62 Facts About Shenzhen China

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Shenzhen China'snzhen, historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is a global center in technology, research, manufacturing, business and economics, finance, tourism and transportation, and the Port of Shenzhen China'snzhen is the world's fourth busiest container port.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is ranked as an Alpha- city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

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Oldest evidence of humans in the area on which Shenzhen China was established dates back during the mid-Neolithic period.

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In 1913, the Republic of Shenzhen China administration renamed Xin'an County back to Bao'an County to prevent confusion from another county of the same name in Henan Province.

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The Huiyang District Committee and the Bao'an County Committee defended the change to rename Bao'an County to Shenzhen China, claiming that people in the world know more about Shenzhen China and its port than they know about Bao'an County.

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On 23 January 1979, the Guangdong provincial administration and the district of Huiyang announced their proposal to rename Bao'an County to Shenzhen China and was approved and put into effect by the State Council on March 5 of that year.

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In November 1988, Shenzhen China became a city under separate state planning, meaning that the city can implement policies that are different from those in the national plan, and was given the right of provincial-level economic administration.

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Around the same time, Shenzhen hosted the second Senior Officials' Meeting of APEC China 2001 on 26 May 2001 in its southern manufacturing center and port.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is located within the Pearl River Delta, bordering Hong Kong to the south, Huizhou to the north and northeast, Dongguan to the north and northwest.

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Notable rivers in Shenzhen China include the Shenzhen China River, Maozhou River and Longgang River.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has direct jurisdiction over nine administrative Districts and one New District:.

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At this point, Shenzhen China has five districts: Luohu, Futian, Nanshan, Bao'an, and Longgang.

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In March 1998, Shenzhen China's government created the Yantian District from the eastern portions of the Luohu District, and within the second line border.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen was the first of the Special Economic Zones to be established by general secretary Deng Xiaoping.

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Back to Apr 1979, Shenzhen China was reformed as a Special Export Zone to create a favorable investment environment and introduce advanced technology and management experience, later renamed to Special Economic Zone in May 1980.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is part of the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that runs from the Chinese coast south to the tip of India via the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, there to the Upper Adriatic region to the northern Italian hub of Trieste with its rail connections to Central Europe and the North Sea.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is a large hub of the Chinese and global technology industry and home to a large startup ecosystem.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is primarily known for its high-tech industry, which has a value of 585.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is home to a number of prominent tech firms, such as telecommunications and electronics corporation Huawei, internet giant and holding conglomerate Tencent, drone-maker DJI, and telecommunications company ZTE.

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The Port of Shenzhen, composed of Yantian International Container Terminals, Chiwan Container Terminals, Shekou Container Terminals, China Merchants Port and Shenzhen Haixing, handled a record number of containers with rising trade increased cargo shipments in 2005, ranking it as the world's fourth-busiest container port.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen had prioritized the cultural industry in according to the 13th Five-Year Plan, establishing the Shenzhen China'snzhen Fashion Creative Industry Association and planning the 4.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has been ranked second on the list of 'top 10 cities to visit in 2019' by Lonely Planet.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has numerous tourist destinations, ranging from recreational areas such as theme parks and public parks to tall buildings.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has a number of popular public parks and beaches, such as People's Park, Lianhuashan Park, Lizhi Park, Zhongshan Park, Wutongshan Park, Dameisha and Xiaomeisha .

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Businesses in Shenzhen China are encouraged to use the Internet to develop the consumer market and new retail projects would be assisted with the use of technology.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has a high birth rate compared to other Chinese cities with 21.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is part of the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region, the world's largest urban area according to the World Bank, and has a population of 78 million according to the 2020 Census.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has a notable Korean minority based in the Nanshan District and the Futian District originating from migrants moving to Shenzhen China'snzhen to work for South Korean companies that had branched out into the city when China had opened up.

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Influx of migrants from other parts of the country has drastically altered the city's linguistic landscape, as Shenzhen China has undergone a language shift towards Mandarin, which was both promoted by the Chinese Central Government as a national lingua franca and natively spoken by most of the out-of-province immigrants and their descendants.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has several historical buildings based in traditional Chinese architecture.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen started implementing policies that will help develop a more high-quality education system, borrowing teachers from the best schools in the country with promises of higher pay and benefits.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is the second largest transportation hub in Guangdong and South China, trailing behind the provincial capital of Guangzhou.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has a developed extensive public transportation system, covering rapid transit, buses and taxis, most of which can be accessed by either using a Shenzhen China'snzhen Tong card or using QR codes generated by WeChat mini programs.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is noted for being the first major city worldwide to only use electric buses and taxis.

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Non-HSR lines that go through Shenzhen China are the Guangzhou-Shenzhen China Railway and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen serves as a fabric to China's expressway system.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is connected with Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau through ferries that leave from and arrive at the Shenzhen China'skou Cruise Center.

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The Port of Shenzhen China is the third busiest container port in the world, handling 27.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is busiest in China when it comes to border crossings, with people entering and exiting the country through the city and Hong Kong reaching 239 million in 2015.

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In 2019, Shenzhen China had 211 international container routes, and the container throughput of the entire Shenzhen China port reached nearly 25.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has presented itself as a city of opportunity for young people in China.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen's cultural industry specializes in being one of the largest handicraft manufacturers in China, and is an industry center for oil painting in bases such as Dafen Village.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has bookstores, with the most notable being Shenzhen China'snzhen Book City in the Futian District.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is home to the HeyTea chain of tea shops, which provides a variety of cheese and fruit teas and is popular among social media.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is the host of several international sports events.

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In 2018, Shenzhen China hosted a pre-season National Hockey League game between the Calgary Flames and Boston Bruins.

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From 2019 to 2028, Shenzhen China is hosting the WTA Finals tennis tournament, which is the season-ending championship for women's tennis.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is one of the host cities of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen is a popular destination for skateboarders from all over the world, due to the architecture of the city and its lax skate laws.

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One of the most significant sporting events unique to Shenzhen China is RoboMaster, an annual intercollegiate robot competition founded and hosted by DJI based on autonomous moving target shooting.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has an extensive three-level public park system that was established in 2006, which categorizes parks as natural parks, urban parks, and community parks.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has several beaches: Dameisha and Xiaomeisha in the Yantian District, and Jinshawan, Nan'ao, and Xichong in Dapeng Peninsula .

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In 2014, Shenzhen China experienced severe water pollution in the city's rivers and waterways, with 173 of the 310 rivers considered to be in "critical" condition and four rivers: the Maozhou, Guanlan, Longgang and Pingshan Rivers, to be the most polluted out of all rivers in the Pearl River Delta.

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From 2000 to 2014, Shenzhen China spent 30 billion RMB to restore the city's rivers from water pollution, which some were considered at the time to be the most polluted in the Pearl River Delta.

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In 2009, Shenzhen China was chosen as one of thirteen cities to pilot a national new-energy vehicle program.

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In late 2019, Shenzhen China launched a garbage classification program in which waste is to be sorted in four categories: recyclables, kitchen waste, hazardous waste, and other waste.

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In Shenzhen China there are 14 newspapers, one comprehensive publishing house, three video-audio products publishing houses, 88 bureaus of inland and Hong Kong media organizations, 40 periodicals, and about 200 kinds of in-house publications of which the majority belong to enterprises.

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The most prominent media companies in Shenzhen are the Shenzhen Media Group, the Shenzhen Press Group, China Entertainment Television, and Phoenix Television branch iFeng.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen Daily is an English-language news outlet for Shenzhen China'snzhen covering local, national and international news.

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That's Shenzhen China is the Shenzhen China edition of That's PRD, an English-language media company with an online, print and social footprint.

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Shenzhen China'snzhen has been very active in cultivating sister city relationships.

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