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What
is there to see and do in Shenzhen?
With
a beautiful landscape and mild climate, Shenzhen is a city of charm
to enjoy life. Shenzhen boasts more than 20 tourist attractions that
are distinct and unique. China Folk Culture Villages, Happy Valley
and Future Times (theme parks), Window of the World, the Safari Park,
the Botanical Garden and a number of seaside bathing beaches are attracting
huge numbers of tourists from home and abroad. As an immigrant city,
Shenzhen is dotted with a variety of restaurants serving both Chinese
cuisine and Western style of food. Nightclubs are easily available
in Shenzhen. Hotel business is brisk in the city with 77 hotels having
star ratings.
What's
the shopping like in Shenzhen
The
consumer industry once monopolized by the Friendship Stores has since
expanded into the following areas:
Lo
Wu Commercial Center Right outside the Lo Wu Customs area, this busy
commercial complex offers tailor shops, massage centers and a range
of outlets selling handicrafts, garments and most daily necessities.
Shenzhen
Seibu Department Store Located on Dongmen Nan Road, this department
store features an extensive range of the imported brand-name cosmetics,
fashions and accessories.
MOI
Department Store
Also located on Dongmen Road, the busiest commercial district of Shenzhen,
the MOI Department Store sells a wide range of affordable jewelry,
garments and cosmetics.
Shenzhen
Pok Art Shop
This
is one of the few stores in Shenzhen where you can purchase traditional
and cultural Chinese objects, ranging from arts and crafts to Chinese
literature.
Book
City
The
five-story Book City is the newest tourist attraction in Shenzhen,
selling many different categories of books including literature, art,
law, electronics and architecture.
Why
is Shenzhen called the Silicon Valley of the Far East
In
1979, Deng Xiaoping, began a historic experiment in Chinese history.
Heavy bulldozers began tearing up the ground where before there were
only rice paddies and a few water buffalos. The great experiment was
in capitalist economics. The idea was to build, from the ground up,
a new city where average citizens were allowed to start and run private
and semi-private enterprises.
Now, twenty years later, Shenzhen has grown into a teeming city of
modern office towers and cutting edge research and development facilities.
Starting with a population of just under 20,000 the city currently
has a population of 4 million.
The
youth of the city is reflected in the population demographics as well.
With the average age of its citizens being only 28, this city of 4
million is nevertheless leads the nation's foreign trade volume with
a GDP of RMB 143.65 billion. The city is also honored as China's `Model
City for Environmental Protection' and a top tourist destination.
This
is a city of, and for, a new generation of Chinese entrepreneurs who
have been raised and educated in the latest computer and high tech
technologies, and who have traveled from all over China to live and
work in the city.
"It
is interesting to note," said the city's Vice Mayor Zhuan Xinyi at
a dinner last June honoring delegates from the China Internet Venture
Conference VIP Tour, "that almost no one that works in Shenzhen was
born here. Our citizens come from all over China to work and build
their futures in China's newest city."
Of
great importance to economic growth, Shenzhen is also poised to launch
China's equivalent to the NASDAQ stock exchange called the Second
Board Stock Exchange in November of this year. The new stock exchange
is destined to have a profound impact on, and spur the rapid growth
of indigenous companies, from start-ups, to established corporations.
With
such a young city and a young population, there comes also an exciting
nightlife. Reflecting the cultural diversity of China, the city's
restaurants offer cuisines that range from spicy Szechwan, northern
noodles, to southern seafood dishes. Swank jazz clubs, discos, and
nightclubs whose exteriors are coated in neon lights, can be found
throughout the city, or for more relaxed evenings, cafes, and coffee
shops abound.
Another
important feature to Shenzhen is its geographical location. Located
in the south of China, an area that for centuries has been associated
with the entrepreneurial spirit, Shenzhen is also only thirty minutes
by train or car from Asia's financial capital, Hong Kong.
