第一阶段，从１９７８年春至１９８０年８月，这是邓小平经济特区建设思想的酝酿、探索和决策的阶段１９７８年春夏间，刚复出不久的邓小平为扭转国家经济濒临崩溃的困难，积极探索发展经济的路子。他和党中央先后派出３个代表团和考察组，赴日本、港澳和西欧５国访问和考察， The first phase, from the spring of 1978 to August of 1980, was the stage of brewing, exploring and making decisions on the construction of Deng Xiaoping’s SEZs. During the spring and summer of 1978, Deng Xiaoping, who just returned, sought to reverse the collapse of the country’s economy and actively explored Economic development path. He and the Central Party Committee successively sent three delegations and inspection teams to Japan, Hong Kong, Macao and five Western European countries for visits and expeditions,