SHENZHEN is considering applying to the Central Government to list Zhongying Street in Shatoujiao in Yantian District as a State-level cultural heritage site. “City officials have discussed the matter with officials of the Ministry of Construction in an unofficial way,” Xu Zhongping, head of the city’s urban planning development research center, said at an ecology […]

Daryl Kramp, a member of the Canadian Federal Parliament, talks with a Grade Two student at the International School of Sino-Canada during a visit to the school’s campus in Nanshan District on Friday. A 17-member delegation of Canadian MPs representing the Canada-China Legislative Association visited Shenzhen on Friday after attending the 12th bilateral meeting between […]

Mark Kalisch Wang Yuanyuan HOW long does it take for a foreigner to learn to talk fluently with local Chinese? The answer for Mark Kalisch is about six months. The 41-year-old Australian man and his wife Bernadette, 42, made an incredible impression on their teachers at New Concept Mandarin in Shekou, Nanshan District, since starting […]

THE past half year saw the land reclamation by residents of nearly 3,000 square meters of fish ponds near Shenzhen Waterlands Resort in Shajing, Bao’an District. The Waterlands Resort management said the action was probably driven by hopes among local residents that they might receive more compensation from the government when a wetland park begins […]

SHENZHEN airport opened a new check-in counter in Dongguang on Tuesday to serve people in the area traveling via Shenzhen. This is the second counter the airport has opened in Dongguang, and the 17th of its kind Shenzhen airport has opened in Pearl River Delta cities. After check-in, travelers can take a shuttle bus from […]

SHENZHEN has set Dec. 7 as Creative Design Day in a bid to further boost Shenzhen’s “soft power” and encourage residents to be more creative. The city was awarded the title City of Design by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Dec. 7, 2008, becoming the first Chinese city to win […]

Three contestants of the Miss World Contest China Final pose for a picture at OCT East yesterday. More than 60 women participated in the event. The sports contest included sit-ups, forward-bends and swimming. Wei Jiancheng  

SHENZHEN’S competitiveness as a financial center ranks fifth worldwide, making it the highest ranked city among new entrants, according to the latest Global Financial Centers Index (GFCI) published Tuesday. The index, launched in March 2007 by the U.K.-based Z/Yen Group for the City of London, is updated every six months. London remains the world’s most […]

Han Ximin ALL bus operators that have routes to Dameisha in the city’s east have been ordered to add buses and extend service hours to meet the need of holidaymakers during the National Day holidays. Routes No. 85 and 202 operating in downtown Yantian District will extend services to Dameisha to divert passengers returning to […]

WITH only a week to go before the eight-day National Day holidays begin, scalpers are active again, selling train tickets at inflated prices, Chinese-language newspapers reported yesterday. More than 1,000 train tickets to popular destinations, including Wuhan in Hubei Province and Changsha in Hunan Province, were being offered on a Web page Tuesday, the first […]