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China in Brief has an article which is, in effect, a guide to special economic zones.

It states that in 1978 the Chinese government embarked on a policy of opening to the outside world in a planned way and step by step.
Since 1980, China has established special economic zones in Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou in Guangdong Province and Xiamen in Fujian Province, and designated the entire province of Hainan a special economic zone.
In 1984, China further opened 14 coastal cities — Dalian (seen in our illustration), Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Yantai, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Nantong, Shanghai, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and Beihai — to overseas investment.
Then, beginning in 1985, the state decided to expand the open coastal areas, extending the open economic zones of the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta, Xiamen-Zhangzhou-Quanzhou Triangle in south Fujian, Shandong Peninsula, Liaodong Peninsula, Hebei and Guangxi into an open coastal belt.
In 1990, the government decided to open the Pudong New Zone in Shanghai to overseas investment, and opened more cities in the Yangtze River valley.
In this way, a chain of open cities extending up the Yangtze River valley, with Shanghai’s Pudong as the ‘dragon head,’ was formed.
Since 1992, the State Council has opened a number of border cities, and in addition, opened all the capital cities of inland provinces and autonomous regions.
In addition, 15 free trade zones, 32 state-level economic and technological development zones, and 53 new- and high-tech industrial development zones have been established in large and medium-sized cities.

As these open areas adopt different preferential policies, they play the dual roles of ‘windows’ in developing the foreign-oriented economy, generating foreign exchanges through exporting products and importing advanced technologies and as ‘radiators’ in accelerating inland economic development.

The article which you can get by clicking on Source is an excellent basic guide.
Source: China in Brief

Having started a section high-tech industrial zones it is as if you have wandered into a large parallel universe.

Take for example Dalian Hi-Tech Industrial Zone which was one of the first state-level hi-tech zones approved by the state council in March 1991.

The figures boggle the mind. It covers an area of 24.6 square kilometers, comprising Qixianlin Industrial Base, No.5 Highway Industrial Area, Youjiacun Industrial Base, Huanghelu Science plaza plus some other sections.

During its development,the Zone always focused on the goal of developing and industrializing high technology.

There are about 1,700 enterprises, 380 of which involving foreign elements, and 360 are recognized as hi-tech inside the Zone.

The Zone has established close relations with more than 20 countries and regions in world.

And it is expanding. No.5 Highway Industrial Area is 5 km to Dayaowan Container Port, 28 Km to Dalian International Airportand 28 km to the downtown center. A light tram has been planned to run between the downtown center and No.5 Highway Industrial Area.

Then on South Lushun Road in the southwestern part of Dalian, Qixianling Industrial Base is a key area for the development of hi-tech industries. This base covers an area of 5.68 square kilometers of which nearly three have already been developed.

And on it goes.

For example Dalian Overseas Students Park is for overseas students to set up hi-tech enterprises by themselves or with others. At present there are already 22 enterprises which have been set up by people from the higher levels of university life.

Amazing stuff.
Source: China-Dalian