沿海开放城市是中国沿海地区对外开放过,并在对外经济活动中实行经济特区的某些特殊政策的一系列港口城市,是经济特区的延伸。1984年,大连、秦皇岛、天津、烟台、青岛、连云港、南通、上海、宁波、温州、福州、广州、湛江、北海等14个沿海城市被国务院批准为全国首批对 The coastal open cities are a series of port cities opening up to the outside in the coastal areas of China and implementing some special policies of the SEZs in their foreign economic activities and are an extension of the special economic zones. In 1984, the 14 coastal cities of Dalian, Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Yantai, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Nantong, Shanghai, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and Beihai were approved by the State Council as the first batch