CHINA
Shenzhen
Added to UNESCO
Creative Cities
Network in 2008
Shenzhen is a major design hub and one of the leading design cities in China.The city,which used to be an ordinary border town neighboring Hong Kong,was chosen as China's first special economic zone on August 26,1980.As the vanguard spearheading China's reform and opening-up policy,the city has been regarded as the model for the country's eco-nomic success over the past three decades.The concept of modern Chinese design was gradu-ally created in Shenzhen and has increasingly become a part of the city and its residents.