Shenzhen Special

Shenzhen to expand innovation potential

Shenzhen now has 18,650 national high-tech enterprises, four times the number of five years ago, ranking second among cities nationwide.

The city's innovation capabilities in artificial intelligence, gene sequencing, new energy vehicles and drones are already at the forefront globally.

Economy bustling with tech giants and a vast pool of professionals

Updated: 2020-08-27

One thing many major Chinese tech companies have in common is that they have all made a presence in Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province, a city "born out of innovation", local officials said.
Looking forward after 40 years of massive growth

Updated: 2020-08-27

Shenzhen seeks to be global leader of innovation in variety of sectors. A symbol of the country's reform and opening-up, Shenzhen in Guangdong province is a wonderland that has created impressive economic growth over the past four decades.
Passion for design adding fuel to creative credentials

Updated: 2020-08-26

As a designer who originally trained as a cultural historian, Ole Bouman knew the potential of art and architecture to provoke positive changes in his studies of the historical interaction between architecture and human aspiration.
Punching above their weight: Native cultural industries at global level

Updated: 2020-08-26

The past four decades has not only witnessed Shenzhen grow from a small fishing town into an affluent metropolis, but recorded how the city fostered its creativity.