The 2023 Shenzhen Global Investment Promotion Conference assembled more than 1,000 guests from home and abroad and witnessed the signing of over 380 projects that involve investments surpassing 1 trillion yuan (US$139.8 billion).

Shenzhen, despite being a young and modern city, boasts its own intangible cultural heritage some of which dates back more than 1,000 years. This “Shifu” series of Chinese-English documentaries feature Rafael Antonio Saavedra Molina from Venezuela visiting Shenzhen’s intangible cultural heritage inheritors who he adores as “师傅” (pronounced “shī fu”,skilled craftsmen) and “师父” (also pronounced “shī fu”,teachers or mentors).

Here are the success stories of Shenzhen-based companies that have ventured onto the global stage.

Shenzhen is accelerating efforts in building itself into a City of Superchargers. The city, which had built a total of 44 supercharging stations by September, plans to build 150 public supercharging stations by the end of 2023, with the goal of doubling it to 300 by March 2024.

The 24th Shenzhen Reading Month, with over 2,000 activities lined up and 11 subvenues set up across the city, intends to advocate understanding history, facilitate the inheritance and innovation of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and strive to create a new culture that belongs to this era.

The 25th China Hi-Tech Fair, the largest in its history in terms of exhibition area, is held simultaneously at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Futian District and the Shenzhen World Exhibition and Convention Center in Bao'an from Nov. 15 to 19.

The 15th China Cup International Regatta was held at Daya Bay in Dapeng New Area from Nov. 2 to 6 and attracted more than 200 teams of 1,200-odd sailors from over 30 countries and regions.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by President Xi Jinping. Aiming to revive the ancient Silk Road with new concepts, new mechanisms and new practices, the initiative has brought subtle and crucial changes across BRI countries. The stories we will feature aim to take readers through the changes brought about by the BRI.

Explore Shenzhen for its iconic landmarks, instagrammable places, picturesque parks as well as coffee shops and flower markets that are scattered around the city.

Over 1,000 artists and art groups from more than 30 countries and regions, mostly along the Belt and Road, stage a total of 59 performances for the 54-day music feast across the city.

Shenzhen has been given many nicknames: city of migrants, city of high tech, city of parks, city of design…Behind these glittering titles are people, people like you and me, people who find their value in their work, people who have stories to tell.

Shenzhen's biodiversity through Isaac Cohen's lens. Cohen, a biology teacher from Colombia, has been recording with his camera lens the beautiful and colorful wildlife in Shenzhen since arriving in town in the summer of 2017.