FROM "FRONT SHOP AND BACK FACTORY" TO HONG KONG-SHENZHEN METROPOLIS: THE CHANGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEENHONG KONG AND SHENZHEN IN THE PAST THREE DECADES
研究过去三十年香港与深圳关系的变化，分为三个阶段：1979-1996年市场驱动的“前店后厂”模式，1997-2003年香港政府转向积极，2004年后制度驱动的港深都会形成。
This study examines the changing relationship between Kong and Shenzhen in the past three decades,using the perspective of market-led and institution-based regionalization.The development of Kong-Shenzhen relationship can be divided into three stages over the past three decades.In the period of 1979 to 1996,the model of front shop and back factory emerged in Kong-Shenzhen region.Market-led cross-boundary investment was the main driving force underlying Kong-Shenzhen integration,but government was an absent agent in the process of regionalization.In the period of 1997 to 2003,with the changing of political,economic and social conditions,Hong Kong government gradually shifted its stance towards regional integration with the mainland,becoming more active in regionalization.From 2004 onwards,the institution-based regionalization has emerged in Kong-Shenzhen region,and Hong Kong-Shenzhen metropolis has become a discourse for the cooperation of two cities.The process of regionalization has sped up.