The Curtain Goes up
A clearly confident China has rolled up a large section of its bamboo curtain, declared itself "open to the outside world" and hung signs on nearly all its cites inviting foreign investors to. come and do serious business.
The four special economic zones(SEZs) in Guangdong and Fujian provinces,14 costal cities and Hainan island have specifically designed tax and other incentives for the foreign investor. But every provincial capital is doing its best to attract foreign investment.
In April 1984, after the country's top leaders had visited the Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Xiamen SEZs, the State Council declared 14 cities along the entire coast plus Hainan island open to foreign investment, thus introducing a real element of competition into the country’s economic-development programme. Then came the much-publicized" decision on reform of the economic structure" and suddenly, the race to get foreign technology and funds was on.
Stock-taking of the open policy will come later this year when the National People's Congress discusses the seventh five-year plan, which will run to the end of the decade.
Foreign direct investment is regarded as a real element of competition introduced into Chinese market in 1984.
A、正确
B、错误
【正确答案】：A
【名师解析】:根据题目内容，1984年中国宣布对外开放，欢迎外国投资者来华进行商业活动。特别是在广东和福建的四个经济特区（SEZs）、14个沿海城市以及海南岛，为外国投资者提供了特定的税收和其他激励措施。此外，每个省会城市都在努力吸引外国投资。1984年4月，国家领导人访问了深圳、珠海和厦门的经济特区后，国务院宣布开放整个沿海的14个城市以及海南岛，引入了竞争机制到国家的经济发展规划中。随后，中国进行了经济结构改革的决策，这标志着中国开始积极寻求外国技术和资金。因此，题目中提到的外国直接投资被视为1984年引入中国市场竞争的一个真正因素，这是正确的。所以，正确答案是选项A。
