Pingshan District is a district of

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History

Pingshan was established as a New District on June 30, 2009 by the Shenzhen municipal government. This new district superseded the old plan which was initiated back in 1994 and began construction in 1997. It was still part of Longgang District in administrative management. On October 11, 2016, Pingshan was officially separated from Longgang to become a district itself. Located southwest of the Huanping community in Pingshan New District, the Dawan Ancestral Residence is one of the biggest

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buildings in China. It was built by the Zeng family in 1791 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in the

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. Baidu Places (Chinese). Retrieved on June 12, 2014. In Summer 2018, The Pingshan District made international news after a group of workers from The Jasic manufacturing plant went on strike and demonstrated along with student activists from the Jasic Solidarity Support Group. The event is referred to as The Jasic Incident.

Economy

The car manufacturer BYD has its headquarters on BYD Road (), Pingshan New District., as does the plastic injection mold-maker Shenzhen Changhong Technology Co., Ltd., and technology company Jasic Technology Company Ltd.

Subdistricts

Geography

The new district covers an area of . Pingshan New District is situated in the north-eastern part of Shenzhen city. It is next to

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Education

Shenzhen Technology University Shenzhen Technology University (SZTU; ) is a public university located in Pingshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of t ...

is in the district. ;Schools operated by the Shenzhen municipal government: *

Shenzhen Senior High School Shenzhen Senior High School (深圳市高级中学), also known to its students as “Purple Castle" (紫色城堡), is a high school located in Shenzhen, China. The school has campuses in Futian District, Longhua District, and Pingshan Distr ...

East Campus (东校区)
Identified as a municipal school here:

References

External links

Pingshan New District official government website
Districts of Shenzhen {{Shenzhen-stub