Editing Shenzhen (section)

=== 1950s to 1980 ===
In 1953, four years after the founding of the [[China|People's Republic of China]], the Bao'an County government decided to move to Shenzhen, since the town was closer to the KCR and had a larger economy than Nantou.<ref name="szmc2" /> From the 1950s to the end of the 1970s, Shenzhen and the rest of Bao'an County oversaw [[Refugee wave from the People's Republic of China to British Hong Kong|a huge influx of refugees trying to escape to Hong Kong]] from the upheavals that were occurring in [[mainland China]], and a range from 100,000<ref name="tao2">{{cite news|url=http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2010-12-08/070421601059.shtml|title=学者记录深圳30年大逃港 百万内地人曾越境香港|author=中国青年报|date=2010-12-08|work=新浪新闻|access-date=2011-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211084655/http://news.sina.com.cn/c/sd/2010-12-08/070421601059.shtml|archive-date=2010-12-11|url-status=live}}</ref> to 560,000<ref name="tao1">{{cite news|url=http://news.163.com/10/1209/03/6NEC4DSQ00014AED.html|title="大逃港"催生深圳经济特区|author=武汉晨报|date=2010-12-08|work=网易新闻|access-date=2011-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907123927/http://news.163.com/10/1209/03/6NEC4DSQ00014AED.html|archive-date=2017-09-07|url-status=live}}</ref> refugees resided in the county.

In January 1978, a Central Inspection Team sent by the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]] investigated and established the issue of creating a foreign trade port in Bao'an County.<ref name="HuizhouMuniCommittee-2015">{{cite web|url=http://www.szb.sz.gov.cn/szjyj/201512/t20151207_3382696.htm|script-title=zh:深圳特区建立过程中惠阳地区的历史作用|date=2015-12-07|work=中共惠州市委党史研究室课题组|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418220707/http://www.szb.sz.gov.cn/szjyj/201512/t20151207_3382696.htm|archive-date=2017-04-18|url-status=live}}</ref> In May, the investigation team wrote the "Hong Kong and Macao Economic Investigation Report" and proposed to turn Bao'an County and [[Zhuhai]] into commodity export bases. In August 1978, the [[Huiyang District]] Committee reported to the Provincial Committee on the "Report on the Request for the Change of Bao'an County to Shenzhen". On 18 October, the Standing Committee of the [[Guangdong]] Provincial Party Committee decided to change Bao'an County into Bao'an City and to turn it into a medium-level [[prefecture-level city]] with a foreign trade base. The Huiyang District Committee and the Bao'an County Committee, however, defended the change to rename Bao'an County to Shenzhen, claiming that people in the world know more about Shenzhen and its port than they know about Bao'an County.

On 23 January 1979, the [[Guangdong]] provincial administration and the district of [[Huiyang District|Huiyang]] announced their proposal to rename Bao'an County to Shenzhen and was approved and put into effect by the [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]] on March 5 of that year.<ref name="HuizhouMuniCommittee-2015" /> Also, the city would establish six districts: [[Luohu District|Luohu]], Nantou, Songgang, [[Longhua District, Shenzhen|Longhua]], [[Longgang District, Shenzhen|Longgang]] and Kuiyong. On 31 January 1979, the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party|Central Committee of the Communist Party]] approved a plan to establish the [[Shekou|Shekou Industrial Zone]] in Shenzhen with the purpose "to lead domestic, overseas, and diversified operations, industrial and commercial integration, and trading" based on the systems of that of Hong Kong and [[Macau]].<ref name="1月31日，中央决定成立招商局蛇口工业区">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmhk.com/main/a/2015/k13/a20127_20182.shtml|script-title=zh:1月31日，中央决定成立招商局蛇口工业区|date=2010-01-31|work=深圳特区报|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907165023/http://www.cmhk.com/main/a/2015/k13/a20127_20182.shtml|archive-date=7 September 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> The Shekou Industrial Zone project was led by Hong Kong-based [[China Merchants Group]] under [[Yuan Geng]]'s leadership and was to become the first export processing industrial zone in mainland China.

At the beginning of April 1979, the Standing Committee of [[Guangdong]] Province discussed and proposed to the [[Central Committee]] to set up a "trade cooperation zone" in Shenzhen, [[Zhuhai]], and [[Shantou]].<ref name="HuizhouMuniCommittee-2015" /> In the same month, the Central Working Conference decided on the "Regulations on Vigorously Developing Foreign Trade to Increase Foreign Exchange Income" and agreed to pilot the first [[Special economic zones of China|special economic zones]] (SEZ) in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou, and [[Xiamen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://30.people.com.cn/GB/122679/8048595.html|script-title=zh:1979年4月邓小平第一次正式提出办特区的主张|date=2008-09-16|work=[[Beijing Daily]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825142739/http://30.people.com.cn/GB/122679/8048595.html|archive-date=25 August 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=5 August 2019}}</ref> In November, Shenzhen was elevated to the status of prefecture-level city at the regional level by the Guangdong provincial administration.<ref name="BaoanDaily-2012" /> Hundreds of small villages nearby, such as Yumin Cun, were incorporated into Shenzhen.<ref name=":Chatwin">{{Cite book |last=Chatwin |first=Jonathan |title=The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China's Future |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Academic]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781350435711}}</ref>{{Rp|page=60}}