This paper，starting from the historical evolution of global special economic zones，analyzes the various structures，space，functions and management dimensions of the special economic zones with the evolution of global economic environment. This paper makes a deep research on the development characteristics and the important factors for the success of the special economic zones in the selected countries. This paper inspects the correlation of the special economic zones in the current world again，summarizes the experience of successful special economic zones based on the analysis of root causes of increasing special economic zones currently，and then puts forward the key factors for developing successful special economic zones.