Nanshan, Shenzhen


Nanshan District is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, China. It encompasses the southwest area of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, with a population of 1.08 million. In 2022, the district of Nanshan's local GDP output exceeded 800 billion Chinese Yuan or 111 billion US dollars, an economy slightly larger than that of Cuba or Oman. The region has an established tourism industry and is home to several sightseeing locations, as well as multiple seaside parks such as the Shenzhen Bay Park and the Shenzhen Talent Park. Its tallest building is the China Resources Headquarters.
It is known for being the home of Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park, which comprises some of China's largest technology companies and the establishments of well-known international companies, as well as being the nation's richest district of a city-level municipality. The district has some of the most expensive neighbourhoods in China in terms of real estate prices.
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Geography

Nanshan District has a total area of. The area continued to increase due to large scale land reclamation, especially in Qianhai and Houhai. The district is located to the northwest of Deep Bay, east of the Pearl River entrance. Its northern boundary is Yangtaishan, which divides the district with Baoan, while it is bounded south by Inner Lingding Island and Dachan Island, though the Port of Shekou is the southernmost point on the peninsula. Nanshan is situated about a degree south of the Tropic of Cancer and has a humid subtropical climate. It sits directly north of Yuen Long district of Hong Kong. More than half of the district consist of urban areas. Mountainous areas like Tanglangshan and Yangtaishan to the north and Nanshan Park to the south are largely preserved as forests.
At tall, Yangtaishan has the highest elevation in the district, with Tanglangshan being the second at, and Nanshan, third, at. The district has a total coastline of.

History

The history of Nanshan is long. In 331, the Jin government set County of Dongguan and County of Bao'an. These counties' capitals are in Nantou. Before that, in 265, Wu set Ministry of Salt to control the salt production in South China Sea.
In July 1979, the first canon to break the mountain happened in Shekou.

Demographics

In 2021 the population in Nanshan is 1,795,826.

Administrative divisions

Nanshan District is organized into the following subdistricts.
NameChineseHanyu PinyinCanton RomanizationPopulation Area
Nantou Subdistrict南头街道Nántóu Jiēdàonam4 teo4 gai1 dou6163,23716.80
Nanshan Subdistrict南山街道Nánshān Jiēdàonam4 san1 gai1 dou6152,31223.90
Shahe Subdistrict沙河街道Shāhé Jiēdàosa1 ho4 gai1 dou6121,35022.32
Xili Subdistrict西丽街道Xīlì Jiēdàosei1 lei6 gai1 dou6187,83249.16
Shekou Subdistrict蛇口街道Shékǒu Jiēdàosé4 heo2 gai1 dou687,30412.29
Zhaoshang Subdistrict招商街道Zhāoshāng Jiēdàojiu1 sêng1 gai1 dou679,65018.36
Yuehai Subdistrict粤海街道Yuèhǎi Jiēdàoyud6 hoi2 gai1 dou6157,80714.40
Taoyuan Subdistrict桃源街道Táoyuán Jiēdàotou4 yun4 gai1 dou6138,85340.00

Transportation

Shenzhen Metro

Nanshan is currently served by seven metro lines operated by Shenzhen Metro:

Railway stations

Container ports

Maritime transport

The Shekou Passenger Terminal offered ferry service to Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau. The Shekou Cruise Center now serves that role.
Cross-border coaches to and from Hong Kong are also available at Shenzhen Bay Port. The port is located geographically at Shekou, hence all coaches will travel along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor to get to Hong Kong.

Economy

Coolpad, Tencent, ZTE, China Merchants Shekou, Dajiang, and China Resources, among others, have their headquarters at Hi-Tech Park, Nanshan.
The South China office of CR Beverage is in on the 10th floor of the Min Tai Building in the district.
China Nepstar has its headquarters in the Xinnengyuan Building on Nanhai Road, Nanshan District. The headquarters of Evergrande Group are in Nanshan. The drink company Hey Tea has its headquarters in the Aerospace Science And Technology Square. The department store chain Ren Ren Le has its headquarters in Nanshan District.
In 2015, Guangdong Free Trade Area was established in Qianhai-Shekou.

Education

Universities

Eight of Shenzhen's eleven full-time universities are located in Nanshan:

Primary and secondary schools

Government secondary schools

Some are governed by the Shenzhen municipal government. Those include:
Some are governed by the Nanshan District government. Those include:
  • Nanshan Middle School Attached to Beijing Normal University
  • Shenzhen Bolun Vocational and Technical School
  • Shenzhen Nanshan Experimental Education Group
  • * Nanhai Middle School
  • * Qilin Middle School
  • Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language School
  • * Binhai Middle School
  • * Gaoxin Middle School
  • * Taoyuan Middle School
  • * High School
  • Second Foreign Language School of Nanshan
  • * Xuefu Middle School
  • Shenzhen Shekou Yucai Education Group
  • * Yucai High School
  • *
  • * Yucai No. 3 Middle School
  • Shenzhen Nanshan OCT High School 深圳市南山区华侨城中学/華僑城中學
  • * OCT Campus
  • * Shenwan Campus
  • Shenzhen Nantou High School
Other:

International and private schools

There are more than four Anglophone international schools and private schools in Nanshan. Several of these high schools offer International Baccalaureate curriculum, or University of Cambridge International A-Level, or North American style curricula, with English as the main language of instruction. There are also Japanese and South Korean-style schools.
International K-12 schools include:
International 1-9 schools include:

Supplementary schools

Shenzhen Saturday School, a Japanese weekend school, has its office on the 8th floor of the Jinsanjiao Building in Baishizhou. Previously it was based in the Ming Wah International Convention Center in Shekou.
In addition, the Shenzhen Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizes a Korean Saturday school because many Korean students are not studying in Korean-medium schools; the school had about 600 students in 2007. The chamber uses rented space in the OCT Primary School as the Korean weekend school's classroom.