Shenzhen

Shenzhen (; Cantonese Jyutping: sam1 zan3, Yale: s?m jan; Sham Chun or Shamchun in old or Hong Kong documents; lit. deep drains) is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern Mainland China, located at the border with Hong Kong.

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The one-time fishing village of Shenzhen, singled out by late Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping (???), is one of the so-called Special Economic Zones (SEZ) of China originally established in 1978 in competition with Hong Kong, then a British colony.

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Shenzhen, formerly known as "Bao'an County", was promoted to prefecture level, directly governed by Guangdong province, in November 1979. In May 1980, Shenzhen was formally nominated as a 'special economic zone', the first one of its kind in China. It was given the right of provincial-level economic administration in November 1988.

Cantonese: Cantonese generally refers to people or things associated with Guangdong Province, Hong Kong or Macau in China....

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