More than ever, Babel’s clients and friends come to Babel with questions about “Shenzhen (often pronounced as “shenzen” overseas) ”, on how to translate a particular term, for a language request, being curious about this city, or just getting some help before making a trip. Home turfing in Shenzhen, with an office in Hong Kong, Babel is glad to able to answer these questions raised, suiting our clients and friends needs from different aspects:

【About Shenzhen -basic facts】

1)Year of forming: Jan,1979, on the base of Bao'an county
2)Year of gaining SEZ status: Aug,1980,approved by the State Council as special economic zone(SEZ) Video: celebrating Shenzhen's 40th as SEZ: Shenzhen in Depth
3)Placing: the 3rd largest city and high-tech center of China.
4)Population: 13.43 million
5)Geography: 40 mins drive, 45 km from Hongkong, the world’s traffic center
6)GDP growth: 2.6%, Q1-Q3, 2020
7)Industrial clusters: high-tech, fintech, Internet; headquarters of ZTE, Huawei, Tencent, BYD, DJI, TP-link, Skyworth...
8)Linguistic diversity: local people speak Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Hakka.
Foreigners on permanent residency: 26k, from 127 countries
Foreign visits on temporary visa: 1.5 million

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