Shenzhen

**Shenzhen** ()() is a huge city in Guangdong province, China. It is just north of Hong Kong. It has a subtropical climate.

People speak Mandarin and the Guangzhou dialect of Cantonese in Shenzhen.

Until recently, Shenzhen was a fishing village with just over 30,000 people. In 1980, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, Shenzhen became one of China's Special Economic Zones (SEZ). It was in this city where China first experimented with capitalism. Since then, its population has grown to about 10.6 million people.

Shenzhen is a progressive city. It has a strong economic connection with Hong Kong. It is also one of the main trading centers of the Pearl River Delta. The manufacturing company Gionee is located in the city.

## Twin towns — Sister cities

- Houston, United States
- Perm, [[Russia]
- [[Phnom Penh]], Cambodia
- [[Turin]], [[Italy]]

## Other websites

- How to (say or) pronounce "Shenzhen“. Channel, "Old Beijing" on YouTube.com

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## Infobox (settlement)

- **settlement type**: Sub-provincial city in the People's Republic of China, Sub-provincial city
- **image skyline**: Shenzhen city montage.png
- **image caption**: Clockwise from top left: East Pacific Center, KK100, Shun Hing Square, Coastal City, Shenzhen Bay at night, and Shenzhen Stock Exchange
- **image map**: Guangdong subdivisions - Shenzhen.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Shenzhen City jurisdiction in Guangdong
- **pushpin map**: China
- **pushpin map caption**: Location in China
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: People's Republic of China
- **subdivision type1**: Province (China), Province
- **subdivision name1**: Guangdong
- **subdivision type2**: Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China#County level, County-level divisions
- **subdivision name2**: 6
- **established title**: City
- **established date**: March 1979
- **established title2**: Special Economic Zone, SEZ formed
- **established date2**: 1 May 1980
- **government type**: Sub-provincial city
- **leader title**: Communist Party of China, CPC Committee Secretary
- **leader name**: .
- **leader title1**: Mayor
- **leader name1**: .
- **area total km2**: 2050
- **area urban km2**: 1991.64
- **population as of**: 2013
- **population total**: 10630000
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population density metro km2**: auto
- **population urban**: 10630000
- **population density urban km2**: auto
- **population blank1 title**: Major Ethnicities of China, ethnicities
- **population blank1**: Han Chinese, Han
- **timezone**: China Standard Time, China Standard
- **utc offset**: +8
- **elevation m**: 0-943.7
- **elevation ft**: 0-3145.7
- **postal code type**: Postal code of China, Postal code
- **postal code**: 518000
- **area code**: 755
- **blank name**: GDP
- **blank info**: 2014
- **blank1 name**:  - Total
- **blank1 info**: Renminbi, CNY 1.600 trillion
USD 260.48 billion
- **blank2 name**:  - per capita
- **blank2 info**: Renminbi, CNY 149,500
USD 24,336
- **blank3 name**:  - Growth
- **blank3 info**: 8.8%
- **blank4 name**: License Plate (China), Licence plate prefixes
- **blank5 name**: City flower
- **blank5 info**: Bougainvillea
- **blank6 name**: City trees
- **blank6 info**: Lychee and mangrove
- **website**: [http://english.sz.gov.cn/ sz.gov.cn]