Oil paintings by young painters from Shenzhen. (Photo: Shenzhendaily.com) July 12 — A total of 73 oil paintings by 12 young painters from Shenzhen are on display at an exhibition in the National Art Museum of China in Beijing until July 17. The 12 Shenzhen-born painters, aged 4 to 14, are Zhang Zhuo’er, Sun Yuqian, […]
Shenzhen in happiness shortlist
SHENZHEN residents have been invited to vote for the 10 Happiest Chinese Cities after the campaign’s organizers announced a shortlist of 35 mainland cities including Shenzhen, and published the criteria and standards for selection in major newspapers Thursday. Votes can be cast online at www.lwdf.cn, www.szmg.com.cn and www.sznews.com. China Mobile and China Unicom users can […]
Inflight phone services to be offered soon
A survey conducted by OnAir of passengers traveling on business showed 94 percent would like to send or receive e-mails during flights. Shenzhen Airlines is one of the most competitive and successful airlines in China and operates more than 130 routes within the country and to South Korea, Malaysia, Japan and Vietnam. The company carried […]
Dascher expands in China with Shenzhen presence
German logistics service provider Dachser continues to expand its presence in China and has established its second wholly foreign-owned enterprise, the Dachser Shenzhen Company Ltd. Dachser also opened its first warehouse in the Shanghai-Baoshan district at the end of June in response to high demand for contract logistics services. The 3,000 sq m logistics facility […]
Australian students visit SZ on exchange program
FORTY-NINE undergraduate students from 20 Australian universities, which are part of a Sino-Australia cultural exchange program, visited Shenzhen during the weekend. It was the second time Australian students had visited Shenzhen following a trip last July, after Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to Australia in April 2006, in which he suggested establishing an exchange program to […]
City 3rd most beautiful in China
SHENZHEN is the third most beautiful city in China, following Beijing and Hong Kong, according to a study released Monday. The six-month study, which was conducted by the Hong Kong-based China Research Institute for Urban Competitiveness, said Shenzhen took third place among 661 cities for its role as the pioneer of China’s opening up and […]
SZ man writes prose poem for Beijing Olympics
A SHENZHEN man, who exhibited a self-composed prose poem at this year’s China (Shenzhen) International Cultural Industry Fair, has written a prose poem for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Daily Sunshine said yesterday that Jia Yubao, who works at the Shenzhen branch of the Bank of China plans to take 2,008 Shenzhen students with him […]
SZ woman winsinternational beauty contest
Wu Pianpian, from Shenzhen, receives her crown after wining the title of Miss Tourism International, Ukraine Black Sea in Oddesa, Ukraine on Friday. The fi rst and second runners-up of the contest came from Ukraine and France. (Wei Jiancheng)
Shenzhen Metro to reach 422 km by 2020
SHENZHEN’S Metro could stretch 422.4 kilometers by 2020, nearly five times as long as the current Hong Kong Metro, the municipal urban planning bureau said yesterday (July 9). In its draft plan, the urban planning bureau proposes to build 245.4 kilometers of Metro lines from 2011 to 2020, the third phase of the city’s huge […]
Longgang land auction nets ￥478m
TWO land plots in Longgang District sold for 478 million yuan (US$62.89 million) Monday afternoon, nearly double the starting price. Shenzhen-based real estate giant Vanke successfully outbid six other buyers to buy the two plots, with a combined land area of 78,583 square meters, in Shenzhen Grand Industrial Zone. The plots will be developed for […]