Yantian District () is one of the nine districts of the city of

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, China. It is adjacent to Shenzhen River and

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to the south, and is surrounded by

Luohu Luohu District is a district of Shenzhen, China, located north of the New Territories of Hong Kong, east of Futian District, southeast of Longgang District, southwest of Pingshan District, and west of Yantian District. It is one of the oldest ...

, Longgang and Pingshan districts of Shenzhen. Before 1960s, the northern part of the district belonged to Huiyang County (now Huiyang District,

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). The famous Huizhou Uprising launched by Dr.

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started in the northern part of the district during 1900. The failure of the revolution had inspired Dr. Sun to revolt against the

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, which soon ended in 1912 after the

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. Due to the proximity to Bao'an County, Northern Yantian merged into the new County in 1960s. In 1978, after the establishment of Shenzhen

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(SEZ), Yantian (as a part of Luohu District), together with several other districts in Bao'an County, formed the new special economic district. In March 1998, Yantian separated from Luohu District after the construction of Yantian Port Area of

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Subdistricts

The size of Yantian district is about , divided into four

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s: Located on Mirs Bay, Yantian is the location of some of Shenzhen's best-known tourist beaches,

Dameisha Dameisha Beach () is one of the largest beaches in Shenzhen, China. It is located on the northern shore of Mirs Bay along the Yantian District coastline and was opened to public in 1999. A Sheraton resort is located next to the beach. Economy ...

and Xiaomeisha. Yantian Port Area is also located within the district.

Economy

Vanke Vanke () is a large residential real estate developer in China. It is engaged in developing, managing and selling properties across more than 60 mainland Chinese cities in the Pearl River Delta, Yangtze River Delta and Bohai Bay, Bohai-Rim Regio ...

is headquartered in Vanke Center () in

, Yantian District. Yantian-port from above

Industrial zone

The Shenzhen Yantian Port Free Trade Zone was set up and approved by the State Council on September 27, 1996, with a total area of 0.85 square kilometer. On August 16, 2004, the project of "zone-port interaction" was approved by the State Council between Yantian Port Area and the Shenzhen Yantian Port Free Trade Zone. Yantian Port Bonded Logistics Park was established on 0.96 square kilometer on December 30, 2005. The zone is situated near Yantian Port Area. Industries that are encouraged include printing/publishing/packaging, raw material processing, shipping/warehousing/logistics, and trading and distribution.

Tourist attractions

Chung Ying Street Chung Ying Street () is a street on the border between Hong Kong and Shenzhen, within the border town of Sha Tau Kok (Hong Kong) and Shatoujiao (Shenzhen). One side of the street belongs to Hong Kong and the other belongs to mainland China. ...

() * Wutongshan National Park () * Dameisha Beach () * Xiaomeisha Beach () * Shenzhen Xiaomeisha Sea World () * OCT East () File:Flower Field OCT East.jpg, Flower Field in OCT East File:China-Yantian-Dameisha-and-Xiaomeisha-Beach-Aug-2001-00.JPG, Xiaomeisha Beach File:Dameisha viewed from the sea 300meters high.jpg, Dameisha beach File:Dameisha from the mountain side.jpg, Dameisha as viewed from OCT East

Education

;Schools operated by the Shenzhen Municipal Government * Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Senior High School Division

Transportation

The main bus routes covering Yantian District are shown in the table below. Shenzhen Metro Line 8 also serves the area. Moreover, there is a ferry between Yantian Seafood Street and Nan'ao,

Dapeng New District Dapeng New Area (大鹏新区; ) is an administrative area under the jurisdiction of Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong. It has a land area of , a coastline of and a total population of about 160,000. The district was created on 30December 2011 with ...

References

External links

Yantian Government Online
(English)
Yantian Government Online
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