In the small hours of Jan. 17 George E. Killian president of the International University Sports Federation FISU announced during an executive meeting of the FISU in Turin Italy that Shenzhen will host the 2011 Universiade. Having grown up in Shenzhen Yi Jianlian the 19-year-old basketball star was one of the ambassadors for the Shenzhen […]

Danzandorj Bayasgalan, member of FISU executive commitee Member of executive commitee of FISU Danzandorj Bayasgalan was busy greeting and hugging his old friends when he arrived at the Wuzhou Guest House yesterday. Though it was his first time in Shenzhen he saw a lot of old friends here thus the city was not strange to […]

    Cai Yingbo     YAHGEE Modular House Co. Ltd., a Shenzhen portable home manufacturer, was at full capacity producing temporary shelters for homeless people in Sichuan Province.     About 3,000 workers at its factories in eight cities including Fuzhou, Suzhou, Langfang, Shenyang and Chengdu, as well as Shenzhen, had been fully mobilized and were working three shifts a […]

China’s Jiang Yuyuan jubilates after the women’s uneven bars final at the 2007 Artistic Gymnastics International Invitation Tournament held in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 2, 2007. Jiang Yuyuan took the second place of the event.(Xinhua Photo)     BEIJING, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) — It’s an Olympic test event in which everything feels good, even great for […]

CONSTRUCTION of the Shenzhen Bay Sports Center will be completed in 2010, according to the Nanshan District Construction Bureau, in time to host some of 2011’s Universiade events. The 960-million-yuan (US$124.68 million) center will include a 20,000-square-meter stadium, a 25,000-square-meter gymnasium and a 35,000-square-meter health club including swimming facilities. Covering an area of 300,000 square […]

A work by the Chinese artist Walasse Ting. Wen believes the major problem facing the majority of young artists in Guangdong Province today is that they still cannot shake off the so-called academism, that is, what they have learned from their teachers in college. “In fact, the whole of Chinese society is rapidly progressing today, […]

Some 8,000 police officers will provide security and traffic control during the 11-day Universiade Games 2007, hosted by Thailand. Speaking of the 24th Universiaed Games from August 8-18 in Bangkok, Deputy Royal Thai Police Commander, Pol.Gen. Isaraphan Snitwongse Na Ayuttaya said that operational centers have been set up at sports venues and at the athlete’s […]

Bid victory a boost to metropolis drive LIKE the hundreds of millions of Chinese who rejoiced after Beijing’s victory in the Olympic bid six years ago, many excited Shenzhen residents got a chance to celebrate a victory of their own early this morning when Shenzhen was chosen as the host of the Summer Universiade in […]

When Li Yizhen, Secretary of Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the CPC declares, “26th Summer Universiade market developing begins”, Shenzhen presents a brand new landmark of Universiade coming with “Shenzhen Mode”, an innovation about universiade market exploring. According to Shenzhen Universiade Market Developing and Universiade Economy Peak Forum in Wuzhou Guest House, there will be more […]

Christy Zhong “I WAS so proud of Shenzhen when I heard the news last month that it had won the 2011 Universiade bid,” Christopher C. Nienhuis, a field service representative of Boeing at Shenzhen Airlines, said at Thursday’s party. Nienhuis came to Shenzhen last July. Before then Shenzhen was a totally new name to him […]