Shenzhen situated just across the border from Hong Kong, is a beautiful coastal garden city in South China. Shenzhen, which is the China's first special economic zone established, is a pioneering and innovative city. It is in the vanguard of China's reforms and opening up to the rest of the world. In its short history of 27 years, Shenzhen has developed from a small fishing village into a modern city with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita which gives it premier ranking in China.
Shenzhen has a 230-kilometer-long coastline rich with maritime life and products. To the east lie the popular beach resorts of Dameisha, Xiaomeisha and Dapeng Bay. To the west lie scenic areas, including Mangrove Nature Reserve, Inner Lingding Island, and Water Resort. Shenzhen has basically formed a tourism scenic spots system with local characteristics, natural characteristics and cultural characteristics. At present, Shenzhen has the Splendid China and Cultural Folk Villages, Window of the World, Dafen Oil Painting Village, Happy Valley and Green World, Animal Park, Silver Lake Tourist Resort, Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, Xiaomeisha Seaside Resort and other tourist scenic spots. All these unique Shenzhen attractions attract a large number of tourists from home and abroad every year.
As China's first special economic zone, Shenzhen began to open up to the rest of the world in 1980, becoming one of the country's major channels of communication with the outside world. Shenzhen has 17 sea, land and air ports, including China's largest land passenger port and land cargo port.Shenzhen is one of China major ports for foreign trade and international exchanges. Here visitors can enjoy advanced tourist facilities and convenient entry procedures. Its scenic spots are featured by both ethnicity and modernity. Many large events including China Hi-tech Expo are held here every year.Shenzhen is known as China’s Silicon Valley, and for good reason. Shenzhen is home China’s capital of hardware and home to domestic tech giants Tencent, Huawei and dronemaker DJI. From holographic weddings to ping pong playing robots, Shenzhen is a city with so much to offer any technology enthusiasts.Huaqiangbei, Shenzhen’s primary tech district is becoming famous as a destination to find almost any piece of hardware you could imagine among its sprawling marketplaces, earning it the moniker as the ‘Global Gadget Capital’.
Shenzhen belongs to subtropical Marine Climate, mild and comfortable. Rainy season in Shenzhen is from May to September, and typhoon often happens in July and August. The hottest month is in Agust; the coldest month is January. The best time to visit Shenzhen is early from March to April, late September and early November. Shenzhen has short Spring and autumn, but long Summer. If you come in Summer (July to September), you can enjoy yourself on the beach like Dameisha, Xiaomeisha, Nan’ao, etc.
Shenzhen is a sunny, young and modern city, China's brilliant tourism city and an international garden city. Shenzhen is a picture, a poem and a dream. Dubbed “Wonderful Shenzhen, A City of Joy,” the city sincerely welcomes the arrival of friends from all over the world.
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