Main structures of Science City startup area topped off

THE main structures of the Guangming Science City startup area were completed Saturday, Shenzhen Economic Daily reported. With a total construction area of 231,212 square meters, the project in the startup area of Guangming Science City is located in the northeast part of Guangming District. The core buildings are two major scientific facilities in the…

24 SZ enterprises among China’s top 500

A TOTAL of 24 Shenzhen enterprises are listed in China’s Top 500 Companies in 2020, which demonstrates the city’s strengths in high technology, Internet, finance and advanced manufacturing. Local companies on the list include Ping An, Huawei, Amer, Evergrande, China Merchants Bank, Tencent and Vanke. High-tech giant Huawei ranks 11th and Tencent takes 52nd place.…

Law service office for expats opens in Shekou

SHEKOU Foreign Legal Assistance Center, said to be the first public legal service platform for expatriates in Guangdong Province, opened in Shekou, Nanshan District, on Thursday. The center, managed by the Shekou Subdistrict Office and Shenzhen Municipal Justice Bureau, will offer nonprofit legal consultation, legal aid, notarization, and tax and visa consultation services to expatriates…

City OK’d for building national strength in transportation

SHENZHEN has been approved by the Ministry of Transport as a pilot city in the country’s drive to build national strength in transportation. According to an official document published on the official website of the ministry Wednesday, Shenzhen has been given the go-ahead to pilot constructions of ahigh-quality innovative international air transportation hub, metropolitan railways…

Shenzhen sees over 90,000 foreign-invested enterprises

SHENZHEN — More than 90,000 foreign-invested enterprises have been set up in Shenzhen, one of the symbols of China’s reform and opening up, since the city issued the first business license for a foreign-funded company in 1981. According to the municipal government, Shenzhen has, by the end of July, licensed over 94,000 foreign direct investment…

City tops high-quality development list

SHENZHEN took the top spot in a ranking of 35 major cities in the country in terms of high-quality development, according to a Shenzhen Economic Daily report yesterday. The city also ranked first in three categories — comprehensive performance, coordinated development and green development, as per the 2020 Chinese Cities High-quality Development Report by the…

SZ makes breakthrough in IPR protection

SHENZHEN ranked first among 156 sub-provincial and prefecture-level cities in China in the performance appraisal of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in 2019, according to the results published by the National Intellectual Property Administration. The city occupied the first place in terms of patent applications, patent authorization, growth rate of patent authorization, maintenance rate of…

SZ boasts 308 listed firms

THE number of A-share listed companies in Shenzhen had reached 308 as of June 10, once again surpassing Shanghai, which recorded a total of 307 publicly traded companies, Shenzhen Economic Daily yesterday. Since the beginning of this year, there have been 11 Shenzhen companies and only five Shanghai companies listed in the A-share market —…

City’s health care reform model wins national award

THE Shenzhen Municipal Health Commission won the special contribution award of the CHIP Awards for building an integrated, efficient and quality health care system at the 2020 China Health Care Innovation Summit in Shanghai on Saturday. The CHIP Awards, billed as the Oscars in China’s health care sector, aim to recognize and reward innovation related…