A Brilliant Experimental Field ����This is an article on the development of China's first export-oriented industry zone, Shekou Industry Zone in Shenzhen. ����Since it was set up 20 years ago, Shekou has become an experimental field of reform and opening-up and created a number of "first" in China. The first stock bank and first stock insurance company were both born here. ����A series of reforms on systems of cadres, labor and personnel, housing and social security have been carried out in the zone with great results. Shekou has also taken the lead in introducing the concepts of time, effectiveness, competition, market, value, information, equality, trust, professional ethics, democracy and legality. ����After 20 years of construction, the Shekou Industry Zone has made remarkable achievements in economic and social development. The 1998 GDP was 3.92 billion yuan, with per capita GDP reaching 63,800 yuan. ����As the third decade comes, Shekou is starting its second undertaking, the article says. ����Attached to the article are two photos: one is the look of previous Shekou, almost a solitary peninsula; the other is today's Shekou, a modernized city. Economicnews 1999-01-29 Page2 Full Story in Chinese