<p>BEIJING, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao's speech on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Shenzhen special economic zone (SEZ) was published in five ethnic minority languages on Friday.<br /><br />Shenzhen, a southern coastal city neighboring Hong Kong, marked its 30th anniversary as China's first economic reform zone on Sept. 6.<br /><br />At that day's celebratory rally, Hu said the central government would always support the country's special economic zones, embarking on "brave exploration" in their roles as "first movers."<br /><br />"The SEZs will not only continue, but should work better," Hu said.<br /><br />The late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping first proposed building Shenzhen into a SEZ in the late 1970s.<br /><br />On Aug. 26, 1980, China's top legislature approved the establishment of the Shenzhen SEZ.<br /><br />The speech was published by the Ethnic Publishing House in five minority languages, including Mongolian, Tibetan, Uygur, Kazakstan and Korean. <br /></p>