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
Hong Kong announced that the daily quota for Hong Kong residents traveling to the mainland via land checkpoints will be increased to 65,000 from 50,000 to cope with the surge for the Spring Festival holiday travel between Jan. 18 and 21.
The registration for the Shenzhen Marathon 2022 has started and will end at 5 p.m. tomorrow, the marathon’s organizing committee said Saturday.
Two scientific achievements developed by Shenzhen institutions were listed among the country’s top 10 scientific advances for 2022, marking the notable progress in the city’s original innovation capability.
Temperatures tomorrow and Wednesday in Shenzhen will plunge to the minimum of 8 degrees Celsius as a strong cold air from the north arrived in the city yesterday, according to the Shenzhen Meteorological Observatory.
2023-01-16
Shenzhen's PM2.5 concentration dropped from the highest 62 micrograms per cubic meter since the monitoring data was available to 16 micrograms per cubic meter in 2022, hitting a new record low, the city’s ecology and environment bureau said.
Bullet train G5820 from Hong Kong arrived at Shenzhen North Railway Station at around 7:22 a.m. yesterday after an 18-minute trip, becoming the first train to Shenzhen as the high-speed railway connecting the mainland and Hong Kong resumed operation after nearly three years of suspension due to the pandemic.
Focusing on various themes ranging from special delicacies, modern infrastructure to beautiful scenery, a total of 26 selected works for the Expats Eye GBA Short Video Contest presents the enchantment of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), which wowed audiences at the award ceremony held Saturday at the Shenzhen Book City CBD Store in Futian District.
The cross-border express rail link between Futian High-speed Train Station in Shenzhen and Hong Kong West Kowloon Station will resume services Sunday, China Railway Guangzhou Group Co. Ltd. announced Thursday.
2023-01-13
Parents in Shenzhen who give birth to a third child will be eligible for up to 19,000 yuan (US$2,812) in three years, according to the draft measures recently released to offer childcare subsidies by the Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission.
The year 2022 marked the 10th anniversary of President Xi Jinping's first inspection tour to Qianhai and the one-year anniversary of the issuance of the Qianhai Plan. The Authority of Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone recently unveiled 10 major events that marked Qianhai’s efforts last year in further deepening reform and opening up.
A total of 100 local sanitation workers living in financial difficulty each received 10,000-yuan (US$1,479) aid ahead of the Chinese New Year.
The cross-border express rail link between Futian High-speed Train Station in Shenzhen and Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Station will resume services Sunday, Guangzhou Railway Group Corp. announced today.
2023-01-12
Shenzhen Metro will extend service for an hour for 17 days during the 40-day Spring Festival transport season.
The development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) has been a highlight among the political advisers to the first session of the 13th Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) that began in Guangzhou on Tuesday, according to Shenzhen Special Zone Daily.
A chain restaurant in Shenzhen has offered to provide free meals for those in need, hoping that these people can pass on the kindness when they are no longer struggling financially, Shenzhen Evening News reported recently.
The Shenzhen deputies to the First Session of the 14th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress departed from the city Tuesday. The Shenzhen delegation, the largest-ever with 53 members, will attend the congress that is slated to open in Guangzhou today, Shenzhen Special Zone Daily reported.
Shenzhen has made it through the peak of COVID-19 infections and is making every effort to ensure that citizens enjoy a safe and joyful Spring Festival holiday, according to a press conference held by the city government yesterday.
2023-01-11
Due to a surge of applications for travel permits and endorsements for local residents to visit Hong Kong, Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau’s website http://ga.sz.gov.cn crashed yesterday. The website is now under maintenance.
Shenzhen Metro has seen a rise in ridership, with 36.69 million passenger trips or 5.42 million passengers a day, handled between Jan. 2 and Sunday, the first week of the year.
