Main Venue｜Shenzhen Civic Square

Opening: 6:00pm, 6 December, 2009 (Sunday)
Exhibition Dates: 6 December, 2009 – 23 January, 2010
Opening Hours:
11:00am－7:00pm (Monday – Friday, Please note: the underground exhibition hall is closed for maintenance on Monday)
10:00am－8:00pm (Friday, Saturday)

Sub-Venue | Shenzhenwan Avenue, Nanshan District

Opening: 2:00pm, 5 December, 2009 (Saturday)
Exhibition Dates: 5 December, 2009 – 23 January, 2010
Opening Hours: 10:00am－10:00pm (Everyday)

Sub-Venue | Yitian Holiday Plaza, Nanshan District

Exhibition Dates: 6 December, 2009 – January 23, 2010
Opening Hours:
10:00am－10:00pm (Monday – Friday)
10:00－10:30pm (Saturday, Sunday)

Main Venue | Shenzhen Civic Square

Address: Shenzhen Civic Square, Fuzhong Rd 3, Futian District, Shenzhen

By metro: Take Line No.4 (Longhua line) to Shiminzhongxin Station. Exit C or D
By bus: Take Bus 107, 15, 123, 232, 234, 236, 244, 374, 38, 398, 41, 60, 64, K578, N9 and get off Shiminzhongxin stop, walk to the south and cross the Civic Center and you will reach the square.
Parking: Pengcheng Rd 3 and Pengcheng Rd 4 (free), Shenzhen Library & Concert Hall, Shenzhen Central Bookmall and the underground space of the Civic Square

Sub-Venue | Shenzhenwan Avenue, Nanshan District

Address: Shenzhenwan Avenue, Nanshan District, Shenzhen

By bus: Take Bus 37, 39, 70, 80, K113, 113, 328 and get off at Haiyabaihuo stop
Take Bus 51, 121, 109, 322, 344 to Nanshanwenhuazhongxin stop
Take Bus N8, 19 to Jiajiahaoyuan Stop
Take Bus 72, 121 to Xuefuzhongxue stop
Take Bus B605 to Nanshanhongxinqu terminus
Take Bus 39, 121, 229 to Hai‘ancheng Stop
Parking: Underground parking lots of buildings in Nanshan Central District

Sub-Venue | Yitian Holiday Plaza, Nanshan District

Address: Yitian Holiday Plaza, 9028 Shennan Boulevard, Shenzhen (oppsite to Shiiiezhichuang/ Window of the World)

By metro: Take Line No.1 (Luobao Line) to Shijiezhichuang station. Exit C
By bus: Take Bus 372, 301-305, 204, 223, 301, 369, K113 to Shijiezhichuang stop
Parking: Floor B3, Yitian Holiday Plaza

International guests

Hong Kong International Airport to Shenzhen (Border)

By Shuttle bus: Take direct shuttle bus at the Arrival Hall of Hong Kong Airport and get off at Luohu to go through Luohu Border or get off at Huanggang to go through Huanggang Border. Bus departs every half an hour or every hour from 7:05am to 8:05pm, (9:05pm and 10:05pm to Luohu only). 100-150 HKD

By Ferry: Take the ferry at SkyPier at Hong Kong International Airport and get off at Shenzhen Shekou Pier to go through Shekou Border. Ferry departs every half an hour from 9:00am to 9:50pm. 220 HKD

By Train: Take the Airport Express to Kowloon Tong MTR Station and then transfer to KCR train and get off at Lo Wu Station to go through Luohu Border or get off at Lok Ma Chau Station to go through Futian border. 180 HKD

Guangzhou Baiyun Airport to Shenzhen

By Shuttle bus: Take shuttle bus and get off Shenzhen Bagua Rd 1. Find ticket offices at Gate 7 of Zone A and Gate 10 of Zone B in the Arrival Hall of Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. Buses in Zone A are 10 mins earlier. Bus departs every hour from 10:00am to 9:00pm. 90 RMB

By Train: Go to the Guangzhou Train Station from the airport first, then take CRH Train which departs every half an hour. The trip normally takes 50 mins. 55 RMB for first-class seat, 46 RMB for second-class seat. Or take air-conditioned express train which departs every 15-20 mins. 24 RMB for hard seat, 78 RMB for hard sleeper and 111 RMB for soft sleeper.

Shenzhen is a coastal city in South China known as the forefront of China’s economic reform. Formerly a small fishing village, it was officially nominated by China’ s reformist leader Deng Xiaoping as the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in 1980, thanks to its immediate adjacency to Hong Kong. The economy of Shenzhen has since rapidly boomed due to foreign investment since then and has proved to be the most successful Special Economic Zone in China.

Shenzhen is located in the Pearl River Delta. The municipality covers an area of 2,050 km² (790 sq. miles) including urban and rural areas, with a total population of 8,615,500, at the end of 2007, only 25 % of which had legal permanent residence. Shenzhen is a sub-tropical maritime region, with an average temperature of 22.4°C year-round (72°F). Formerly a hilly area, Shenzhen’s landscape has been replaced largely by flat lands for development. As an important portal for import and export, the port of Shenzhen is ranked as the world’s fourth-busiest port and the city’s output is comparable to a medium-sized province in China. In 2008, the GDP reached a record high of 780.65 billion Yuan, an increase of 12.1% over 2007. Its GDP per capita was 89,814 Yuan (US$13,153), making it one of the richest cities in China.

Plans to join forces and create a dual world-class metropolis with Hong Kong are underway. It was claimed that Shenzhen-Hong Kong could be the third largest metropolis in GDP terms by 2020, only behind New York City and Tokyo. The two cities are developing further cooperation on financial services, hi-tech and high-end research and development, transport, environmental matters and ecology.

Shenzhen can be reached by air, train, sea and road.

Additional reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenzhen
http://english.sz.gov.cn/