In a big city like Shenzhen, if you want to take a “hit ride”, you must first know which aspects the city is focusing on and give “favors.”
Traditional strengths represented by pillar industries
Cultural and creative industries Cultural & Creative
Shenzhen took the lead in establishing the strategy of “cultural market” in the country. In 2015, the added value of Shenzhen’s cultural and creative industries was 175.714 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1%. Shenzhen is the first city in the country to be awarded the title of “City of Design” by UNESCO. Industrial design, graphic design and other design industries are leading in the country, and the number of iF international design awards won the first place in the country. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen National Animation and Comics Industrial Base, Tianmian Design Capital Creative Industrial Park, and Sino-Finnish Design Park. Representative local companies include Huaqiang Cultural Technology, Jialantu Design, etc.
High-tech industry High technology
In 2016, Shenzhen added 2,513 national-level high-tech enterprises, which was more than three times the increase of the previous year, reaching 8,037. The number of national-level high-tech enterprises accounted for about half of Guangdong’s province. Shenzhen has formed a high-tech industrial cluster led by the electronic information industry, becoming an important base for the industrialization of high-tech achievements in the country. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen High-tech Industrial Park, Shenzhen Software Industry Base, Shenzhen Tianan Yungu Industrial Park, etc. Representative local companies include Huawei and ZTE.
Modern logistics industry Modern Logistics
In 2015, the added value was 178.27 billion yuan, an increase of 9.4%. There are more than 17,000 logistics companies in Shenzhen, nearly 10 logistics companies with revenues exceeding 10 billion yuan, and 6 listed logistics companies have emerged. More than 80% of the supply chain management companies in the country are headquartered in Shenzhen, and more than 60 well-known international logistics companies such as UPS in the United States, Lufthansa in Germany, Maersk in Denmark, and Cainiao Network have settled in Shenzhen. The main industrial parks include Qianhaiwan Bonded Logistics Park, Yantian Logistics Park, Dakonggang Aviation Logistics Park, Pinghu Logistics Base, South China Logistics Park, etc. Representative local companies include SF Express and Eternal Asia.
Financial industry Finance
In 2016, the added value of Shenzhen’s financial industry increased by 14.6%, making it one of the cities with the highest proportion of GDP in mainland China’s financial industry. Shenzhen is the seat of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. Shenzhen’s total financial assets, domestic and foreign currency deposit balances, and loan balances rank third in the country. There are nearly 50,000 VC/PE institutions with a registered capital of about 3 trillion yuan. Financial industry clusters include Futian, Luohu, Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, etc. Among them, Qianhai will create a pilot demonstration window for my country’s financial industry to open to the outside world. Representative local companies include Ping An of China and China Merchants Bank.
The forthcoming rapid development of strategic products Biological industry
Bioindustry
Shenzhen’s biological industry is developing rapidly at an average annual growth rate of 20%. Shenzhen is the country’s first batch of national biological industry bases, leading the country in the fields of biomedical engineering and biomedicine, and high-end biomedical engineering, gene sequencing and bioinformatics analysis, cell therapy and other technologies are among the forefront of the world. In the biological field, there are already 300 innovation carriers at all levels and various types, including 21 at the national level. . Major industrial parks include International Biological Valley, Shenzhen High-tech Industrial Park, Pingshan National Biological Industry Base, etc. Representative local companies include Microchip Technology and Mindray Medical.
New energy industry
New Energy
Shenzhen’s new energy industry has formed a complete new energy industry chain from equipment manufacturing to energy services. Key fields such as nuclear energy, solar energy, biomass energy and pure electric vehicles have developed rapidly. In 2015, the added value of Shenzhen’s new energy industry was 40.587 billion yuan, an increase of 10.1%. The main industrial parks include Pingshan District New Energy Automobile Industry Base, Longgang District New Energy Industry Base, etc. Representative local companies include BYD and Shenzhen Energy.
Internet industry
Internet
Shenzhen is one of the first cities approved to create a national e-commerce demonstration city. In 2016, Shenzhen’s Internet industry grew by 15.3%. The main industrial parks include Shekou Net Valley, Futian International E-commerce Industrial Park, Shenzhen Baoan Internet Industrial Base, etc. Representative local companies include Tencent and Xunlei.
Cultural and creative industries
Shenzhen took the lead in establishing the strategy of “cultural market” in the country. In 2015, the added value of Shenzhen’s cultural and creative industries was 175.714 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1%. Shenzhen is the first city in the country to be awarded the title of “City of Design” by UNESCO. Industrial design, graphic design and other design industries are leading in the country, and the number of iF international design awards won the first place in the country. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen National Animation and Comics Industrial Base, Tianmian Design Capital Creative Industrial Park, and Sino-Finnish Design Park. Representative local companies include Huaqiang Cultural Technology, Jialantu Design, etc.
New Material Industry
Next Generation Information Technology
Shenzhen’s new materials industry chain is complete, focusing on the development of key areas such as electronic information materials, new energy materials, biological materials, building energy-saving materials, graphene nanomaterials, and metamaterials. In 2015, the added value of Shenzhen’s new materials industry was 32.924 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3%. The main industrial parks include the electronic information material gathering area of Guangming New District and the power battery material industry gathering area of Pingshan District. Representative local companies include CSG, Guangqi Research Institute, and Beiterui.
A new generation of information technology industry
Next Generation Information Technology
The top 10 headquarters or regional headquarters of China’s electronic information industry are all located in Shenzhen. Shenzhen has become an important IT industry manufacturing base, R&D base, export base and logistics center in China. In 2015, Shenzhen’s new-generation information technology industry added value of 317.307 billion yuan, an increase of 19.1%, and the growth rate continued to be more than twice the GDP growth rate during the same period. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen Software Industry Base, Shenzhen Bay Technology Ecological Park, Banxuegang Technology City, etc. Representative local companies include Huawei, ZTE and Hytera.
Energy saving and environmental protection industry
Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection
Shenzhen high-efficiency motor fans, energy-saving control and other high-efficiency energy-saving fields, environmental monitoring, wastewater treatment and other advanced environmental protection fields, waste incineration power generation, electronic waste recycling and other resource recycling fields are leading the country. Representative parks include the International Low-Carbon City and Guangming New District LED Industrial Park; representative local companies include Dash Intelligence, Tiehan Eco, Dongjiang Environmental, etc.
Optimistic industry trends in the future
Life Science and Wellness Life and Health Industry
The output value of Shenzhen’s life and health industry has exceeded 30 billion yuan, and its next-generation sequencing capability ranks first in the world. Stem cell and tumor immune cell therapy, gene therapy and other biomedical industries have a sound development foundation, and some fields are in an international leading position. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen International Biological Valley, Shenzhen International Low Carbon City, etc. Representative local companies include BGI and Beike Biotech.
Marine Marine industry
Shenzhen’s modern marine industry system has formed three dominant industries: marine transportation, marine oil and gas, and coastal tourism, and marine emerging industries represented by marine electronic information, marine biology, and marine high-end equipment. Shenzhen is building a national demonstration city for the scientific development of marine economy. Representative local companies include China Merchants International and CIMC.
Aerospace Aerospace industry
The aviation industry has initially formed an industrial chain covering airworthiness forensic research and development, avionics components, airborne modules, unmanned aerial vehicles, airport ground facilities manufacturing and other fields; the aerospace industry has developed into micro-satellites, satellite navigation basic components and terminal equipment And other important bases for R&D and manufacturing. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen Nanshan Aviation Electronics Industrial Park and Northwestern Polytechnical University Aviation Production Base. Representative local companies include DJI Innovative Technology, AVIC, and UAV Zero.
Robotics Robot Industry
Shenzhen enterprises are leading domestic technologies in robot system integration, controllers, servers, multi-sensor fusion, signal processing, human-computer interaction, etc., such as Foxconn’s ontology, Rapoo’s system integration, Inovance’s server, solid High controller etc.
Wearable Device Industry Wearable device industry
Shenzhen has become China’s largest wearable device R&D and production base, with a complete industrial chain from sensors, flexible components to interactive solutions. A group of companies have taken the lead in launching wearable devices such as smart watches and health terminals in China; Shenzhen is also a wearable device The largest gathering place for enterprises, the number of enterprises has exceeded 1,000. Huawei, Coolpad and other enterprises and their products have led the way in China and the world.
Smart Equipment Intelligent equipment industry
The output value of Shenzhen’s life and health industry has exceeded 30 billion yuan, and its next-generation sequencing capability ranks first in the world. Stem cell and tumor immune cell therapy, gene therapy and other biomedical industries have a sound development foundation, and some fields are in an international leading position. The main industrial parks include Shenzhen International Biological Valley, Shenzhen International Low Carbon City, etc. Representative local companies include BGI and Beike Biotech.
