Special economic regions have been playing an important and specific role in the economic development in the western pacific rim,They are characterized by the developing tendency of fiveaspests:(1)The development potentidis just unfolding;(2)The importance of science park region is increasing;(3)In recent years,theindustrial upgrading speeds up;(4)The grdient shiftof labouer-intensive industry is still obvious;(5)the establishment of transnational special economic region is being coordenately prepared. The problems confronted in the development processare analyzed in the paper and relevant constructine measures to solve them are out forward as well.