What are the characteristics of Shenzhen?

Shenzhen is the first special economic zone in China initiated by Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China's reform and opening up. From a small town in Nanhai, China to a modern city cooperating with Hongkong to build a world-class metropolis, Shenzhen is a wonderful epitome of China's reform, opening up and modernization.

geographical position

Shenzhen is a coastal city in the south of China, adjacent to Hongkong. Located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer, east longitude 1 13 46' to1/4 37', north latitude 22 27' to 22 52'. Located in the south of Guangdong Province, on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, bordering Daya Bay and Dapeng Bay in the east; West of the Pearl River Estuary and Lingdingyang; The Shenzhen River in the south is connected with Hong Kong; It borders Dongguan and Huizhou in the north. The vast sea area connects the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

A brief history of cities

The place name "Shenzhen" first appeared in historical records in 14 10 (the eighth year of Yongle in Ming Dynasty), which was built in the early years of Qing Dynasty. The local dialect usually calls the ridge ditch "town" or "surge". Shenzhen is named for its dense Shui Ze and deep ditch beside the village. Shenzhen is also called Pengcheng.

The history of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is less than 30 years, but it has a history of human activities of more than 6,700 years (there were aborigines living in Shenzhen in the middle of Neolithic Age), a history of counties of 1700 years, a history of Nantou City and Dapeng City of more than 600 years, and a history of Hakka immigration of more than 300 years.

1979 The Central Committee and Guangdong Province decided to set up Shenzhen. 1In August, 980, the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) approved the establishment of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

This city, which has profound cultural heritage and is full of innovation and fashion, is undergoing tremendous changes.

natural resource

The total land area of Shenzhen is 1952.84 km2, of which Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is 395.8 1 km2.

There are more than 60 rivers/kloc-0 in the whole city, which belong to Dongjiang River, Bay and Pearl River Estuary. There are 24 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 525 million cubic meters. Shenzhen Reservoir is located in the east of the city, with a total storage capacity of more than 40 million cubic meters, which is the main source of domestic water for Shenzhen and Hong Kong residents.

With a coastline of 230 kilometers, Shenzhen is rich in marine resources, with excellent bay ports and excellent sea conditions. The territory of mountains, beautiful scenery, the highest peak of 943.7 meters. In the east, there are great and small Meisha, Dapeng Peninsula country forest and other golden coastline scenery, while in the west, there are abundant natural tourism resources such as mangroves, Neilingding Island Nature Reserve and maritime pastoral scenery.

administrative division

Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, China. Shenzhen Special Economic Zone is within its jurisdiction. Shenzhen has six administrative districts and Guangming New District. Luohu District, Futian District, Nanshan District and Yantian District are located in the special economic zones, while Baoan District, Longgang District and Guangming New District are located outside the special economic zones. There are 55 sub-district offices in the city.

population composition

Since the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, immigrants have settled in Shenzhen, and the population has increased rapidly since the city was built. At the end of 2007, the resident population was 86 1.55 million, of which the registered population was 2 1.238 million, accounting for 24.7% of the resident population. The non-registered population is 649 1.7 million, accounting for 75.3%. There are more than 360,000 ethnic minorities in Shenzhen, which is the second largest city with 56 ethnic groups in China after Beijing.

Immigrant culture

As a window of reform and opening up and a new immigrant city, combined with the unique geographical and humanistic environment, Shenzhen's culture is open, inclusive and innovative, and it is the most dynamic capital suitable for talents at home and abroad to start businesses. In recent years, Shenzhen has been selected by relevant institutions as "the most economically dynamic city" and "the most popular city for migrant workers" in China.

Lang.

Mandarin is the local mainstream language in Shenzhen. Many public service organizations, professionals and businesses can provide services in English, and most teenagers can speak English. The city is carrying out various forms of foreign language learning activities such as "millions of citizens speak foreign languages" to improve the foreign language popularization rate of public services and improve the citizens' foreign language application ability.

Climatic condition

Shenzhen has a subtropical maritime climate, which is warm and pleasant with abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature is 22.4℃, the frost-free period is 355 days, the annual average rainfall is 1933.3 mm, and the sunshine is 2 120.5 hours, which is suitable for tourism all year round.

City trees and flowers

The city trees in Shenzhen are litchi and mangrove.

The city flower of Shenzhen is azalea.

city construction

After 28 years of construction and development, the construction of municipal infrastructure such as roads, lighting, sanitation, greening, drainage and transportation in Shenzhen has begun to take shape, and the urban functions tend to be perfect. The urban built-up area is 7 19.88 square kilometers. In 2007, the investment in urban infrastructure was 43.94 billion yuan, an increase of 65.438+09.8% over the previous year. The city's tap water penetration rate reached 100%.

China has the highest comprehensive index of urban quality of life.

In 2005, the Beijing Institute of International Urban Development published the Report on the Quality of Life in China, and evaluated the quality of life index of 100 key cities in China. The city with the highest quality of life is Shenzhen.

Asia-Pacific regional international city adjacent to Hong Kong

Shenzhen is only 45 minutes' drive from Hong Kong Island. Shenzhen is developing into an important regional international city. At present, the permanent population of Shenzhen is 18380, and the temporary population is 4 14026, from 133 countries. In 2007, more than 4 million foreigners entered through Shenzhen Port. About 10% of the housing area in Shenzhen is owned by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and foreigners.

Respected and civilized city

Shenzhen, one of the "Top Ten Civilized Cities in China", always takes safeguarding people's interests as the first pursuit, arouses people's creativity to the maximum, respects people's rights to the maximum and realizes people's interests to the maximum. Every year, Shenzhen holds "Caring Action" to mobilize the whole society to help the disadvantaged groups. Shenzhen's per capita book purchase ranks first among large and medium-sized cities in China, and it is a respected city for reading. Shenzhen's urban civilization index and citizen care index have increased year by year. Shenzhen has also been rated as "National Double Support Model City" for four consecutive times.

Volunteer worker

"It is difficult to find volunteers, and you have time to be volunteers". Founded in 1990, Shenzhen Volunteer Union is the earliest organized volunteer team in China. There are about 200 charitable organizations including volunteer organizations in Shenzhen, with about 530,000 volunteers in various forms. The youngest is only 14 years old and the oldest is 78 years old. On average, he is engaged in more than 30 service projects in 16 category every day.