A prosperous city : Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Shenzhen is a center of foreign investment and since the late 1970s has been one of the fastest growing cities in the world. It is also the busiest port in China.

Shenzhen faces Daya Bay to the east, reaches Pearl River mouth to the west, borders Hong Kong on the south, and neighbors Huizhou and Dongguan on the north. It covers a total area of 2,020 square kilometers.
In 1980, Shenzhen became China’s first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and its fate took a dramatic turn. Deng Xiaoping, the unofficial patron saint of Shenzhen, decided to put his ideas on economic reform to the test in what was then a rural area, and the results were truly remarkable. The city expanded swiftly. Infrastructure appeared at a lightning pace and skyscrapers shot up at "Shenzhen speed" --three floors per day. Within the first 15 years the industrial revenue of the city increased a thousand-fold.Shenzhen’s fortunes are inextricably linked to its geographical location. Bordering the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region), it functions as a pseudo-gateway for the world’s fastest growing economy. Shenzhen brings in more in export revenue than any other city in China, and its largest international trading partner is Hong Kong. Consequently, thousands of Hong Kong businesses have moved or expanded their operations into Shenzhen. Hong Kong’s residents have now even begun to cross the border to simply shop, eat and drink. Still others even live in Shenzhen and commute to work in Hong Kong each morning.
Shenzhen’s economic fame has drawn millions of migrants from China’s hinterland. The city captures the imaginations of the rich and the poor, the ambitious and the desperate. Everyday, newly arrived hopefuls can be seen stepping off trains and long-distance buses, eager to carve out their proverbial slice of the pie. In the meantime, Shenzhen is moving away from an economy heavily based on textiles, light-industry and services and pushing itself into the high-tech sector. The phenomenal success of the last 25 years shows no sign of waning. For Shenzhen, history has only begun.

Symbol of Shenzhen : Diwang Mansion

Diwang Building, standing head and shoulders above others, has been regarded as the symbol of Shenzhen．It looks magnificent, towering into the clouds. It was started to be built in April 1993 and completed in May 1996. It took only three years from design to construction, and it set a construction record of 2.75 days per floor. Being the symbol of the city in 1990s, Diwang

Mansion is famous for its first-class speed, design, and management.
Its 69th floor is being built into a sight-seeing area and recreation space．It is currently the tallest building in Shenzhen and the 8th tallest in the world. you can pay around 120RMB to go to the viewing deck on the 69th floor and look over the whole city center.

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