Thirty Years of Turbulence - Chinese Enterprises

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This report, titled "Request for Fully Utilizing the Hong Kong Investment Promotion Group", was submitted to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on October 9, 1978, under the name of the Ministry of Transport. The report first proposed the suggestion of "adapting to the characteristics of the international market, going out to conduct investigations, and doing business" for opening up to the outside world. A few days later, Yuan Geng officially proposed the idea of establishing the Shekou Industrial Development Zone in Shenzhen Shekou. He proposed: "We chose to establish the industrial zone within the Bao'an Shekou Commune, which is adjacent to Hong Kong. This will not only utilize the relatively cheap land and labor in China, but also facilitate the use of international funds, advanced technology, and raw materials, fully utilizing and combining the existing favorable conditions of the two." On December 18th, at the same time as the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China officially opened in Beijing, the Ministry of Transport and Guangdong Province agreed to Yuan Geng's idea. 25 days later, on January 31, 1979, at 10 a.m., Yuan Geng flew to Beijing and reported to the central leadership in person at Zhongnanhai. Yuan Geng proposed to give China Merchants Group an industrial land. "At that time, I brought all the maps and said that China Merchants Group had been established for 106 years and had almost nothing since then. Now I hope the country can give me a place." The central leader drew a pen on the map and included the 70-80 square kilometers from Bao'an District to Overseas Chinese Town, saying, "Yuan Geng, this is all for you." Yuan Geng was startled and said, "How dare I ask for so much." So, the central leader lightly hooked the map with a red pencil and smiled at Yuan Geng, saying, "Then I'll give you this peninsula