Shenzhen (Chinese: 深圳) is a major city in Southern China, Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.  As the result of the vibrant economy made possible by rapid foreign investment since the policy of "reform and opening" establishment in late 1979, Shenzhen has became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones.

Being southern mainland China's major financial center, Shenzhen is home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous high-tech companies. Shenzhen is also one of the busiest container ports in China. In 2010, Shenzhen GDP reached a record high of 951 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7% over 2009. Shenzhen's economic output is ranked fourth among the 659 Chinese cities (behind Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou), and it is comparable to that of a medium sized province in China. In 2010, Shenzhen's GDP per capita was 95,000 yuan (US$14,615), making it one of the richest of all Chinese cities, which making Shenzhen now considered to be one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.

For cultural exchange, Shenzhen hosted the 26th Summer Universidad in August 2011. As of July 2012, Shenzhen has become sister cities with 24 foreign cities and regions including: Houston (USA), Brisbane (Australia), Nuremberg (Germany), Vienne (France), Samara-Oblast (Russia), Brescia (Italian), Barcelona (Spain), Poznan (Poland), Walloon – Brabant (Belgium), Minsk (Belarus), Gwangyang (Korea), Tsukuba (Japan) , Johor Bahru (Malaysia), Luxor (Egypt ) and so on.

As Shenzhen is located bordering Hong Kong, it has very close business, trade and social links with Hong Kong as demonstrated by the statistics presented below. As of December 2007, there are six land crossing points on the boundary between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. In 2006, there were around 20,500 daily vehicular crossings of the boundary in each direction. Of these 65 percent were cargo vehicles, 27 percent cars and the remainder buses and coaches. Trade with Hong Kong in 2006 consisted of US$333 billion of imports of which US$298 billion were re-exported. Of these figures 94 percent were associated with China. It was claimed that Shenzhen-Hong Kong joint cities circle could be the third largest metropolis in the world in GDP terms by 2020, only behind New York City and Tokyo. On 21 November 2007, the Shenzhen Government officially endorsed this policy and included it in the Shenzhen planning blueprint for the period up to 2020.

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View of Shenzhen from Hong Kong / 香港遥望深圳之景

深圳别称鹏城，位于中华人民共和国广东省，是中国最早的经济特区，亦为副省级城市及五座计划单列市之一。东部及北部与惠州市、东莞市毗邻，南部与香港接壤，辖6个行政区和4个行政管理区，在中国改革开放初期曾创造过著名的“深圳速度”，被视为中国改革开放的“试验田”及展示改革开放成果的窗口。

深圳经济总量相当于中国一个中等省份，位居全国大中城市第四位。英国《经济学人》2012年全球最具经济竞争力城市排名中，深圳位居第二。深圳地处珠江三角洲前沿，是连接香港和中国内地的纽带和桥梁，在中国高新技术产业、金融服务、外贸出口、海洋运输、创意文化等多方面占有重要地位。2012年，深圳生产总值为12950亿元，比上年增长10.0%，人均GDP接近2.2万美元，为国内大中城市第一。深圳外贸出口总额已连续20年位居全国大中城市榜首。2010伦敦金融城公布的全球金融中心指数显示，深圳是全球排名第九的金融中心。

深圳也是中国华南沿海重要的海陆空交通枢纽城市，城际间航空、铁路、高速公路等一应俱全；城市内亦有里程较高的城市地铁，接驳巴士和出租车。由于毗邻香港，市域边界设有全国最多的出入境口岸，其中皇岗口岸实施24小时通关。2011年8月，深圳举办了第26届世界大学生夏季运动会。截至2012年7月16日，深圳市与美国休斯敦市、澳大利亚布里斯班市、德国纽伦堡市、西班牙巴塞罗那市、波兰波兹南市等24个外国城市结为友好交流城市。

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Shenzhen CBD / 深圳中心商务区