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2015-Promotional Brochure of Invest Shenzhen.Pdf CONTACT US ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN Add: 12/F, Great China International Exchange Square, No1， Fuhua Road 1, Futian District, Shenzhen Tel: (0086) 755-82004023 Fax: (0086) 755-82004008 E-mail：[email protected] Website: www.investshenzhen.gov.cn North American Office (www.shenzhenoffice.org) Los Angeles Tel: (001 213) 628-9888 Fax: (001 213) 628-8383 E-mail: [email protected] New York Tel: (001 212）968-1888 Fax: (001 212）898-0490 MANGROVE NATURE RESERVE E-mail: [email protected] SHENZHEN STOCK EXCHANGE SHENZHEN BAO’AN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SHENZHEN CBD CONCERT HALL SHENZHEN CIVIC CENTER European Office (www. investshenzhen.gov.cn) Brussels INNOVATION IS GREAT NATURE IS GREAT VITALITY IS GREAT ECONOMY IS GREAT SERVICE IS GREAT TRANSPORTATION IS GREAT Tel: (0032) 483-430-328 Fax: (0032) 483-430-328 E-mail: [email protected] Shenzhen was China’s first National Innovative City pilot area, was included Shenzhen is a beautiful city. The city is located in the south of the Tropic of Shenzhen is a fantastically vital city. The average age of its residents is 30, Shenzhen is mainland China’s most “marketized” city, one in which the Shenzhen’s municipal government is one of the most efficient governments Shenzhen has a three dimensional transportation network. Its port in the first group of National Intellectual Property Rights Pilot Cities, and is Cancer, at the junction of the tropics and sub-tropics, and the climate is and this, along with the fact that a large number of highly educated market economy has been developed both fully and soundly. Shenzhen nation-wide, and is an advocate not only for the construction of governance numbers rank first nationwide, and its transportation advantages are the first entire city to be named as a National Self-Innovation thus warm and comfortable. Moreover, with 230 kilometers of coastline, talented professionals are gathered here, gives the city an atmosphere has a fair market environment and a full respect for enterprises, which based on the rule of law, but also for service-type and clean governance. quite evident -- 32 airlines operate at Shenzhen airport on 172 routes, Japanese Office (www.shenzhenoffice.jp) Demonstration Zone. Shenzhen has long placed innovation as a leading Shenzhen offers an attractive coastal setting. Shenzhen is home to 869 brimming with a love for learning and a reverence for science. thus have greater development opportunities in Shenzhen. Shenzhen Shenzhen has made full use of the advantages that being a special economic connecting 120 cities. strategy in its development by using innovation to improve the quality of parks, and green space covers 45% of the urban area of the city, making currently has 30,000 science/technology enterprises, and the number of 95% of Shenzhen’s residents come from elsewhere, and the resulting zone confers in terms of legislative power to build a fair, transparent, and Tokyo both economic and industrial development, and is fully committed to for comfortable city living. Shenzhen’s national-level high-tech enterprises reached 4,742 at the end The Pearl River Delta in which Shenzhen is located has globally unrivalled merging of cultures has given the city an open and inclusive character— relaxed business environment. building an environment that fosters comprehensive innovation. of 2014. infrastructure and facility advantages. From Shenzhen, key parts for almost Tel: (00813) 5733-2244 Green, low-carbon development has become a new feature of cities the idea that “once you’ve come, you’re a Shenzhener” has become a With marketization, achieving the rule of law, and internationalization as any industry can be procured in less than a one-hour drive, meaning that Fax: (00813) 3432-5333 Science and technology have already become the main engines behind today, and Shenzhen is an advocate for obtaining higher quality economic point of common understanding among the city’s residents. Shenzhen Over the past 30+ years, Shenzhen’s GDP growth has averaged 25% per its goals, Shenzhen has energetically promoted multiple reforms, scientific research accomplishments can quickly be transformed into E-mail: [email protected] Shenzhen’s development. R&D investment from across all levels of society benefits from lower consumption of resources and energy. The city’s has an innovative culture that “encourages innovation, and does not year, making it one of the world’s fastest growing cities, and also streamlined government and relaxed governance, and greatly improved innovative products. Shenzhen is very close to the world’s most developed (95% of which came from companies) accounted for approximately 4.02% energy and water consumption per 10,000 RMB of GDP is the lowest of stigmatize failure” and an entrepreneurial spirit of “innovate or die.” allowing this former small fishing village to transform into one of China’s administrative processes. Shenzhen leads the nation’s move towards markets--its border with Hong Kong is open 24/7, and it is only a one-hour of GDP in 2014, equivalent to the level of South Korea, the world’s second all of China’s mainland cities. Shenzhen’s PM 2.5 levels rank fourth lowest most economically developed cities. Shenzhen’s 2014 GDP exceeded 1.6 Shenzhen is one of the most popular cities among college students, and streamlining incorporation procedures to help reform the business ride to Hong Kong’s airport. After products are manufactured and leave highest ranking country in terms of R&D investment-to-GDP ratio. 11,600 on the nation’s air quality ranking of 74 major cities, and first among trillion RMB, the size of its economy continued to rank 4th among Australian Office (www.setro.org.au) is one of the first-choice cities for those returning from studying abroad to registration system and inspire an enthusiasm for entrepreneurship—this factories, they can be sent anywhere in the world in less than an hour from PCT international patent applications were filed in 2014, up 15.9% year on China’s first-tier cities in this regard. mainland China’s medium/large cities, and its GDP per capita reached work and start businesses in. A large number of foreigners and Hong is one reason why Shenzhen has 1.74 million business entities, ranking Shenzhen and Hong Kong’s ports. year, and Shenzhen has accounted for approximately half of the nation’s 23,900 USD, placing it onto an innovation-driven orbit. Sydney Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents also live and work in Shenzhen on a the city first among China’s medium/large cities in this regard. PCT applications for 11 consecutive years. Shenzhen is on the United Nation’s Environment Programme’s “ Global Tel: (0061 2) 9411-2388 500 Roll of Honour”, and is the first “international garden city” in China. permanent basis. nd Both Shenzhen’s total imports/exports from foreign trade and its Shenzhen ranked 2 on Forbes magazine’s ranking of “Mainland nd Shenzhen is “China’s Silicon Valley”—the city is a paradise for innovation Shenzhen has one of “China’s eight most beautiful coastlines”, and was The Economist Weekly: “Of the world’s 4,300 special economic exports rank first among mainland China’s large cities; this is the 22 Fax: (0061 2) 9411-7959 China’s Best Cities for Business.” zones, Shenzhen is the most successful”. and entrepreneurship, and is greatly committed to building itself into an listed by the New York Times as one of 31 must-visit tourist destinations Shenzhen has been given the title of being a “Global Model for the nd consecutive ‘victory’ in mainland China for Shenzhen’s exports. E-mail:[email protected] international makers center with a reputation that attracts makers from On the Global Financial Centres Index, Shenzhen ranked 22 in the Shenzhen ranked first on the China Studies Centre’s (Washington In 2014, Shenzhen's port handling capacity ranked third worldwide in the world. Promotion of Reading” by the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural world as a global financial city, second in mainland China. around the world. In an evaluation by the International Talent magazine, Shenzhen was Organization (UNESCO). D.C.) ranking of China’s 100 Best City Governments in 2014. amongst container ports. Shenzhen’s Bao’an International Airport is England’s Nature magazine labeled Shenzhen as one of “China’s In 2014, Shenzhen had 187 reforms that ranked as “leading” or mainland China’s fourth largest airport. Forbes’ China edition has released a ranking of mainland Chinese cities’ found to be “one of the three most popular mainland Chinese cities There are 1.10 million registered volunteers and 538 community 10 Strongest Cities for Real Scientific Research Ability.” with foreign professionals.” service centers in Shenzhen, helping it earn the reputation of being a “firsts” nationwide. Shenzhen ranked as one of Foreign Direct Investment’s (FDI) “10 innovative capabilities for the last five years, and in 2014 Shenzhen Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future”. reclaimed the number one spot after taking it in 2011. “city of volunteers.” Of the ten Chinese nationals on Forbes’ “2014 China-US Innovators” list, Over 285,000 pianos are owned in Shenzhen, meaning that there are five were from Shenzhen. over 10 pianos owned for every 100 households, giving the city the Shenzhen has won 36 of the nation’s major science and technology name of “city of pianos.” awards (including the State Technological Invention award’s first prize) over the past three years. ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN ADVANTAGES OF SHENZHEN CONTACT US SHENZHEN REFERENCES FOR COMPANY’S OPERATION EXPENSES SHENZHEN BASICS IN MY EYES UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL IRINA BOKOVA Shenzhen is a clean and green city, the layout of the ABOUT US entire city and architecture Rich sense of design, has the color of vitality and distinctive.
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