A bird’s-eye view of Shenzhen’s Luohu and Futian districts. This photo includes landmark skyscrapers in the two districts, such as Diwang Mansion, once the city’s highest building in the 1990s, and KingKey 100, now the second-highest construction in Shenzhen, and Ping An International Finance Center that tops all the buildings in height citywide. Photos by Sun Yuchen
Part of the Shenzhen Bay area under construction in Nanshan District.
A night view of the CBD in Futian District.
Binhai Boulevard, one of the city’s main roads, runs along Shenzhen Bay. It was put into use in 1999.
Part of Xiangmi Park in Futian District. Dubbed “City of Parks,” Shenzhen now has 1,206 parks citywide.
Yantian International Container Terminals, a natural deep-water container port in eastern Shenzhen’s Yantian District.
Shenzhen Reservoir in Luohu District.
Dameisha Beach Park in Yantian District. The park is in eastern Shenzhen and was opened to the public in 1999.
As a gift for the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone’s 40th birthday, Shenzhen Daily presents here several aerial photos that document the city’s rapid as well as high-quality development.