1. Brief Introduction
Shenzhen is located at the forefront of the Pearl River Delta and borders on the New Territories of Hong Kong in the south, being an important coastal communication hub in South China. Covering an area of 2,020 square kilometers, with a population of 7 million, Shenzhen had the highest population density of major cities in China. Shenzhen is a sub-tropical maritime region and its average temperature is 22.4 degrees Centigrade, and is the only city that owns seaports, airport and land ports in China.

Apart from commercial development, Shenzhen is also a rising city for tourism. There are more than 50 different scenic spots to visit whilst staying in Shenzhen, mainly including Window of the World, Splendid China, China Folk Culture Villages, Happy Kingdom, Safari Park Shenzhen and Evergreen Resort. Shenzhen won the honor of being entitled an 'International Garden City' at the 'Green Oscars' in November 2000.

2. Bank Information
It's better for foreigner to open personal bank account before investing in Shenzhen, The four biggest banks of china (BANK OF CHINA, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA, AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHENA, CHINA CONSTRACTION BANK) and other commercial bank will allow foreigner to open bank account freely.

3. Shopping
There are four main commercial districts within Shenzhen city. The area around the railway station is particularly good for clothes. The district between Shanghai Hotel and Seg Electronics Co. mainly sells electric appliances, which are a particularly good bargain here. If it is smaller commodities that you are after, try the streets around Dong Men and Old District.

Famous-brand products from clothes to cosmetics are available in the flashy department stores such as Xiwu Department store and the International Commercial Market along the roads between Shenzhen Grand Theater and Renmin (People's) Bridge. Zhongying Jie (Boundary Street) in the Shatoujiao District is another good place to purchase quality products. There are a few overseas stores in the downtown area, such as Carrefour, Makro and Trust Mart. Wal Mart, the American supermarket chain, also has a branch downtown.

4. Business hours
Office hours in government departments run from 8am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday. Lunchtime is usually between noon and 1pm. Banking hours tend to run from 9am to noon and then from 1pm to 5.30pm. Some banks are now open on Saturdays and Sundays too. The traffic rush hour is 8-9am and 6-7pm.

5. Hotels
In the main urban centres you will find a wide range of accommodation on offer, including international five-star hotels with a full range of facilities.However, be aware that the Shenzhen tourist authorities tend to be generous in allocating stars. As a general rule, business travellers should not consider anything less than three-star accommodation. The best hotels are the Shangri-La and Hilton located by the train station, the Sheraton located by the Futian Free Trade Zone or the Crowne Plaza in the west of the city. All are 5-star and will cost you at least €200 per night.There will offer you some hotel information in Shenzhen as follow:

Nanhai Hotel (5 star)
Area : Shekou Industrial Zone
Location: 30 km away from Shenzhen Airport , 28 km away from Shenzhen Train Station
Surrounding: Chiwan Heavenly Empress Temple, Qingqing World
Hotel Accepted: Master, Visa, AMEX, Diners Club, JCB


Sunshine Hotel (5 star)
Area : Luohu District
Location: Distance from Centre of city 0 Km, from the airport 40 Km, from the railway station 1 Km
Surrounding: The window of world.
Hotel Accepted: Master, Visa, AMEX, Diners Club, JCB

6. Accommodation (Expatriate housing)
Rented accommodation in Shenzhen includes the good, the bad and the ugly. Buildings are going up everywhere so there is lots of choice. Go for new apartment complexes. Most developments will have a management/sales/rental office. Just find a complex whose location you like and ask to be shown all the apartments up for rent.

Chinese taste in furniture will be very different to yours so specify that you want Western-style furniture and bathroom and air-con in every room. Most developments are high rise. Choose a high floor to avoid street noise and mosquitoes. Most landlords will push you to sign for one year but six months is also possible. It's a buyer's market so if you really like a place except for a paint job in one room or a tacky piece of furniture tell the owner and they might change it for you.

7. The cost of living
SHENZHEN ranked 44th in a latest cost-of-living survey of 144 cities around the world, rising 19 places from last year's survey, mostly due to the appreciation of the yuan.

Hong Kong, ranked fourth between third-place Tokyo and London in fifth, was the most expensive Chinese city with Beijing coming 14th. Shanghai was six places below the capital in 20th, Taipei ranked 28th, Guangzhou 54th and Tianjin 128th, one place below Bangkok.

Conducted by Mercer Human Resources Consulting, whose clients use the survey to calculate cost of living allowances for staff transferred internationally, the survey compared the prices of more than 200 items covering housing, transport, food, clothing, household goods and entertainment costs.

8. Restaurants/Coffee Shops
Shenzhen may not have the large variety of restaurants of international cuisine as does Guangzhou, Shanghai or Beijing; and there are also many good muslim restaurants, you can find delicious dishes in the follow muslim restaurant:

MEVLANA Turkish restaurant 梅夫拉那 土耳其餐厅
Address:No.154,Zhenxing Road,Futian District Shenzhen City
Tel: 0755-83368778

Xiyufeng Muslim Restaurant 西域风穆斯林餐厅
Address:Liyuan West Road, Nanshan Districe, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-26481046

Xixiawang Muslim Restaurant 西夏王穆斯林饭庄
Address:Zhonghang North Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-83242627

Xinyue Muslim Restaurant 新粤穆斯林饭庄
Address:No. 149 Nanyuan Road, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-83654709

Xinjiangqing Muslim Restaurant 新疆情穆斯林餐厅
Address:Building 11,Bagua First Road, Futian District, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-61370998

Xinjiangqing Afunti Roatsed Sheep Restaurant 新疆阿凡提烤全羊酒楼
Address:No, 4018 Luosha Road, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-25825368

The Persian Gulf Muslim Restaurant 波斯湾穆斯林饭庄
Address:No. 2249 Nanxin Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-26463869

Tarim River Restaurant 塔里木河大酒楼
Address:No 53 Binhe Xincun, Dongyuan Road, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-25870698

Old Xinjiang Restaurant 老新疆穆斯林餐厅
Address:No 53 Binhe Xincun, Dongyuan Road, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-83654125

Northwest Muslim Restaurant 西北穆斯林餐厅
Address:No. 52 Fuan Street, Futian Districe, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-83336324

Xian Muslim Restaurant 西安穆斯林清真餐厅
Address:No. 1049, Shenbei Road, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-82182899

Muslim Hotel Restaurant 穆斯林宾馆餐厅
Address:No 53 Binhe Xincun, Dongyuan Road, Shenzhen
Tel: 0086-0755-82228207

Bayilaoren Xinjiang Restaurant 巴依老爷新疆食府
Address:No.202 Dengliang Road, Nanshan District, Shenzhen
Tel: 0755-26409981

For coffee, there are plenty of Starbucks available in Shenzhen. The Starbucks at City Plaza, The Mix, Shekou, Nanshan are very popular and are always packed. Kosmo is a nice place to go if you're looking for a some place a bit quieter and they have nice fruit juices too. There are a couple of Illy cafés too and numerous H?agen-Dazs cafés.

KFC and McDonalds outlets are in abundance (China has the largest number of KFC stores in any one country except the USA – 1100 at the last count, and increasing all the time).

9. Dining
Shenzhen's gastronomic delicacies, is a reflection of its population - a smorgasbord of authentic cuisine from the provinces of China. Hot and spicy specialties of Sichuan Province, preserved ham of Hunan Province, cold dishes of northeast China and the perennial Cantonese meals are all favourite dishes of the locals. Japanese and Thai restaurants are also becoming popular.

Jin Du Restaurant
Address: To the south get off at Si Hai Park, Nanshan District
Bus routes: 22, 204, 226, 331, 433, 462

Yue Cai (Cantonese Cuisine)
Generally speaking, Cantonese Cuisine consists of dishes from three areas: Guangzhou, Chaozhou and Dongjiang. The latter two have unique ethnic flavors and are popular in Shenzhen. The outstanding Chaozhou dish is the porridge, which can be enjoyed as a white porridge, or as a salt porridge with some added seafood. The Dongjiang dishes are Hakka recipes handed down from generation to generation. Three of the popular ones are: Yanjuji (salt-baked chicken), Niangdoufu (stuffed bean curd) and Hongshaorou (braised pork with soy sauce).

Here is a list of restaurants you can try:
Shenyun Chaozhou Porridge
Dongmen branch: No.26, Shaibu Road, Luohu District
Zhenxing branch: N0.3007 of No15, Hongli West Road, Futian District
Shuiku branch: No.35 of South Shuiku, Aiguo Road, Luohu District

Ke Jia Wang (Hakka dish)
HongBao Road head office (10:00 am-12:00 pm): N0.138, Hongbao Lu, Luohu District;
These are the buses you can take buses to get there: 404, 406, 418 and 42 to get to Litchi Park.
Zhenhua branch (10:00 am-12:00 pm): No.73, Zhenhua Road, Futian District;
Take any of these buses: 219, 433 and 469.
Zhenxing branch (10:00 am-12:00 pm): No.113, Zhengxing West Road, Futian District;
Take any of these buses: 219, 468, 466 and 455.

Kejia City (Hakka dish)
Bahua 1st Road branch (11:00 am-the next 1:00 am): Bagua 1st Road, Futian District;
Take buses: 212, 433, 365, 352 or 213 to get to Bagua 2nd Road.
Shazui branch: Jindi Restaurant, Futian District; (11:00 am-the next 1:00am):
Take buses: 212, 419, 422, 427, or 474 to get to Jindi Food Street.

Ying Hai Yu Gang (Cantonese Cuisine)
Address: 2nd and 3rd floor of Jingwei Mansion, Jiabin Road, Luohu District
Opening hour: 9:00 am-12:00 pm
Bus route: 7, 8, 418, or K12

Dan Gui Xuan (Cantonese cuisine)
Address: No.5010 of Wuzi Lou, Luohu Business City, Guangchang South Road
Opening hour: 7:00 am-12:00 pm
Bus route: 12, 101, or 102

Others
Ba Shu Feng Yue (Sichuan cuisine)
Futian branch: No.405 of Sangda Industrial Zone, Zhenxing Road, Futian District
Nanshan branch: 2nd floor of Yehai Market, Longcheng Road, Nanshan District
Luohu branch: No.34, Aiguo Road, Luohu District
Bashu Fengyue branch: 1st floor of Xinghe International Mansion, Central District

Xiang E Qing (Hunan and Hubei cuisine)
Zhonghang branch (11:00 am-10:30 pm): Hangcheng Mansion of Zhong Hang Garden, Shennan Middle Road, Futian District; Buses of 204, 311, 101, 103, 213 and 320 can be used.
Chinese Delicious Food Restaurant branch (10:00 am-10:10 pm): No.138, Xuefu Road, Nanshan District;
Buses of 22 and 204 are available
Dongbin branch (10:30 am-10:30 pm): No.17, Dongbin Road, Nanshan District;
Buses of 462, 210 and 204 can reach there.

Western Food Restaurant
Raindrops Western Food Restaurant
Renmin South Road branch: 2nd floor of Haifeng Garden, Renmin South Road, Luohu District
Nanyou branch: Located in the bathing beach of Industrial 2nd Road, Nanshan District
Jintian Road branch: Jiayitai, Jintian South Road, Futian District
Shatoujiao branch: No.78, Shensha Road, Yantian District

Vegetarian restaurants
Dengpin Vegetarian Shop
Address: Baoannan Lu, Luohu District
Phone: 0755-25908588

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