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Metro extends service hours for Lantern Festival |
2025-02-11
SHENZHEN Metro will continue to extend its service hours until Friday to accommodate surging passenger flows during celebrations of the Lantern Festival, the last day of the Spring Festival. It falls on tomorrow this year.Operating hours for lines 1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 13, and 14 have been prolonged by an hour until midnight. The last trains in both directions on lines 4, 5, and 6, which connect Shenzhen North Station, and Line 11, which l
AFC U20 Asian Cup to open in town tomorrow |
2025-02-11
SHENZHEN is bracing itself for a soccer spectacle as it gears up to host the AFC U20 Asian Cup China 2025, commencing tomorrow. The tournament, a pinnacle of competition for Asia’s most promising U20 players, will bring together 16 of the continent’s strongest soccer teams.Shenzhen’s selection as the host city is no coincidence, according to a Chinese Football Association official. The city’s burgeoning sports industry, bolstered by
Lanterns light up night sky at Huaqiangbei |
2025-02-11
THIS Wednesday marks the Chinese Lantern Festival. Coming next to the Spring Festival in time, this traditional Chinese festival falls on the 15th of the first lunar month, with the bright moon signifying for family reunion and hopes for a fresh start.Combining fashion, tech and intangible cultural heritage elements from Zigong, Sichuan Province, dozens of lantern sets depicting flower fairy, snake, butterflies and more, are adorning
16 SZ athletes compete in Asian Winter Games |
2025-02-11
SIXTEEN athletes from Shenzhen are competing in the 9th Asian Winter Games, which began Friday in Harbin, capital of Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.This marks China’s third time hosting the Asian Winter Games, following 1996 and 2007. It is a significant international ice and snow event held in China after the Beijing Winter Olympics.The Shenzhen athletes are participating in figure skating, women’s ice hockey, and men’s ice
City sees 8.94 million tourist trips during holiday |
2025-02-07
Shenzhen received 8.94 million tourist trips during the Spring Festival holiday, an 8.3% year-on-year increase. The city's tourism sector generated 9.88 billion yuan (US$1.35 billion) in revenue, a 12.5% year-on-year increase, according to data from the city’s tourism authority. Foreign visitors dressed in traditional Hanfu excitedly pose for photos at the Splendid China•China Folk Culture Villages during the Spring&nbs
A community museum’s quest for sustainability |
2025-02-07
The entrance of the ZiShi ESG Garden on Jingtian Road East in Futian District. Photos by Zhang Yu except otherwise statedVarious plants thrive in the courtyard of the ZiShi ESG Garden, a sustainability-themed community museumGuests from Indonesia write Chinese calligraphy at the ZiShi ESG Garden during their visit Aug. 7, 2024. Courtesy of the intervieweeSTROLLING down Jingtian East Road in Shenzhen’s Futian District, pedestrians mig
SZ logs 244 days of comfortable weather, no smog in 2024 |
2025-02-07
SHENZHEN recorded a total of 244 days of comfortable weather in 2024, which was 7.6 days more than the average of the past five years, as stated in a climate monitoring report released by the city’s meteorological authority.Pingshan District (253 days), Dapeng New Area (250 days), and Yantian District (248 days) ranked among the top three in terms of the number of comfortable days.Additionally, following the first record of zero smog
GD targets AI and robotics advancement |
2025-02-06
The flying car GOVE, developed by the Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. Ltd. (GAC), on display during the conference yesterday. GOVE is a pure electric vertical take-off and landing flying car (eVTOL) that features a decoupling split configuration. This design allows the flight cabin and chassis to be separated or combined, enabling three distinct scenarios: ground driving, air flight, and air-ground docking. China News ServiceGUANGDONG
SZ braces for return travel rush |
2025-02-06
“Blue Dolphin” buses operated by Shenzhen Bus Group. File photoSHENZHEN is taking actions to ensure a smooth journey for travelers heading back to work or home after the Spring Festival holiday, upgrading services at key transport hubs such as Shenzhen North Station and Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport.Shenzhen Metro has extended its operating hours. Today, all lines (except Line 20) will operate until midnight (Line 4 until 12:
SZ-made walking assist robot becomes a viral hit |
2025-02-05
A tourist wearing a “π” exoskeleton walking assist robot on Mount Tai.File photoAN exoskeleton walking assist robot, designed and produced by a Shenzhen-based tech startup, became an instant hit during the Spring Festival holiday after a video of tourists wearing it and climbing Mount Tai in East China’s Shandong Province went viral online.The video showed the tourists effortlessly ascending the mountain as if they were wearing a “me