Shenzhen City

【General Introduction】

A coastal city in South China, Shenzhen is located in southern Guangdong and eastern riverbank of the Pearl River. It verges on Daya Bay and Dapeng Bay eastward, estuary of Pearl River and Lingdingyang S

Shenzhen covers a total area of 1,952.84 square kilometers, including 395.81square kilometers designated as Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

【History】

Shenzhen used to be known as Bao'an County, which was officially established in 331, 6th Year of Xianhe Period of Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420). The present name Shenzhen was made public for the first time in the year of 1410, 8th Year of Yongle Period of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), based on historical records. A local township fair was set up at the beginning of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). As it is crisscrossed with numerous drains whose Chinese pronunuation is "zhen" or "chong" in local dialect, local residents named the place as "Shenzhen"with "Shen" and "Zhen" meaning "deep" and "drain" respectively.

Bao'an County was officially renamed as Shenzhen Municipality in March 1979 authorized by central and provincial governments. In May 1980, the CPC Central Committee and State Council officially designated Shenzhen as a special economic zone, which was officially approved by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in August, 1978.

Shenzhen was further promoted to sub provincial status in March 1981. In October 1988, Shenzhen was approved by the State Council as a separate planning city with provincial-level economic management status. The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress authorized the People's Congress of Shenzhen Municipality, the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Shenzhen Municipality and Shenzhen Municipal Government the power to enact local laws and regulations.

Shenzhen has witnessed rapid population growth since the establishment of municipality with migrants flocking in from all over the country, making it the only city in Guangdong with putonghua (Mandarin) as the main-stream spoken language.

【Economy】

Shenzhen is China's first special economic zone. It could achieve only 606 yuan per capita GDP in 1979. At present, Shenzhen tops all the municipalities in mainland China regarding per capita GDP as one of the municipalities with best economic returns nationwide. It also leads mainland China's large and mid-size municipalities regarding per unit area GDP, average personal income and total export. Additionally, Shenzhen's GDP ranks fourth among large and mid-size municipalities in mainland China while its government revenue takes the third place. Shenzhen's total import and export volume accounts for one seventh of the country's total, leading the country in this regard for 12 years in a row.

As the outpost of Pearl River Delta Area, Shenzhen is the bridge connecting mainland China and Hong Kong as an important transport hub in the coastal area of South China. The Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor will bring about closer mutual links upon completion. Hi-tech, modern logistics, financial services and cultural industry are the four economic pillars which Shenzhenis striving to develop.

On the whole, Shenzhen has established a new industrial structure in compliance with the functions of a modern and central city featuring "hi-tech & advanced manufacturing as economic base and modern service industry as economic backbone" after years of development.

【Ecological Environment】

Shenzhen is China's first city where the objective that all industrial pollution sources treatment must be up to par is achieved. Shenzhen has a total of 11 wastewater treatment plants with 5 more new ones under construction. Statistics show that 81 percent of Shenzhen's urban refuse harmless treatment is handled properly while 96% of processed industrial wastewater and 96.7% of water source in the city's major reservoirs for drinking water supply is up to standard. The regional average noise level and average noise level on both sides of main urban traffic trunk line stands at 56.1 and 69.2 decibel respectively.

Shenzhen has won international awards like "Nations in Bloom" by International Federation of Park and Recreation Administration (IFPRA) and "Global Top 500 Laureate Roll of Honor" by UNEP as well as national awards such as "National Clean City," "National Garden City" and "National Model Green City".

Shenzhen's green area takes up 45 percent of the total urban area with a per capital green area of 16 square meters. The total area of natural protection zone is 170.3 square kilometers, accounting for 7 percent of total municipal area.

【Climate】

Shenzhen has a subtropical maritime climate with abundant sunshine. With a 6-month long summer season, Shenzhen's weather is also mild in the rest of the year. Its annual average temperature is 23.7 degrees centigrade with a historical high at 36.6 and a historical low at 1.4 degrees.

Line for journalists

Huge Portrait of Deng Xiaoping

Located in Shenzhen's Shennan Thoroughfare, the Huge Portrait of Deng Xiaoping is one of the city's benchmark tourist attractions. The modern spray-painted portrait is as large as 300 square meters with 18 spotlights.

The 10-meter-high and 30-meter-broad portrait was created in1992 after Deng Xiaoping paid an inspection tour to South China in the springtime. Shenzhen created the huge portrait in June 1992, entitling it as "Comrade Deng Xiaoping in Shenzhen" to display local citizens' great reverence and gratitude to Deng.

Highlighting Deng Xiaoping's smiling image amongst Shenzhen's modernization panorama and blossoming red azaleas, the portrait has become the symbol of Shenzhen's opening up and reform.

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Committed to providing innovative and customized products, services and solutions to create longterm value and growth potential for its customers, Huawei is a global leading provider of next generation telecommunications network solutions.

Leading the country regarding patent application for consecutive years, Huawei had filed a total of over 19,000 patent application in 2006. Huawei has set up more than 100 branch offices worldwide aiming to serve global market.

website: www.huawei.com.cn

Central Bookstore of Shenzhen Bookmall

Situated in the northern axis line of Shenzhen's CBD and covering an area of 8.7 hectares, the Central Bookstore is the flagship of Shenzhen Bookmall. It was categorized as a priority project by the municipal government in the year 2003 and 2004. Adjacent to Lotus Hill Park in the north, Civic Center in the south, Shenzhen Concert Hall and Shenzhen Library in the west, and Shenzhen Children's Palace in the east, the Bookstore is easily accessible both by bus and subway.

website: www.szbookmall.com

Tencent Inc.

As China's leading and first instant messaging service provider, Tencent is an internet service, mobile and other related value-added service provider. Incorporated in Shenzhen in November 1998, Tencent first launched its instant messaging service platform "QQ" in February 1999. Tencent targets personal instant messaging, corporate instant messaging and online media for strategic development.

website: www.qq.com

Nanling Village

With a total of 176 local households and 786 residents along with 10 thousand migrants and covering an area of 5.5 square meters, Nanling Village is located in Buji Town, Longgan District, bordering Hong Kong and close to Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

Nanling Village is a model village of the new socialist countryside. It has developed into a rich village with 1 billion yuan of collective assets from an impoverished rural village two decades ago. Annual per capita disposable personal income has surged to 95,000 yuan from less than 100 yuan likewise. 4 industrial zones have been established attracting over 30 foreign enterprises to settle in. The CPC Nanling Village Branch also built a suburban park and a resort, based on its natural conditions.

Cartoon Animation Base

As one of national cartoon animation industry bases, Shenzhen is the first outsource Chinese city for overseas market. The Hong Kong-invested Animated Emerald Co., Ltd., China's first ever cartoon animation studio, was incorporated in Shenzhen in the middle of 1980s. Shenzhen accounted for up to70 percent of China's total cartoon animation producers at its peak time supplying numerous animated cartoon products home and abroad.

With over 10 thousand staff, Shenzhen has over 500 enterprises specializing in cartoon animation creation and production, contributing dozens of million yuan to local GDP. Shenzhen Polytechnic has also founded a School of Animation.

A Happy Tour

If interested, you can visit following tourist spots after work:

Zhongying Street, Dameisha and Xiaomeisha Beach, Overseas Chinese Town, Dapeng Fortress, etc

News Focus

China Hi-Tech Fair

Approved by the State Council, China Hi-tech Fair (CHTF) is an event jointly hosted by Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Information Industry, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Education, State Intellectual Property Office, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, and co-hosted by Ministry of Agriculture and Chinese Academy of Engineering. The national-level and international CHTF is held annually in October in Shenzhen since1999.

The first session of CHTF was held in October1999, totaling1,030 transactions worthy of US6.494 billion. CHTF is characterized by its achievement of trading volumes increasing steadily over the years.

CHTF 2006 was staged in the newly-built Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, featuring108 delegations from 42 countries and regions, 3,278 exhibitioners home and abroad, 2,600 investors and 9,765 projects for transaction.

CHTF's aims：

?Provide service and support for hi-tech industry development;

?Explore a new pattern of scientific innovation featuring "Fair-Technology

Property Transfer-Second Board Market";

?Find new capital market based on technological property innovation

& venture investment;

?Establish sci-tech achievement transfer system in accordance with

China's characteristics;

?Promote hi-tech product import and export.

CHTF's principles：

?Integration of commercial operation with government promotion;

?Integration of achievement transfer from venture capital investment;

?Integration of technological property transfer to capital market;

?Integration of in-session fair with out-of-session fair;

?Integration of achievement of holding specialized product exhibition.

website: www.chtf.com

For further inquires, please contact:

Luo Hongwei Head of Publicity Section, China Hi-Tech Transfer Center

Tel: (0755) 82848661

Shenzhen Stock Exchange

Established on December 1, 1990 and directly managed and supervised by China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) is an independent stock exchange providing venues, facilities, organization and supervision for securities trading.

Committed to the construction of tier market, SSE has spared no efforts to create an open, fair and just market environment. Its main functions include the following:

?Provide venues and facilities for securities trading;

?Stipulate SSE rules;

?Handle IPO filing and prepare IPO formalities;

?Organize and monitor securities trading;

?Supervise members and listed companies;

?Administrate and disclose market information;

?Implement functions otherwise authorized by CSRC.

SSE has experienced common growth along with Chinese stock market as one of the two stock exchanges in mainland China. SSE has blossomed into a nationwide stock exchange in the brand-new city of Shenzhen based on modern technology since it was founded 16 years ago. SSE has accumulated a total of over 400 billion yuan capital for national economy over the past 15 years, which is of vital importance for the promotion of the establishment of modern corporate system, deepen economic restructuring, optimize resources allocation, and popularize market economy knowledge.

Approved by the State Council and authorized by CSRC, SSE launched its SME Board in May 2004 which was an important action to promote the development of second board market. Firmly adhering to the guideline of "Supervision, Innovation, Cultivation and Service" SSE, innovation-minded and hard working, will endeavour to make the SME Board a great success and create a new chapter for China's multilevel capital market.

website: www.szse.cn

For further inquiries, please contact:

Chen Wenquan Vice Chief of SSE President Office

Tel: (0755) 25918053

Mobile: 13808830318

2011 26th Summer Universiade

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) officially announced that Shenzhen won the right to host the 2011 26th Universiade on January 16, 2007 in Turin, Italy, making Shenzhen the youngest host city in the history of Universiade.

Organized by FISU biennially with respective summer and winter session, Universiade is an international major sports competition generally regarded as a minor Olympiad. There have been 23 Summer Universiades as of the 23rd Summer Universiade hosted in Izmir, Turkey, in August 2005. Beijing has successfully hosted the 21st Summer Universiade in 2001 while Harbin excelled in the bidding to be the host city for the 2009 Winter Universiadein 2006.

Normally there are 12 competitions in a single summer Universiade. It is expected that the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade will need a total of about 50 competitions and training facilities in relation to the Beijing 2001 21st Summer Universiade. With a total of 30 facilities already under way, 10 more facilities are under construction or expected to be initiated soon. The remaining 10 facilities will be constructed in the Shenzhen's various districts and institutes of higher education.

The sports facilities as competition venues will highlight the construction of Shenzhen Olympic Sports Center in the western part of its Longgang District.

It is reported that the new complex will cover a total area of 13.4 square kilometers, including a 6.5-square-kilometer Olympic Sports Park. The 60-thousand-seat main stadium for the Universiade will be built within the Park where the opening and closing ceremony will be staged along with an 18-thousand-seat main gymnasium, swimming facilities and a public square for people's fitness.

The Olympic Sports Park aims to host national, continental and world major games as well as specialized competitions and function as a venue for local citizens' fitness.

website: www.sz2011.org

For further inquiries, please contact:

Liang Daoxing Secretary General, Executive Board, Shenzhen

2011 26th Summer Universiade

Tel: (0755) 82107712 82107714

Yantian Port

Situated in Dapeng Bay of South China Sea, Yantian Port, a worldwide leading container terminal, is recognized as the "Pearl of South China".

Adjacent to Hong Kong, an international financial, trading and transport center, and bordering the Pearl River Delta, China's largest export-oriented manufacturing base, Yantian Port is located in the east of Shenzhen and enjoys an excellent geographic location. With expansive seashore, deep seawater, lightwave and little silt, Yantian Port is a preferred port of call for mega container vessels and is the main container transport hub in South China.

Yantian Port, a national priority project, is an important composition of Shenzhen's strategy of "Prosper and Develop City by Port". Based on overall planning, Yantian Port consists of eastern, central and western port areas with a total of more than 3,010,000-ton level or above berths upon completion. At the moment, there are a total of 9 50,000 to 100,000-ton level container berths under operation.

A global leading container port, Yantian Port achieved 6.48 million TEU in 2004,which is of great importance for Shenzhen Port as a whole to rank the second nationwide and fourth worldwide.

Yantian Port Free Trade Zone was authorized by the State Council as an experimental unit for "Port-Free Trade Zone Integration", further facilitating the development of logistics industry.

The development of Yantian Port has enjoyed great support from ministerial, provincial and municipal leaders as well as government departments concerned. Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of China, paid an inspection tour to Yantian Port in April 2003.

Under the guidance of Shenzhen municipal leader, the municipal-owned Shenzhen Yantian Port Group Company Limited, through assets and business reorganization, single-handedly set up Shenzhen Yantian Port Holdings Co., Ltd. on July 21, 1997, aiming to make full use of capital market and accelerate port construction and development.

Shenzhen Yantian Port Holdings Co., Ltd. was listed in Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SSE) as A-share on July 28, 1997.

Shenzhen Yantian Port Holdings Co., Ltd. has been awarded as "Excellent Company Regarding Information Disclosure" by Shenzhen Stock Exchange and "Top 50 Listed Companies with Best Development Potential" jointly by China Securities Journal and Asia Business Consulting Co., Ltd. respectively in the past 4 years in a row. It was also awarded as "2005 Top 100 Listed Companies with Best Management" and "Top 25 Most Popular Chinese Listed Companies".

website: www.ytport.com

For further inquiries, please contact:

Du Huimin Manager of Department of Public Relations, Yantian International Container Terminals Limited

Tel: (0755) 25290888-8559

Shenzhen Bay Bridge

Shenzhen Bay Bridge, also known as Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor, was officially opened on the morning of July 1, 2007. General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President Hu Jintao presided over the ribbon-cutting ceremony at 12:02 of the same day.

The 5.5-kilometer-long Shenzhen Bay Bridge, with a 20-lane capacity in the checkpoint, is the first port of entry with One Stop Check function for border control between Guangdong and Hong Kong.

It is expected that the daily road capacity in Shenzhen Bay Bridge can reach as high as 80, 000 units, higher than the total (42,500-unit) capacity of the three border-crossing bridges between Guangdong and Hong Kong at present.

As a mega cross-sea bridge connecting Hong Kong and Shenzhen, Shenzhen Bay Bridge is one of the bridges with highest scientific contents and greatest architectural difficulty worldwide.

Taking a sea-crossing shape by airscape, Shenzhen Bay Bridge looks like a big dragon connecting the sea with the sky. As explained by the construction chief, the streamline bridge is composed of straight and curving carriageway, enabling drivers to enjoy the beautiful shape of the cablestayed bridge while conducive to bridge and driving safety.

The two nearly 140-meter-high vis-a-vis standing pylons lead their respective ramps to the middle line of the bridge, the demarcation line between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, signifying that the people in mainland China and Hong Kong passionately look forward to closer unity.

The bridge presents a dreamlike atmosphere with the use of scattering lights instead of direct lights, which further highlights the greatness and spectacularity of its overall image to the largest extent.

The design of the bridge deck is characterized by functions of sound absorption, vibration reduction, dust absorption and automatic cleaning along with acoustic baffle and acoustic wall. Various trees are planted around the surrounding area of the Controlled Zone, forming a 50 to 100-meter-wide green belt.

The bridge also highlights numerous environment-friendly features. For instance, all the cables are painted with silver grey to prevent bird impact hazard. Drainpipe was installed to discharge seawater around the bridge underneath the sea surface pursuant to the fact that the rushing current in the shoal area may bring about negative impact on shoal animals. The connection in Shenzhen side has taken the form of closed underground road by digging tunnels beneath Shenzhen's Dongbin Road. Shenzhen outbound container trucks can directly connect to 107 National Highway and Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway by the underground road. Additionally, facilities such as fire fighting, telecommunications, noise control, structural health monitor, anti-slippery road surface, among others, are installed.

As a vital component of Hong Kong Western Corridor connecting Shenzhen and Hong Kong, Shenzhen Bay Bridge is the fourth border-crossing passageway after Wenjindu, Shatoujiao and Luohu. Linking Shenzhen's Shekou and Hong Kong's Yuen Long, it is the only expressway bridge connecting mainland China with Hong Kong in China's national road network.

It takes only 10 to 15 minutes to reach Hong Kong from Shenzhen's Shekou after Shenzhen Bay Bridge is put into service. Upon the completion of Guangdong Coastal Expressway, the distance between Guangzhou and Hong Kong will be reduced to 100 kilometers.

website: www.szlgbbs.com

For further inquiries, please contact:

Chen Huigang Deputy Director General and spokesman of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Communications and Shenzhen Municipal Ports Administration

Tel: (0755) 83168618 Mobile: 13602583866

Shenzhen Volunteer Association

Shenzhen Volunteer Association (SVA) is a social organization initiated by the Chinese Communist Youth League (CCYL) Shenzhen Committee and is composed of volunteers from all walks of life, mainly youth, for youth and social service. Established in June 1990, SVA is China's first volunteer organization.

In adherence to the tenet of "Serve the Society and Promote Civilization" and pursuant to the spirit of "Participation, Mutual Aid, Dedication and Progress", SVA is committed to the idea of mutual aid featuring "Help Others is Help Ourselves" and "Present Rose to Others with Fragrance Lingering at Hand" over the years and has explored a new way for volunteer service

development with Shenzhen characteristics.

Main Features of SVA:

Diverse Membership & Large Scale:

With an average age of 28 years, SVA's membership is mainly composed of young people along with a small portion of middle-age and senior people. SVA's high quality membership records a 50.9 percentage of college or above diploma, covering an extensive walk of life. In the past 15 years, it has accumulated a total of 3 million persons to participate in volunteer service, including 300,000times/persons of personnel and logistics service for government agencies and social organizations as well as 700,000 times/persons for large-scale events. Average service time of each SVA's individual registered volunteer surpasses 30 hours per annum.

Well Established Organization & Mechanism:

Shenzhen has established a 4-level network of volunteer organization totaling1 at municipal level, 6 at district level, 49 at street (sub-district) level and 676 at community level. With regular general assemblies, council meetings, subgroup actions and work meetings in place, a long-acting and efficient mechanism regarding recruitment, training, stimulation, outward bound training, appraisal, personnel management, etc. is under way.

Complete Services & Extensive Coverage:

SVA provides 20 categories of service with over 30 activities including hot line, mailbox, senior and disabled care, patient care, orphan care, help and education for released and imprisoned, anti-drug, social research, student service, environmental protection, online service, hand-made service, logistics,youth & health, release of "Shenzhen Volunteers" magazine, secretarial service, training, culture, arts, mentally retarded rehabilitation, legal aid, etc.

Social recognition & awards:

The saying "Let's Go To SVA When In Difficulty" has been widely recognized in Shenzhen. SVA has been awarded as "China's Top 10 Out-standing Youth Volunteer Unit ", "China's Excellent Youth Volunteer Unit", "Outstanding Youth Volunteer Unit in Guangdong Province", the 4th, 5th, and 6th "Shenzhen's Model Civilized Unit", "Shenzhen's Advanced Unit for National Unity", among others. Cong Fei and Li Honglin, SVA's outstanding representatives, has been awarded as "Golden Award for Youth Volunteer in China" respectively.

The "Regulations Concerning Volunteer Service in Shenzhen", China's first local regulations in this regard, came into effect on July 1, 2005, which changed the previous name "Shenzhen Volunteer Workers Association" into the present one and further defined and better regulated volunteer service in Shenzhen, symbolizing the milestone in the history of Shenzhen's volunteer service.

Website: www. Sva.org.cn

For further inquiries, please contact:

Ouyang Weiguo Chief of Rights Protection Department, SVA

Tel: (0755) 82095266

Info Service

Traffic Inquiry

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport

Enquiry Hotline: (0755) 9500066 Tel: (0755) 965788

Complaint Hotline: (0755) 27776426

Shenzhen Railway Station

Ticket Hotline: (0755) 95105160

Complaint Hotline: (0755) 82328647

Recommended Taxi Companies

Shenzhen Bus Group Tel: (0755) 83333222-168

Shenzhen Taxi Company Ltd. Tel: (0755) 25573827

Shenzhen Car Management Company Tel: (0755) 83228111

Recommended Hotels

Shenzhen has a total of 270 hotels including 152 star-level hotels.

Wuzhou Guest House

Address: 6001 Shennan Thoroughfare, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Tel: (0755) 82938000

Shangri-La Hotel Shenzhen

Address: East Shenzhen Railway Station, Jianshe Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Tel: (0755) 82330888

Crowne Plaza Shenzhen

Address: 9026 Shennan Thoroughfare, Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen,

Guangdong Tel: (0755) 26936888

Nan Hai Hotel

Address: 1 Gongye Road 1, Shekou Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Tel: ( 0755) 26692888

Mission Hills Resort

Address: Gaoerfu Thoroughfare, Guanlan Town, Baoan District, Shenzhen,

Guangdong Tel: (0755) 28020888

Recommended Travel Agencies

China Merchants International Travel (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd

Address: China Merchants International Travel Building,9 Gongye Thoroughfare South, Shekou Tel: (0755) 26693798

Shenzhen Airlines International Travel Service Co., Ltd.

Address: 7/F, Building A, Xinzhuyuan, Nonglin Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Tel: (0755) 82477156

Shenzhen Comfort Travel Service Co., Ltd.

Address: 5/F, Shenfang Building, 100 Zhenhua Road, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Tel: (0755) 83777168

Shenzhen Airlines International Travel Service Co., Ltd.

Address: 7/F, Building A, Xinzhuyuan Nonglin Road, Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Tel: (0755) 33398890

Shenzhen CEPT International Travel Service Co., Ltd

Address: 5/F, Yindu Building, 3016 Shennan Road East, Shenzhen, Guangdong

Tel: (0755) 82194119

Frequently Used Telephone Numbers

Police & Traffic Accident Tel: 110

Fire Tel: 119

Traffic Accident: 122

China Mobile Customer Hotline Tel: 10086

China Unicom Customer Hotline Tel: 10010

China Telecom Customer Hotline Tel: 10000

Climate

Shenzhen has a mild and agreeable subtropical maritime climate with abundant rainfall. With 22.4 degrees centigrade average temperature, 355 frost-free days, 1,933.3 millimeter rainfall and 2,120.5 sunlight hours per annum, Shenzhen is an ideal destination for tourism anytime of the year.

Need assistance in news coverage, contact following departments:

Li Ping Secretary General and Spokesman of Shenzhen Municipal Govern-

ment Office of Spokesman of Shenzhen Municipal Government

Guo Jun Deputy Director General of Information Office of Shenzhen Municipal

Government Tel: (0755) 82103365

Xiong Xingnan Director of Public Relations Division, General Office of Shen-

zhen Municipal Government Tel: (0755) 82001828