It's been 30 years since Shenzhen was established as a Special Economic Zone in south China's Guangdong Province. A celebration rally was held on September 6 in Shenzhen where President Hu Jintao delivered a speech on its achievements and future development.

Hu said the Central Government will always support the special economic zones embarking on "brave exploration" in their roles as "first movers."

"The success of Shenzhen proves the decision of setting up SEZs in China was correct," Hu said. "The reform and opening-up policy was a crucial choice for modern China and that reforming and opening up to the outside world is the only road to achieving national prosperity and the people's happiness.

"China's development and changes over the past 30 years have relied on reform and opening-up, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation will rely on reforming and opening-up," he said.

As a window for China's reform and opening-up policy, Shenzhen has grown from a small fishing village with a population of 30,000 to an international metropolis of 10 million.

Shenzhen has put forward a development target for its GDP to reach 1.5 trillion yuan ($220 billion). And it has set a goal for annual per capita income to grow from 29,000 yuan ($4,270) to 49,000 yuan ($7,200) by 2015.

(CNTV.cn September 6, 2010)