Motorists traveling regularly between Shenzhen, Dongguan and Guangzhou may soon see relief from chronic congestion on the Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, one of the busiest highways in China.

​A surge in visitors from foreign countries and China’s Macao and Taiwan has helped drive Shenzhen’s cross-border passenger traffic, which has surpassed 200 million trips so far in 2026, according to the city’s immigration authorities.

Two Shenzhen parks have been named winners in the 2026 World Urban Parks Awards, with Shenzhen Bay Park recognized in the Large Urban Parks category and Bijiashan Sports Park in the New Park Project category.

Shenzhen Daily signed a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pakistan’s Daily Kasoti and Kasoti Digital on Sept. 4, ahead of the Asia-Pacific Media Forum, to promote media cooperation. Amjad Aziz Malik signed the agreement less than a day after arriving in Shenzhen for the first time.

Shenzhen University of Information Technology (SUIT) welcomed 6,200 new students September 5 and 6, marking a major expansion in both enrollment scale and student quality as the newly established public vocational university continues its development as a vocational undergraduate institution.

Many of them noted that the forum provided an important platform for Asia-Pacific media to strengthen exchanges and cooperation and deepen mutual understanding, while also giving the international community a closer look at Shenzhen's dynamism in technological innovation, industrial upgrading and opening up.

Held under the theme “Building a Path to Shared Prosperity for the Asia-Pacific Community: Media Consensus and Action,” the forum explored the role of media in promoting regional openness, technological innovation, green development and people-to-people exchanges. The Shenzhen Consensus of the Asia-Pacific Media Forum was released as one of the key outcomes of the event, setting out a shared vision and concrete proposals for media cooperation across the region.

How did a former border town grow into a modern international metropolis in just a few decades? On September 4, the Shenzhen Sub-forum of the Asia-Pacific Media Forum was held.