A TWO-DAY Hong Kong education exhibition for cross-border schoolchildren will be held at Luohu Railway Station at 10 a.m. Saturday. The exhibition has attracted the participation of 20 schools, an 18 percent increase over last year. This is the fourth exhibition to introduce schools to cross-border schoolchildren and their parents living in Shenzhen, according to […]

A HIGH-END housing complex in Nanshan District, which opened for sale Saturday at 35,000 yuan (US$5,125) per square meter, was sold out in a day, the China Securities Journal reported yesterday. The paper said the developer of the Sanxiang Haishang housing estate received nearly 500 million yuan from the sale Saturday. Boosted by speculators for […]

SHENZHEN was ranked third on this year’s Forbes Best Commercial Cities on the Chinese mainland list released Monday. This is the first time the city has been placed among the top three since Forbes Chinese version first released the list in 2004. Shenzhen was placed at 10 in 2004 and 15 in 2008. Shanghai topped […]

A couple cannot help themselves after being granted the marriage certificates at Futian District Civil Affairs Bureau yesterday. A long queue at the entrance to the registry office at Futian District Civil Affairs Bureau yesterday. Wei Jiancheng WHEN bride Zhuang Ling and her bridegroom Zheng went to the marriage registry office in Futian District shortly […]

INSTITUTIONS engaged in the research and development (R&D) of new energy and new energy projects can expect to receive up to 15 million yuan (US$2.19 million) in government subsidies from this year on. In the next seven years, the city government will spend 500 million yuan each year to support the development of the new […]

GOVERNMENT agencies resulting from the city’s biggest administrative reform in history were officially inaugurated yesterday. The 31 agencies include seven policymaking commissions and 18 policy execution bureaus. In the largest government reshuffle, which started a month ago, the city government streamlined its institutions by more than 30 percent from 46 to 31. It aims for […]

SHENZHEN will launch a biannual trade fair organized by China South City, the South China Morning Post reported yesterday. The first fair will be held next month, the Post said. China South City is the largest raw materials sourcing center in South China. Exhibitors won’t be charged rent for booths and overseas buyers would be […]

A CHARACTER in “The Big Bang Theory,” Rajeesh Koothrappali, was so shy he was unable to speak in front of women unless he was intoxicated and many men in real life encounter the same problem every day. A Shenzhen man who had such a problem is trying to help others by offering a training program […]

Harald Obereder AUSTRIAN Harald Obereder has come to terms with a number of changes in his life two years after arriving in Shenzhen, but there is one thing he is reluctant to compromise on: finding a safe place outdoors to be alone. Head of research and development of an Austrian electronics company in Shenzhen, Obereder […]

A SHENZHEN computer memory chip maker has successfully defended court action filed by a U.S. company claiming its patents had been infringed. U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Judge Theodore Essex, in a preliminary ruling, said Shenzhen Ramaxel had not violated Tessera Technologies’ patent rights related to packaging for the chips to protect them from damage, […]