Shenzhen's local consumption at this year's Chinese New Year (CNY) period was among the top six in China, with the average daily consumption in the holiday's first six days up by 66% compared with that of the Spring Festival in 2019, statistics from Chinese on-demand service provider Meituan showed.
2023-01-30
The industrial added value in Shenzhen surpassed 1.1 trillion yuan (US$162.16 billion) in 2022, ranking first among Chinese cities.
Shenzhen saw its gross domestic product (GDP) reach nearly 3.24 trillion yuan (US$477.4 billion) in 2022, up 3.3% year on year, according to the municipal statistics bureau Saturday.
Shenzhen announced the beginning of the construction of 266 projects at a conference centering on high-quality development yesterday, a day after Guangdong Province held a conference on the same theme.
Expats in Shenzhen are ready to celebrate the Spring Festival, the most important traditional festival for Chinese people, looking forward to a new lunar year with good wishes.
2023-01-20
Shenzhen has once again emerged as China’s leading exporter, with exports jumping 13.9% year on year to 2.19 trillion yuan (US$323 billion)in 2022, ranking first for the 30th consecutive year in China, data released by Shenzhen Customs on Thursday suggested.
At a flower fair for this year’s Spring Festival in Futian District on Thursday, three hearing-impaired girls in red from the Special Education Department of Changchun University were introducing an intangible cultural heritage through writing tablets and mobile phone translation apps to fair visitors.
As the Spring Festival is around the corner, many restaurants in the city have been almost fully booked for family reunion dinners on Chinese New Year’s Eve, according to Shenzhen Evening News.
Although it is an old Chinese tradition to set off firecrackers and fireworks at midnight to scare away evil spirits and celebrate the coming of the new year, firework and firecracker celebrations are banned in Shenzhen out of safety considerations.
A cultural feast is being orchestrated for Shenzhen citizens to enjoy the upcoming Spring Festival — a time for family reunions — to take a good break and to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2023-01-19
A B777F wide-body cargo plane, operated by Central Airlines and YunExpress, carrying 78 metric tons of cargo, departed from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport on Monday, heading for Paris.
In Ma's 24-year career as a train policeman, he has encountered such emergencies many times. For him, it is a train policeman's greatest wish to safeguard passengers to their destinations.
Several merchants in HiGreen, Shenzhen's largest agricultural produce wholesale market in Longgang District, told Shenzhen Special Zone Daily that the market has seen a growing flow of people in recent days and the overall fruit sales volume increased.
A charity event is being held at a photo studio in Haiya Mega Mall in Bao’an District until Feb. 14 to offer free photo services for community workers, medical workers, deliverymen, sanitation workers and volunteers, Shenzhen Evening News reported.
Sam's Club said yesterday that no blue-ringed octopuses were found during its suppliers’ seafood selection and product processing, DT News reported.
Ninety minutes ahead of departure for their hometown in Changsha, capital of Hunan Province, on Monday, Li and her husband surnamed Hu, arrived at Shenzhen North Railway Station, waiting for the start of their 800-kilometer trip for their Spring Festival family reunion.
2023-01-18
The resumption of quarantine-free cross-border travel between Shenzhen and Hong Kong on Jan. 8, as well as operation of the high-speed railway connecting the mainland and Hong Kong on Sunday, has excited many who live a dual-city life in the neighboring cities of Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
With the Spring Festival approaching, the major bookstores of Shenzhen Book City have planned 63 festival-themed activities to provide a cultural feast with Chinese charm for residents.
An Italian boy was seen writing Chinese couplets at Futian Checkpoint during a couplets writing activity Sunday. The Italian boy said he would bring the couplets back to Italy, Shenzhen Evening News reported.
As China has lifted COVID-19 restrictions and vowed stronger support for economic growth, Shenzhen has been moving fast to send trade delegations to foreign countries and China’s Hong Kong and Macao to fortify business ties with their overseas peers and seek businesses opportunities in the global market.
2023-01-17
