Shenzhen Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Shenzhen 深圳市
Sub-provincial city
Clockwise from top left: East Pacific Center, KK100, Shun Hing Square, Coastal City, Shenzhen Bay at night, and Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Location of Shenzhen City jurisdiction in Guangdong
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
County-level divisions	6
City	March 1979
SEZ formed	1 May 1980
Government
• Type	Sub-provincial city
Area
• Sub-provincial city	2,050 km² (790 sq mi)
• Urban	1,991.64 km² (768.98 sq mi)
Elevation	0-943.7 m (0-3,145.7 ft)
Population (2013)
• Sub-provincial city	10,630,000
• Density	5,185/km² (13,430/sq mi)
• Urban	10,630,000
• Urban density	5,337.3/km² (13,824/sq mi)
• Major ethnicities	Han
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	518000
Area code(s)	755
GDP	2014
- Total	CNY 1.600 trillion USD 260.48 billion
- per capita	CNY 149,500 USD 24,336
- Growth	8.8%
Licence plate prefixes	粤B
City flower	Bougainvillea
City trees	Lychee and mangrove
Website	sz.gov.cn

Shenzhen (Chinese: 深圳) is a city in Guangdong province, China. It is just north of Hong Kong. It has a subtropical climate.

Until recently, Shenzhen was a fishing village with just over 30,000 people. In 1980, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, Shenzhen became one of China's Special Economic Zones (SEZ). It was in this city where China first experimented with capitalism. Since then, its population has grown to about 10.6 million people.

Shenzhen is a progressive city. It has a strong economic connection with Hong Kong. It is also one of the main trading centers of the Pearl River Delta. The manufacturing company Gionee is located in the city.

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The Central Business of Shenzhen

Looking down Shenzhen from a tall building

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Nantou Historic Town
The opening of Shenzhen railway station, October 1911
Billboards of high-rise construction in Shenzhen, 1982
Futian CBD from Lianhuashan Park in 2018. After 20 years of growth.
The urban area of Shenzhen in 2005, with the New Territories of Hong Kong can be seen in the bottom. Notice the land reclamation in the western parts of the city left of Shenzhen Bay. The land in the future would result in the rise of the Nanshan District's cityscape for the next ten years.
Shenzhen Stock Exchange
The global headquarters of Huawei is located within Shenzhen
Tencent Binhai Mansion in the Nanshan District, headquarters of Tencent
BYD Company headquarters in Pingshan District, Shenzhen
Shekou Fishing Port
Interlaken Hotel at OCT East
Beach in Shenzhen
Splendid China
Shekou Sea World
COCO Park
Ping An Finance Centre, 2nd tallest building in China and the 4th tallest in the world
Shenzhen Middle School
Shenzhen North Railway Station platform
Shenzhen electric taxi
G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway (lateral) and Shennan Boulevard (straight)
Shenzhen Bay Port
A light show in the Futian District, May 2019
He Xiangning Art Museum
A Cantonese restaurant adjacent to a McDonald's restaurant in the Luohu District
COCO Park at night
Shenzhen Stadium
Shenzhen Universiade Sports Center
Statue of Deng Xiaoping in Lianhuashan Park.
Jinshawan Beach
A BYD electric taxi in Shenzhen.
Shenzhen Telecentre
The Shenzhen Bay Bridge forms part of the Shenzhen Bay Port crossing, connecting Dongjiaotou in Shenzhen with Ngau Hom Shek in Hong Kong

Shenzhen facts for kids

Twin towns — Sister cities

Images for kids

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