​The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area & Central and Eastern European Countries Economic and Trade Cooperation Exchange Conference was recently held in Shenzhen, bringing together representatives from across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) to explore opportunities for closer economic and cultural ties between China and Central and Eastern European countries.

Exports of robots made in Shenzhen to other APEC economies totaled 4.86 billion yuan (US$730 million) in the first three quarters of this year, up 7.5 times from the same period a year earlier, Shenzhen Customs said Wednesday.

Shenzhen-based UBTECH Robotics has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ChinaEU, a Brussels-based association, to expand its presence in the European robotics market and explore new applications for humanoid robots and other industrial robotics technologies.

Shenzhen Port — a collective name for several ports along the city’s 260-kilometer coastline — had handled 30.1 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers as of Oct. 17, surpassing the 30-million mark three weeks earlier than last year, the city’s transport bureau said.

The Xiaohongshu (Shenzhen) Incubation Center officially opened at the Zhimei Huizhi Industrial Park in Fuyong Subdistrict, Bao’an District, on Oct. 23.

Shenzhen’s economy grew 6.0% year on year in the first three quarters, outperforming China’s national growth rate of 4.6%, driven largely by high-tech and advanced manufacturing, finance, and information technology.

Starbucks China said Wednesday it will invest more than 300 million yuan (US$44.9 million) in its 2027 fiscal year to upgrade customer service across its stores, as the coffee chain looks to sharpen its in-store experience in one of its key markets.

​Shenzhen’s foreign trade reached a record 4.65 trillion yuan (US$696 billion) in the first three quarters, up 38.8% from a year earlier and surpassing last year’s full-year total, according to a press conference held by the Guangdong Provincial Government yesterday.