's most charitable able city for several consecutive years. This spirit has also been felt across the globe. Shen jen is elected one of the top ten chinese cities popular with x patriots who choose to settle there for the opportunities to prosperity and its open minded character. IT has close connections with twenty three sister cities and more than sixty friendship cities all around the world, including houston, jury and brisbane. The inhabitants of shen jen benefit from twenty first century infrastructure as well as cutting edge technology. There is an extensive public transportation system, genes well managed in successful education system promises a bright future for students, there are having been such a strong future oriented vision, focus on innovation, changing is likewise a model for sustainable economic development. In Green light styles, an ecological garden city, half of its total area is under environmental protection, in which construction is banned. The unremitting modern development of an area with over six thousand seven hundred years of human activity has been a quest to create a modern twenty first century city integrating new technologies in grand buildings with human scale, street life and Green open spaces changes triumph further. The last four decades has been a miracle in industrializing, urbanization and modern ization, validating the city as a development prototype for not only other chinese cities, but cities across the planet.