Special Economic Zones
1979 four special economic zones were opened for trade and investment with the west
Foreign firms were allowed to operate here
Cheap labour was provided
New technology and management practices were introduced
Most firms come from Hong Kong to take advantage of the cheap labour
Foreign firms were allowed to operate here
Cheap labour was provided
New technology and management practices were introduced
Most firms come from Hong Kong to take advantage of the cheap labour
Special Economic Zones of the People's Republic of China (SEZs) are special economic zones located in mainland China. The government of the People's Republic of China gives SEZs special (more free market-oriented) economic policies and flexible governmental measures. This allows SEZs to utilize an economic management system that is more conducive to doing business than in the rest of mainland China.
Social Changes in the 1980's
The single child policy introduced in1979
Tax benefits to families who accepted this (some lost their private plots of land)
Marriage law brought in 1980 (confirmed the rights of women and raised age of marriage Male=20 to 22 Women 18 to 20.
Tax benefits to families who accepted this (some lost their private plots of land)
Marriage law brought in 1980 (confirmed the rights of women and raised age of marriage Male=20 to 22 Women 18 to 20.
GANZHOU, China - Lu Libing knew he had only one choice as the birth of his third child approached. He couldn't afford hefty fines that would be meted out by Chinese authorities, so he put the unborn child up for adoption.
On the Internet he found "A Home Where Dreams Come True," a website touted as China's biggest online adoption forum, part of an industry that has been largely unregulated for years.
Expectant couples, unwilling or unable to keep their children, go to the website looking for adoptive parents rather than abort their babies or abandon them.
There are no clear statistics on how many people use these websites but "A Home Where Dreams Come True" said 37,841 babies had been adopted through its website from 2007 to August 2012.
More than 380 babies were rescued and 1,094 people arrested when the government cracked down on the industry last month. Adoption websites such as "A Home Where Dreams Come True," whose founder was arrested, were shut because they were deemed illegal and responsible for the trafficking of babies.
On the Internet he found "A Home Where Dreams Come True," a website touted as China's biggest online adoption forum, part of an industry that has been largely unregulated for years.
Expectant couples, unwilling or unable to keep their children, go to the website looking for adoptive parents rather than abort their babies or abandon them.
There are no clear statistics on how many people use these websites but "A Home Where Dreams Come True" said 37,841 babies had been adopted through its website from 2007 to August 2012.
More than 380 babies were rescued and 1,094 people arrested when the government cracked down on the industry last month. Adoption websites such as "A Home Where Dreams Come True," whose founder was arrested, were shut because they were deemed illegal and responsible for the trafficking of babies.