Conference Creates Win-win for Chinese, UK Enterprises

The Shenzhen-based Tian’an Cyber Park Group will set up a base at Royal Albert Dock to promote Guangdong brands in the U.K., according to an MOU signed at the opening of the 5th CBBC China Outbound Conference & China (Shenzhen)-U.K. Investment Cooperation Conference held at Futian Shangri-La, Shenzhen yesterday. Supported by the Guangdong Provincial Commerce…

4 Driverless Buses Begin Trial Operation in Shenzhen

FOUR smart buses began a trial operation in Futian Bonded Zone in Shenzhen on Saturday. The smart buses, which are smaller than an ordinary bus and equipped with lidar sensors, cameras and GPS antennas, began running on a 1.2-kilometer route with three stops in the zone. They can avoid hitting pedestrians, vehicles and barriers, and…

Directors of World’s Top Museums to Gather in SZ

Directors of more than 60 top museums in the world will join cultural ministers of some countries as well as U.N. cultural officials at an international forum in Shenzhen later this week. The UNESCO High-level Forum on Museums is scheduled to be held from Thursday to Saturday in Shenzhen to discuss the social, educational and…

BGI’s MGI Tech Launches 2 New Genetic Sequencers

A subsidiary of BGI, MGI Tech, announced it had launched two new next-generation genetic sequencers, MGISEQ-2000 and MGISEQ-200, at the 12th International Conference on Genomics in Shenzhen yesterday. The products were unveiled at the conference themed “Omics for All – Global Partnership,” which was held at the China National GeneBank from Oct. 26 to Sunday.…

Products Promote Green Lifestyles

Shortages of fresh water have long been a challenge for humanity, especially in areas with water pollution and insufficient water resources. Now the problem might be solved once and for all as a Shenzhen-based company has developed atmospheric water generators that could extract potable water directly from the air. The water generators are being displayed…

SZ to Mark First Talent Day

Shenzhen will celebrate its first Talent Day Wednesday with the opening of Shenzhen Talent Park along Shenzhen Bay in Nanshan District with an array of activities under the theme “Talent Carnival” to be held at the park. The city has designated Nov. 1 as Talent Day, starting this year, with the aim of raising people’s…

Shenzhen Favoured by Overseas Returnees

Shenzhen ranks third among other cities in 2017 for overseas-educated Chinese who want to find work or start a business, according to a report released by domestic recruitment website Bosszhipin.com, the Shenzhen Economic Daily reported yesterday. With 16.7 percent of all the talents in China, the talent pool in Guangdong ranks first among all provinces,…

BYD Among ‘Most Admirable Firms’

The Shenzhen-based electric carmaker BYD was selected as one of the “50 Most Admirable Chinese Companies” by Fortune magazine, while its two stocks were on the list of the new China “Nifty 50” released by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, according to sznews.com. BYD ranked fifth on the list of the “50 Most Admirable Chinese…

Hainan Airlines to Launch SZ-Cairns Direct Flight

Hainan Airlines will operate direct flights between Shenzhen and Cairns starting Dec. 19, according to an announcement from the airline company with Queensland Tourism Administration recently in Beijing. The Shenzhen-Cairns route will be the airline’s second direct flight to the Australian state of Queensland, following the Shenzhen-Brisbane route launched Sept. 20. The new route is…