摘要
From almost nothing in the 1970s,Shenzhen today has emerged as a thriving trade and innovation hub,pioneering the country’s innovative development.IN the 1990s,one of the most popular songs in China was The story of spring,a tribute to the country’s reform and opening-up started in 1978 that ushered in a new“spring”of growth in China.One of the decisions taken at that time was to develop a county in southern China into a pilot for many of the reforms to be implemented.The county was the predecessor of today’s metropolis Shenzhen,a thriving industrial hub boasting many firsts.