Celebrations of the 40th Anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone were held on 14 October 2020 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

Background In August 2019, the CCP Central Committee and the State Council decided to support Shenzhen in building a pilot demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics. In October 2020, the CCP General Office and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Implementation Plan for the Comprehensive Reform Pilot of Shenzhen to Build a Pilot Demonstration Zone for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (2020-2025)" and issued a notice requiring all regions and departments to implement it. It stated that in the past 40 years, Shenzhen "has dared to take risks, dare to be the first, and work hard, creating a miracle in the history of development and becoming a banner of China's reform and opening up".

Wang Weizhong, the Party Secretary of Shenzhen, said that "Shenzhen companies have never grown up in a smooth sailing", and expressed support for the central government's deployment of Shenzhen to build a model city of a socialist modern power by 2035, saying that Shenzhen will build a model city of a socialist modern power 15 years ahead of the rest of the country.

On October 12, the Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam, announced that she would postpone the delivery of the Policy Address to the Hong Kong Legislative Council on October 14 to lead a delegation to Shenzhen to attend the Shenzhen celebration meeting.

Events On October 13, 2020, CCP General Secretary and President Xi Jinping visited the Kaifu Culture Exhibition Hall and the Overseas Chinese Letters Museum in the Xiaogongyuan Kaifu District of the Shantou Special Economic Zone, and then visited the streets of the Kaifu District to interact with the public.

At 10:30 am on October 14, 2020, the celebration meeting for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone began at the Qianhai International Conference Center. The 826 seats filled at the venue symbolized the establishment of the Special Economic Zone on August 26, 1980. Politburo member and Guangdong Party Secretary Li Xi presided over the meeting. Xi Jinping, Vice Premier Han Zheng, Politburo members Ding Xuexiang, Liu He, Chen Xi and Huang Kunming, and the current and former Chief Executives of the Hong Kong and Macau attended the meeting. Speakers at the meeting included Shenzhen Party Secretary Wang Weizhong, Chen Zhilie, chairman of the Board of Directors of Yanxiong High-tech Group, and Lu Jianxin, Chief Engineer of the South China Region of China Construction Science and Engineering Group. At the end, Xi Jinping delivered a keynote speech, proposing "continue to unswervingly follow the path of reform and opening up", saying that "Shenzhen is a wonderful interpretation of socialism with Chinese characteristics on a blank sheet of paper", and summarized " the 40 years of reform and opening up and innovative development of the special economic zones have accumulated ten valuable experiences". That afternoon, Xi arrived at Shenzhen Lianhuashan Park and presented a wreath to the bronze statue of Deng Xiaoping, expressing his high respect and deep remembrance for Deng. This was also the second time since his southern tour in 2012 that he went to Lianhuashan Park to present a wreath to the statue of Deng.

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, the CCP Shenzhen Municipal Committee and the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government decided to commend 40 "innovative and entrepreneurial figures and advanced model figures for the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone". +List of 40 people honoredNamePositionWan JieChairman of Artron Culture GroupMa HuatengChairman and CEO of TencentMa MingzheChairman of Ping An InsuranceMa WeihuaFormer President of China Merchants BankWang Wei Chairman of SF ExpressWang ChuanfuChairman and President of BYD CompanyYe QingParty Secretary and Chairman of Shenzhen Academy of Building SciencesFeng GuanpingFormer Dean of Shenzhen Tsinghua University Research InstituteLiu XiaochunParty Secretary and President of Shenzhen Court of International ArbitrationLiu LeiParty Secretary and President of the Third People's Hospital of ShenzhenSun XizhuoPresident of Shenzhen Luohu Hospital GroupSun LeiChief Designer of FIYTALi XitingChairman of MindrayLi YiChairman of Shenzhen AppotronicsLi ZexiangProfessor of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Chairman of Googol Technology (Shenzhen)Li JianquanChairman of Winner MedicalYang FeifeiTechnical Manager of Futaihua Industrial (Shenzhen)Wu FenghuaFounder and Creative Director of TTF High-end Jewelry Brand, Shenzhen Tongtaifu JewelryShen QingfangChairman and CEO of Pengding Holdings (Shenzhen)Lu JianxinChief Engineer of South China Region, China Construction Science and Engineering GroupChen NingChairman and CEO of Shenzhen Intellifusion TechnologyChen ZhilieChairman of the Board of Directors of EVOC High-Tech Holdings GroupJin XuzhiCEO of TCL China Star Optoelectronics TechnologyZhou ChuangbinSenior expert in special tests at CGN EngineeringZhao XinzhuChairman of Shenzhen Zhongyi GroupZhao HuizhouArtis Fashion Group (Shenzhen). Founder and Chief Designer of Artis brandGordon WuChairman of Hopewell HoldingsYu GuogangFormer Deputy General Manager of Shenzhen Stock Exchange (Legal Representative)Yuan GengFormer Executive Vice Chairman of China Merchants Group and former Director of the Shekou Industrial Zone Management CommitteeXu YangshengPresident of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Academician of Chinese Academy of EngineeringGao YunfengChairman and General Manager of Han's LaserGuo LiyingDirector of Shenzhen Phoenix Nirvana Art TroupeHuang SanwenDirector and Researcher of Shenzhen Agricultural Genomics Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesHoward HuangChairman of Orbbec in ShenzhenCao YanParty Secretary and Principal of Shenzhen Yuanping Special Education SchoolGong GuoxiangFormer principal of Shenzhen Foreign Language SchoolJiang KairuCreator of Shenzhen Luohu District Federation of Literary and Art CirclesLu XianpingChairman and General Manager of Shenzhen Chipscreen BiotechFan JianpingPresident and Researcher of Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of SciencesHuo DaweiSenior Consultant of Huawei's 2012 Laboratory Mentor Department

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