Shenzhen

I had  a business meeting in Shenzhen and Hong Kong a few weeks ago. Shenzhen is the closest mainland city to Hong Kong which is off the southeastern coast of China.

Shenzhen is a very new city  It was selected by Deng Xiaoping as the trial location for his reform and opening up transformation and was designated a Special Economic Zone.

All of this was built since 1979.

Wikipedia Link for Shenzhen

This is a view from the 33 floor of the Hyatt Hotel.

The SABIC offices are in the tall blue-green building to the right.

Before the SEZ was formed Shenzhen was just a fishing village. You can see 2 periods of construction here. The older low  rise building and the newer taller buildings.

I thought this broom used by the street cleaners to be quite a contrast to the skyscrapers.

The land across the river is actually Hong Kong New Territories which was acquired by Great Britain in 1898 on a 99 year lease.

This the SABIC compounding plant near Shenzhen on the city of Nansha.

This is a little farm near the plant. I took the picture out the bus window as we drove by.

After the visit to the plant we took the ferry to Hong Kong. It is about a 1.5 hour ride. All sorts of vessels in the Pearl River Estuary.

This looks like a fishing vessel.

The 3 ships are of the same design and look like they are for carrying sand or gravel or soil for land reclamation.