上海自贸区开启了中国对外开放格局的新开端。20世纪70年代末期,我国社会经济基本陷于停滞状态;加之世界范围内兴起的新科技革命,推动世界经济进入了另一个蓬勃发展时期,主流国家和经济体的发展水平已大幅领先于中国,中国的国际竞争力已衰弱至一段历史时期内的低谷。面对着“内忧外患”的双重压力,邓小平在分析了国内国际发展大势后,在准确把握时代主题和人民愿 Shanghai Free Trade Zone opened a new beginning of the pattern of China’s opening up. In the late 1970s, China’s social economy was basically at a standstill. Coupled with the new scientific and technological revolution that has emerged in the world, the world economy has entered another period of vigorous development. The development level of major countries and economies has been significantly ahead of those of China, Its international competitiveness has weakened to a period of historic low. Faced with the dual pressures of “internal and external externalities,” Deng Xiaoping, after analyzing the domestic and international development trends, is accurately grasping the theme of the times and the people’s will