Shenzhen, a seaside city located in Guangdong Province, south of China, is straddling the Mainland China’s border with Hong Kong with advanced transportation system, which is around 45 minutes ride away from HK airport. The coastline of Shenzhen stretches 230 kilometers, which brings rich marine resource and the excellent ports. Shenzhen has 17 sea, land and air ports, including the largest land passenger port —— Luo Hu port and the biggest land cargo port in China —— Huang Gang port. In addition, it also has has the sedond the second large container port in China —— Yantian port. Shenzhen international airport is the 4th large airport in China.
As China's first special economic zone, Shenzhen began to open up to the rest of the world in 1980. And nowadsays it has become one of China's uppermost channels of communication with the world. Shenzhen has perfect business network and more than 1,000 retail networks, including Wal-Mart, Metro, Carrefour, Parkn, Jusco and so on. Meanwhile, Shenzhen is the biggest import & export fruit distribution center and main consumer market. Large-scale import & export wholesale markets are are found everywhere around the city. Perfect transportation facilities creates remarkable business environment for fruit and vegetable import & exportation.
Shenzhen is also a window to view the fashion goods of the world. With the neighbors —— the taxless ports of Hong Kong and Macau, the merchandise here is not only varied but also pretty economical.
Shenzhen has is a young and large city with a population of 14 million, among which the majority are young high-educated immigrants from all over the country. Since its foundation, Shenzhen has created a migrant culture and an innovative spirit of "encouraging innovation and pursuing excellence".