Nanshan District, Shenzhen


Nanshan District is one of the nine districts comprising Shenzhen. It encompasses the southwest area of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, with a population of 1.08 million. In 2013, the district of Nanshan's local GDP output exceeded 320 billion RMB. The region has an established tourism industry and is home to several sightseeing locations.
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 one of the nation's richest districts.

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 587 metres tall, Yangtaishan has the highest elevation in the district, with Tanglangshan being the second at 430 metres and third being Nanshan of height 336 metres. The district has a total coastline of 55.18 kilometres.

History

Nanshan was largely a rural area before being rapidly developed since the late 1970s, with the exception of a few towns and villages. Nantou, the seat of Bao'an County for almost 1700 years was located within the district.
In September 1983, Nantou district was established; it was county-level administratively. Less than a year later in August 1984 Shekou, which came to be known as Shekou subdistrict today, split off as a separate district from Nanshan. In September 1990 the two districts combined to form the present Nanshan District.
Nanshan experienced large sums of migrants from other parts of the country. Much of the original towns in the district had either been demolished to make way for developments or became what are to be known as urban villages.

Demographics

As of the end of 2011, Nanshan district has a total resident population of 1,087,936 and a census-registered population of 0.5492 million. The vast majority of the population are concentrated in the southern half of the district.

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 six metro lines operated by Shenzhen Metro:
The Shekou Passenger Terminal offers ferry service to Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau.
Cross boundary coaches to and from Hong Kong are also available at Shenzhen Bay Port. The port it located geographically at Shekou hence all coach will travel along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor to get to Hong Kong.

Economy

, ZTE, China Resources Beverage, amongst others, have their headquarters in 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 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.

Free Trade Zones

Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone is a large masterplanned commercial free trade zone comprising of reclaimed land under construction in Qianhai, Nanshan. Upon scheduled completion in 2020, special policies including lower taxation rates would be implemented in the new district.
Shekou is another free trade zone, redeveloping from a former industrial zone.

Education

Universities

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

Government secondary schools

The Chinese word Zhongxue 中学, rendered in English as "middle school," may refer to either schools with grade 7-9 lower secondary levels and/or grade 10-12 upper secondary levels. Dr. Elisabeth P. Montgomery, Senior Advisor on Internationalization for the Nanshan District Education Bureau, is the first foreigner to hold such a position in China. She helped design education curricula for Nanshan grades 1-12 and is one of three designers of Shenzhen YuCai High School, International Department. Additionally, she is Foreign Vice Principal at the South China University of Science and Technology Education Group, International Advisor in China and Latin America, and public school Inspector.
Some are governed by the Shenzhen municipal government. Those include:
Some are governed by the Nanshan District government. Those include:
Other:
There are four Anglophone international high schools and private high schools in Nanshan. Several of these high schools all offer British, 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:
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 Centre 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.

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