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Located in the middle of the southern coast of
Guangdong Province, Shenzhen neighbors Daya Bay in the east, the
mouth of the Zhujiang (Pearl) River in the west, and Hong Kong in
the south. Shenzhen covers an area of 780 square miles and has a
population of 3 million. It is one of China's major port cities
opening to the outside world and one of the earliest special
economic zones implementing the reform and open-door policies. It is
also a newly rising tourist city with the most up to date tourist
facilities for visitors from abroad.
Shenzhen is a major trading port that faces Daya Bay to the east and
Pearl River to the west and is adjacent to Hong Kong to the south.
Shenzhen is the earliest special economic zone to be opened in China
to foreign investors. With a complete line of facilities, it is also
a rising tourist city, where visa formalities have been simplified
to facilitate the entry of foreign visitors. A variety of high-tech
exhibitions take place in the city on an annual basis. Major
attractions: "Splendid China", a miniature scenery park that
epitomizes the charms of the Chinese landscape and cultural scene,
enabling the visitor to finish a tour of the country and see the
5,000-year China Folk Culture Village, where folklore activities are
held in 20-odd life-size replicas of villages of different ethic
backgrounds; Window of the World is a park in which visitors can get
a glimpse of the world's wondrous buildings, cultural ruins, natural
scenes and folkways, and be entertained by folk singers and dancers
from various countries; Wildlife Zoo, where there are nearly 3,000
animals in 150 species from all the continents of the world;
Xiangmihu Summer Resort is a large tourist and recreational center
where tropical garden scenes mingle imperceptibly with ethnic
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