Why is Shenzhen called Guan Nei Guan Wai?

Because Shenzhen is divided into Shenzhen City and Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Shenzhen's customs refers to the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, and Shenzhen's customs refers to areas that are not part of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone but belong to Shenzhen City. Shenzhen Guan includes four districts: Luohu, Futian, Nanshan and Yantian, and the other areas are outside the Guan. The country has unified planning for Shenzhen and is collectively known as the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. So now Shenzhen is not called "inside the customs and outside the customs", but people are used to calling it that.

Shenzhen, referred to as "Shenzhen", also known as Pengcheng, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It is a sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province, a city under separate national planning, a megacity, a special economic zone in China approved by the State Council, and a national It is a central economic city, an international city, a scientific and technological innovation center, a regional financial center, and a trade and logistics center. Shenzhen is located in the southern part of Guangdong Province, on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, between 113°43′-114°38′ east longitude and 22°24′-22°52′ north latitude. It borders Daya Bay and Dapeng Bay to the east, the Pearl River Estuary and Lingding Ocean to the west, and is connected to Hong Kong across the Shenzhen River to the south. It has a south subtropical monsoon climate with long summers and short winters, a mild climate, sufficient sunshine and abundant rainfall. Shenzhen is one of the four central cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, a national logistics hub, an international comprehensive transportation hub, an international science and technology industry innovation center, and one of China's three national financial centers. Shenzhen is also making every effort to build a pioneering demonstration zone for socialism with Chinese characteristics. , a comprehensive national science center and a global ocean center city.

The earliest predecessor of Shenzhen was Baoan County, Guangzhou Prefecture. The name of Shenzhen first appeared in historical records in the eighth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1410). In 1979, Shenzhen City was established. In 1980, it became the first city established in China. A special economic zone, a window for China's reform and opening up and an emerging immigrant city, it has created the world-famous "Shenzhen Speed" and is known as "China's Silicon Valley". In 2021, Shenzhen ranked third in the list of China's top 100 cities released by the Wharton Economic Research Institute. Although the development history of Shenzhen's Special Economic Zone is only more than 40 years, it has a history of more than 6,700 years of human activities (in the middle of the Neolithic Age, indigenous residents have lived and thrived on the land of Shenzhen), a history of more than 6,000 years of human development and marine economic development, and a history of 1,700 years. It has many years of urban history, more than 600 years of coastal defense history, and a long history of Cantonese ethnic origin and Hakka immigration.

Legal Basis

Article 1 of the "Regulations on Special Economic Zones of Guangdong Province" aims to develop foreign economic cooperation and technological exchanges and promote socialist modernization construction in Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shantou of Guangdong Province. The city shall demarcate certain areas and set up special economic zones (hereinafter referred to as special zones). The Special Administrative Region encourages foreign citizens, overseas Chinese, Hong Kong and Macao compatriots and their companies and enterprises (hereinafter referred to as merchants) to invest in and establish factories or jointly establish factories with us, establish enterprises and other undertakings, and protect their assets, due profits and other legitimate rights and interests in accordance with the law. .

Article 24 of the "Guangdong Provincial Special Economic Zone Regulations" Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is directly operated and managed by the Guangdong Provincial Special Economic Zone Management Committee; Zhuhai and Shantou Special Economic Zones have established necessary offices.