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Why Shenzhen

Shenzhen City

Futian District

Luohu District

Yantian District

Nanshan District

Bao'an District

Longgang District

Longhua District

Pingshan District

Guangming District

Dapeng New District

Shenshan Special Cooperation Zone

Shenzhen City

Futian
District

Luohu
District

Yantian
District

Nanshan
District

Bao'an
District

Longgang
District

Longhua
District

Pingshan
District

Guangming
District

Dapeng
New District

Shenshan
Special
Cooperation Zone

City of Innovation

Innovation is in Shenzhen’s genes. Shenzhen is the first National Demonstration City of Innovation in China. It is developing itself as an industrial center for scientific and technological innovation. With fostering strategic emerging and future industries as the pillar of its efforts to nurture new quality productive forces, Shenzhen has developed multiple new drivers for high-quality development, with new energy vehicles, new energy storage and low-altitude economy in particular. Shenzhen has given birth to numerous high-tech companies such as Huawei, ZTE, Tencent, BYD, and DJI. It is truly a city of innovation.

Openness and Inclusiveness

Shenzhen is a window of China's reform and opening-up and a city of immigrants that pools a great number of quality talents, rendering itself a brimming vitality. “If you come, you are a Shenzhener. "Shenzhen's unique population structure ends up bursting out strong talent vitality and market vitality, thus forming a unique urban culture that is open, inclusive, innovative and facilitates cultural exchange. In Shenzhen, different cultures and ideas of various countries fuse and collide, producing all kinds of innovations, creativity and imaginative ideas, making Shenzhen a modern global hub of makers.

Urban Culture

There were 845 public libraries in Shenzhen, with a total collection of books of 64.7633 million volumes, up by 7.0%. Shenzhen is home to 61 museums, 13 art galleries, 1 radio station, 2 television stations, and 3 radio and television centers, with its population fully covered by radio and television.

Rapid economic development

Nanshan District is a well-known economic, science and technology, and innovation powerhouse in Shenzhen and in the country.

Active innovation and entrepreneurship

Nanshan is active in innovation and entrepreneurship. The district’s R&D investment accounted for 6.3% of its GDP.

Sound business environment

Nanshan has built a district-level administrative service hall with an area of 6,000 square meters, and “Internet+” has been fully used to establish the country’s first multi-channel, all-in-one “on the go” mobile government service system.

Beautiful ecological environment

Nanshan is surrounded by the sea on three sides, with Shenzhen Bay and Qianhai Bay, as well as mountains, rivers, and lakes such as Dananshan and Xiaonanshan mountains, Dasha River, Xili Lake, and Neilingding Island.

Supporting Services

Bao'an is committed to providing comprehensive support for enterprises through its "Space+Fund+Scenario" strategy, thus encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship.

A City for a High-quality Life

In accordance with the "the Greater Bay Area CBD" standard, Bao'an blends striking landscapes of mountains, seas and cities by integrating natural beauty, architectural beauty with humanistic beauty to build Great Beauty Bao'an of a high-quality urban area suitable for living, working and traveling.

Establishing A Modernized Industrial System

Bao'an is leveraging local conditions to develop new quality productive forces, continuously strengthening the foundational position of its manufacturing sector while elevating the development capacity of the service industry.

Shape the Dynamic Nucleus of Regional Development

In 2024, the GDP of Bao'an District was more than RMB 530 billion

Bao'an Profile

Located in the northwest of Shenzhen,Bao'an, an administrative district of ShenzhenMunicipality, lies on the strategic intersection of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-HongKong-Macao Technological Innovation Corridor andIndustrial Expansion and Integration Strategy for the Pearl River Delta Region.

Improved Urban Functionality

Longgang District has significantly accelerated the development of its transportation infrastructure. Phase IV of Metro Line 3 is operational, while Phase II of Line 16 has been fully electrified. Four Phase V metro lines, including the highly anticipated Phase I of Line 17, have been under construction. The surface-level section of the Huizhou–Shenzhen Expressway expansion has been largely completed, greatly enhancing regional connectivity. In addition, 91.7 kilometers of non-motor lanes have been established, and 48 feeder transit routes have been added or upgraded to improve access to the metro network.

More Warmth in Livelihood Services

Longgang continues to promote the high-quality development of its education sector. The School of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, is being constructed in an accelerated way. The framework of School of Music has been completed, and the School of Public Policy has been inaugurated. The Shenzhen Campus of Jinan University has finalized its site selection, and the Semiconductor School of Southern University of Science and Technology entered the full-scale construction stage. The Public Infrastructure Project (Phase I) for the Shenzhen Vocational Education Park has been under construction, and Shenzhen Technician College has been officially upgraded to become the Shenzhen City Vocational College. In terms of capacity expansion, the district adds 26,800 public compulsory education quotas, 1,500 public high school quotas, and 7,560 preschool education quotas. Exploratory projects such as the Shenzhen Cloud School and the Future Bilingual School mark the launch of next-generation "future campus" models.

Stronger Ecological Protection

Longgang's green transformation continues to flourish. The district has completed 16 new community parks and achieved the high-quality operation of Longgang Children's Park. 13 urban greenway projects have been completed, and a 5-kilometer demonstration section of cycling route keeps accessible in Pinghu Ecological Park. Over 49,000 square meters of vertical green construction has been completed across the district. Longgang District also creates 18 "Under the Banyan Tree" sites, further enhancing local ecological characters. The district’s urban environment consistently earns an A-grade rating in citywide environmental quality assessments.

Steady Progress in Reform and Opening-Up

Longgang maintains strong and steady reform momentum. The comprehensive Implementation Plan for Deepening Reform with 171 key initiatives has been released, pushing forward institutional innovation across sectors. Reforms in labor dispute resolution—integrating mediation, legal aid, arbitration, and litigation—are significantly deepened. Citizen-centered reforms in livelihood service coordination and education system optimization through school groupings and zoning also progress steadily. The district has introduced a pioneering “unaccompanied inpatient ward” model, alleviating the burden of hospitalization on families and tackling the issue of “one patient, many caregivers.”

More Business-Friendly Environment

The district launches the "Fertile Ground, Multiplying Growth" Five-Year Action Plan to foster enterprise development, while the Longgang Virtual Industrial Park is put into trial operation to provide integrated digital services and comprehensive outreach and service mechanisms are implemented to ensure full coverage for all “Four-Up” enterprises (those above designated size in industry, construction, wholesale/retail, and services).

Steady Recovery and Strengthened Economic Momentum

Key indicators continue to improve. Longgang District has achieved a regional GDP of 590.1 billion yuan. The value-added output of above-scale industrial enterprises increases by 9.4%, and the total retail sales of consumer goods reaches 153.728 billion yuan. Fixed asset investment rises by 3.1%.

Key Industries | AI industry

Guided by Shenzhen's aim to become a digital pioneering city and combined with the "Digital Longhua" development strategy, Longhua District is fully committed to promoting the innovative development of artificial intelligence (AI), contributing to Shenzhen's efforts to establish a national new-generation AI innovation development pilot zone and a global AI pioneer city.

Key Industries | Low-altitude Economy Industry

Longhua District issued a guideline on the construction of a low-altitude ecnonmy pilot demonstration zone on March 28.

Industrial Park | GS Park

Located in the Luhu high-tech zone and the Meiguan Innovation Corridor of Shenzhen’s Longhua District, the GS Park is a newly-emerged digital industrial park with a planned construction area of 600,000 square meters.

Industrial Parks | Checklist of smart industrial parks in Longhua

The industrial layout in Longhua District.

Pingshan’s thriving film and TV sector

The cultural, sports, and tourism sector, part of Pingshan's "6+3" industrial clusters, has experienced significant growth in recent years. The district has a complete industrial chain for the drama, film, television, and cultural industries, encompassing creation, production, and exhibition.

Biopharmaceutical industry

Pingshan concentrates on the biopharmaceutical, medical devices and healthcare strategic emerging industries, and the two future industries of brain science and brain-inspired intelligence, and cells and genes

“6+3” industrial clusters

Pingshan District has unveiled guidelines on developing its : six industrial sectors with international competitiveness (intelligent connected vehicles, semiconductor and integrated circuit, high-end medical devices, biomedicine, new energy, and intelligent terminal), and three industrial clusters with potentials (cell and gene, low-altitude economy and aerospace, and culture, sports and tourism).

Key industrial spaces

Spanning approximately 166.3 square kilometers, Pingshan offers significant potential for land development. Below are some key industrial spaces in Pingshan that provide professional and high-quality services.

Overview of Guangming District

Guangming District, located in the northwest of Shenzhen, has evolved through three key stages: farm, new area, and administrative district. In 1958, Guangdong Province established the Guangming State Farm. In 2007, Guangming New Area was officially created. In February 2018, the State Council approved the establishment of Guangming District, which was formally inaugurated on September 19 of the same year.

Tourism industry

Dapeng New District is leveraging its unique coastal and ecological resources to become a premier destination for domestic tourism and outdoor recreation. Guided by the vision of becoming a "Domestic Alternative to International Travel" and a "Haven for Outdoor Enthusiasts," the district is advancing a diversified tourism offering built around five core pillars: theme entertainment, conference and resort tourism, cultural and leisure tourism, mountain and coastal exploration, and marine activities.

Checkpoints Overview

　　Shenzhen has 16 Class 1 checkpoints approved by the State Council to open to the outside world. Among them are seven highway checkpoints, including Luohu, Wenjindu, Huanggang, Shatoujiao, Shenzhenwan, Futian, and Liantang checkpoints; two railway checkpoints —Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-speed Railway West Kowloon Station Checkpoint and Shenzhen Raiway Port; six sea ports, including Yantian Port, Daya Bay, Shekou, Chiwan, Mawan, and Dachan Bay; and one air checkpoint — Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport. A landscape of sea, land, and air checkpoints in comprehensive opening up has been created.

Service Guide

Cross-Border Polices