A photo taken by drone shows Shenzhen, Guangdong province on Aug 26, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Over recent decades, this southeastern Chinese city has grown into an innovation center from a fishing village, with GDP totaling 2.69 trillion yuan ($399 billion) in 2019, surpassing Singapore and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
With more than 17,000 national high and new technology enterprises, the city's high and new technology industry boasted an output value of 2.6 trillion yuan last year.
Teachers and children play at a park in the Futian district of Shenzhen on Sept 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A photo taken by drone shows the view alongside the Dasha River in Shenzhen on Jan 7, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A glimpse of the Shenzhen Civil Center on Oct 12, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A stone with characters "Qianhai" is seen in the Qianhai district of Shenzhen on Oct 12, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
A photo taken by drone shows the Shenzhen Civic Center and Lianhuashan Park on Oct 2, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
