An aerial view of Shenzhen Bay Sports Center, one of the main stadiums for the 2011 Shenzhen Universiade in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, March 15, 2011. Some 13 main venues newly built for Shenzhen Universiade have finished construction and will be put into use at the end of March. [Photo/Xinhua]
Shenzhen is located at the southern tip of the Chinese mainland on the eastern bank of the mouth of the Pearl River and neighbors Hong Kong.
The brainchild of Deng Xiaoping, the country's first special economic zone was established here by the Chinese Government in 1980. It has been a touchstone for China's reform and opening-up policy since then.