Brief information about the Shenzhen
It forms a portion of the Pearl River Delta megalopolis, bordering Hong Kong across the Sham Chun River to the south, Huizhou into the northeast and Dongguan into the northwest, and stocks marine boundaries with Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Zhuhai into the west and southwest Throughout the estuary.
Shenzhen's cityscape results from its vibrant economy--made possible by rapid foreign investment following the institution of the policy of "reform and opening-up" in 1979. The city is a major international technology hub, dubbed the Silicon Valley of China and by media as the Silicon Valley.
It had been one of the fastest-growing cities in the entire world in the 1990s and the 2000s, and continues to be rated second on the list "top 10 cities to visit at 2019" from Lonely Planet. Shenzhen, which roughly follows the administrative boundaries of Bao'an County, formally became a city in 1979, taking its name from the former county town, whose train station was the final stop on the Mainland Chinese section of the railroad between Canton and Kowloon.
As the first special economic zone of China , Shenzhen was established in 1980. Shenzhen's registered population at 2017 was estimated at 12,905,000. However, local authorities and governments estimate the true population to be about 20 million, as a result of large populations of inhabitants, migrants that are floating that are unregistered residents, commuters, visitors, as well as other inhabitants.
Shenzhen ranks 9th at the 2019 Global Financial Centres Index. It has the third largest container port in the world.