国务院近日正式批复,同意将汕头经济特区范围扩大到汕头全市,从今年5月1号起正式实施。汕头经济特区创办于1981年,当时特区面积仅有1.6平方公里。1991年4月,国务院批准汕头经济特区的范围扩大到234平方公里,汕头进入了一个高速发展的新阶段。目前,汕头已经形成以高新技术产业为先导、先进制造业和传统制造业为基础的产业体系,以及纺织服装等八大支柱产业和16个先进制造业产业集群。汕头经济特区范围再次扩大,将 The State Council recently formally approved and agreed to expand the scope of the Shantou Special Economic Zone to the city of Shantou and formally implement it on May 1 this year. Shantou Special Economic Zone was founded in 1981, when the SAR area only 1.6 square kilometers. In April 1991, the State Council approved the expansion of the Shantou Special Economic Zone to 234 square kilometers and Shantou entered a new phase of rapid development. At present, Shantou has formed an industrial system based on high-tech industries, advanced manufacturing and traditional manufacturing, as well as eight pillar industries such as textile and clothing and 16 advanced manufacturing industry clusters. Shantou Special Economic Zone expanded once again