Shenzhen residents read an average of about 15 books in 2023, including 6.72 paper books, a slight increase compared to 2022, according to a municipal reading report released yesterday, the 29th World Book and Copyright Day and the Ninth Shenzhen Minors Reading Day.

Shenzhen's weather authority has upgraded the orange rainstorm warning to red at 11 a.m. as the city has been experiencing persistent heavy rain over the past three hours, with more expected in the next two to three hours.

At 11 a.m. today, the Shenzhen Meteorological Bureau upgraded the rainstorm warning signal from orange to red in Luohu District, Nanshan District, Futian District, Bao'an District, Guangming District, Longhua District and Longgang District (Henggang, Buji, Bantian, Nanwan, Pinghu, and Jihua subdistricts). The bureau issued an orange alert for rainstorms for the rest of the city.

Shenzhen remains on alert for heavy rain this week.

High school students from 26 countries including Russia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, and China have gathered in Shenzhen for the 58th International Mendeleev Chemistry Olympiad for School Students.

The walkway, located on both sides of the Zhenzhuling Overpass, is part of the city’s initiative to connect five parks in central Futian District and demonstrates the city’s commitment to blending natural landscapes with urban life. Featuring expansive steel footbridges, the trail promises picturesque strolls along its 4.5-meter-wide path.

The 2024 World Tunnel Congress, one of the world’s largest, most prestigious, and most influential professional meetings in the field of tunnel engineering, opened at the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center in Bao’an District yesterday. It brought together more than 3,000 experts, scholars, and business representatives from international tunnel and underground space associations and exhibitors from 79 countries and regions.

To better serve foreign visitors and expats arriving in Shenzhen, we hereby present "A Foreigner's Guide to Shenzhen." Featuring guidebook-style videos and articles, the series will cover various aspects of living, working and traveling in the city from the moment expats arrive, from residency and payments to transportation. In this issue, we provide a general guide to using public transportation.