ALL senior citizens above 65 years old will be entitled to free rides on buses and Metro trains in Shenzhen starting Aug. 1, the municipal communications bureau announced yesterday. At present, only female citizens above the age of 65 and male citizens above 70 are entitled to free use of public transportation. The bureau lowered […]

HIS distinctive voice overwhelmed R&B Friday night as Chen Chusheng was crowned “Super Boy” at the “Happy Boy” singing contest organized by Hunan TV. Chen, 26, from Hainan Province but currently living in Shenzhen, prevailed over R&B singer Su Xing, 23, of Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, after a triumphant performance Friday that wowed the show’s judges […]

The First China (Shenzhen) International Logistics Fair is the largest logistics fair in the nation. SHENZHEN signed a friendship-port agreement with Hamburg Port, the largest port in Germany, on the opening day of the first China (Shenzhen) International Logistics Fair at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center yesterday. The two ports agreed to enhance exchanges […]

EXPATRIATES and residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan can now only buy one property for their own use in Shenzhen, the local housing authorities announced yesterday (July 10). However, market analysts say the move, effective immediately, which aims to cool speculative investment, will not bring down property prices which have soared 50 percent in […]

The legislators agreed that the tenacity shown by the tree evokes the pioneering and innovative spirit shown by Shenzheners. The litchi tree was originally designated as the city tree in 1986. But on Nov. 1 last year, An Bangqiang and two other members of the municipal committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference proposed […]

A SHENZHEN policewoman last month single-handedly set up an aid enter in Futian District for homeless children that has so far admitted more than 20 children. The young inmates at the Jinping Youths and Children Supporting Center, set up on June 20 by Bao Jinping with the Shenzhen Police Station Futian Branch, earlier used to […]

One of the world’s largest hotel companies, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, announced it will soon open Shenzhen’s first internationally branded five star resort, the Sheraton Dameisha Resort. Located just 30 kilometres away from Shenzhen’s major business district, the resort features 368 guest rooms as well as 22 villas. The rooms also feature ocean views along […]

Two members of Bao’an Children’s Peking Opera Troupe perform Sunday during the 11th Children’s Chinese Opera Competition which was held in Bao’an District from Thursday until yesterday. A total of 86 contestants from 19 provinces and municipalities across the country participated in the competition. Seven contestants from Shenzhen won the title of “Little Plum Blossom.” […]

A Yurui tree in the Lotus Hill Park in Futian District blossoms Monday afternoon, attracting many passers-by to take picture with it. It was rare to see the tree blossom in the day time as it, which blossoms once a year, usually does at a night in September. The blossom lasts for three to fi […]

A 9-SQUARE-KILOMETER ecological resort in Yantian District will be open to visitors July 28 on a trail basis, the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported yesterday. The ecological resort, named East Overseas Chinese Town (OCT), includes a tea-themed park, an artificial gorge, a waterfall, steep cliffs and mountains. The 2-square-kilometer tea-themed park has attractions like a […]