Shenzhen

Shenzhen 深圳
Sub-provincial ceety
深圳市
Shenzhen central skyline, Top o left:Kingkey 100 Building, Top o richt:Shun Hing Square, Middle o left Deng Xiaoping Portrait Square in dountoun aurie, Middle o richt:Container hub port in Pearl River aurie, Bottom:Shenzhen North Railroad Station Shenzhen central skyline, Top o left:Kingkey 100 Building, Top o richt:Shun Hing Square, Middle o left Deng Xiaoping Portrait Square in dountoun aurie, Middle o richt:Container hub port in Pearl River aurie, Bottom:Shenzhen North Railroad Station
Kintra	Fowkrepublic o Cheenae
Province	Guangdong
Coonty-level diveesions	6
SEZ formit	1 Mey 1980
Govrenment
• Teep	Sub-provincial city
Area
• Sub-provincial ceety	2050 km2 (790 sq mi)
• Urban	412 km2 (159 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (40 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Sub-provincial ceety	10,357,938
• Density	5,100/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Urban	3,538,275
• Urban density	8,600/km2 (22,000/sq mi)
• Major naitionalities	Han
Demonym(s)	Shenzhener
Time zone	UTC+8 (Cheenae Staundart Time)
Area code(s)	755
GDP	2010
- Total	CNY 951 billion USD 146 billion
- per capita	CNY 95,000 USD 14,615
- Growth	10.7%
Licence plate prefixes	粤B
Website	(in Inglis) sz.gov.cn

Shenzhen
"Shenzhen", as written in Chinese
Cheenese	深圳
Jyutping	Sam1 zan3
Cantonese Yale	sāmjan
Hanyu Pinyin	Shēnzhèn
Leeteral meanin	deep drains
Transcriptions Staundart Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shēnzhèn Wu Romanieation sen平tsen去 Hakka Romanisation cim1 zun4 Tshṳ̂m-tsun Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanisation sāmjan Jyutping Sam1 zan3 Soothren Min Hokkien POJ Chhim-chùn Teochew Peng'im cim1 zung3

Shēnzhèn (Cheenese: 深圳 Mandarin pronunciation: [ʂə́ntʂə̂n]) is a major ceety in the sooth o Soothren Cheenae's Guangdong Province, situatit immediately north o Hong Kong. The aurie became Cheenae's first—an ane o the maist successful—Special Economic Zones (SEZs). It currently haulds sub-provincial admeenistrative status an aw, wi pouers slichtly less than a province.

Shenzhen's modren ceetyscape is the result o the vibrant economy made possible bi rapid foreign investment syne the institution o the policy o "reform an openin" establishment o the SEZ in the late 1979, before which it wis anerlie a sma veelage. Baith Cheenese an foreign naitionals hae investit enormous amoonts o money in the Shenzhen SEZ. Mair than US$30 billion in foreign investment haes gane intae baith foreign-awned an joint venturs, at first mainly in manufacturin but mair recently in the service industries as well. Shenzhen is nou considered ane o the fastest-growin ceeties in the warld.

Being soothren mainlaund Cheenae's major financial centre, Shenzhen is hame tae the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the heidquairters o numerous heich-tech companies. Shenzhen is ane o the busiest container ports in Cheenae an aw.

Internaitional relations

Relatit page: Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Cheenae

Twin touns an sister ceeties

Shenzhen is twinned wi:

• Houston, Unitit States, Mairch 1986
• Brescia, Italy, November 1991
• Brisbane, Australie, Juin 1992
• Poznań, Poland, Julie 1993
• Vienne, Fraunce, October 1994
• Kingston, Jamaica, Mairch 1995
• Lomé, Togo, Juin 1996
• Nuremberg, Germany, Mey 1997
• Walloon Brabant, Belgium, October 2003
• Tsukuba, Japan, Juin 2004
• Gwangyang, Sooth Korea, October 2004
• Johor Bahru, Malaysie, Julie 2006
• Perm, Roushie, 2006
• Turin, Italy, Januar 2007
• Timişoara, Romanie, Februar 2007
• Rotherham, Ingland, Unitit Kinrick, November 2007
• Reno, Nevada, Unitit States, 30 Aprile 2008
• Montevideo, Uruguay Februar 2009
• Kalocsa, Hungary, 2011
• Haifa, Israel, 2012
• Barcelona, Spain Julie 2012