深圳市
Location of Shenzhen City jurisdiction in Guangdong
Coordinates: 22°32′6.0″N 114°3′14.4″E / 22.535000°N 114.054000°E / 22.535000; 114.054000 Coordinates : 22°32′6.0″N 114°3′14.4″E / 22.535000°N 114.054000°E / 22.535000; 114.054000 Country People's Republic of China Province Guangdong County-level divisions 6 City March 1979 SEZ formed1 May 1980 • Type Sub-provincial city • CPC Committee Secretary Ma Xingrui • Mayor Xu Qin • Sub-provincial city 2,050 km2 (790 sq mi) • Urban
1,991.64 km2 (768.98 sq mi) Elevation
0-943.7 m (0-3,145.7 ft) • Sub-provincial city 10,630,000 • Density 5,185/km2 (13,430/sq mi) • Urban
10,630,000 • Urban density 5,337.3/km2 (13,824/sq mi) • Major ethnicities
Han Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard )Postal code 518000
GDP 2014 - Total CNY 1.600 trillion USD 260.48 billion - per capita CNY 149,500 USD 24,336 - Growth 8.8%Licence plate prefixes 粤B City flower Bougainvillea City trees Lychee and mangrove Website sz.gov.cn
Shenzhen (Chinese : 深圳 )([ʂə́n.ʈʂə̂n] ( listen ) ) is a city in Guangdong province, China . It is just north of Hong Kong . It has a subtropical climate.
People speak Mandarin and the Guangzhou dialect of Cantonese in Shenzhen.
Until recently, Shenzhen was a fishing village with just over 30,000 people. In 1980, under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping , Shenzhen became one of China's Special Economic Zones (SEZ). It was in this city where China first experimented with capitalism . Since then, its population has grown to about 10.6 million people.