Futian, Shenzhen

Futian

福田区
Futian 福田区
District
	Futian CBD and Zhongxin Park
	Location (highlighted in brown ) within Shenzhen City
	Futian Location in Guangdong
	Coordinates: 22°31′21″N 114°03′21″E / 22.52250°N 114.05583°E
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
Sub-provincial city	Shenzhen
Area
• Total	78.8 km2 (30.4 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	1,553,200
• Density	20,000/km2 (51,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Area code	0755
Website	archived link
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	福田区
Traditional Chinese	福田區
Hanyu Pinyin	Fútián Qū
Literal meaning	"Blessed fields"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fútián Qū
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	fuk1tin4 keoi1

Futian District (simplified Chinese: 福田区; traditional Chinese: 福田區; pinyin: Fútián Qū; Jyutping: fuk¹tin⁴ keoi¹) is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, China. The district is home to the government and Municipal Committee of Shenzhen, as well as the city's central business district (CBD).

Name

There are two theories concerning the origin of the district's name:

From an inscription dating to the Song Dynasty (960–1297) which reads: "Lakes and mountains are blessed with fertile farmlands" (湖山擁福, 田地生輝).
Written records showing that people from Shangsha Village built houses in Songziling in 1192; their farmlands were cultivated in lattice shapes, which in Chinese is a homophone for "Futian" meaning "blessed fields".

History

Luohu District was established in April 1979, one month after Shenzhen was promoted to city status. Futian, and another area called Fucheng (附城), became communes within the Luohu District.

Futian became part of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone after it was designated in 1980. It then became a subdistrict under the district of Shangbu (上步).

Futian, along with Nanshan, was promoted to district status in October 1990. The Shangbu district, which had governed the Futian subdistrict the previous decade, became a part of the Futian district. The district government was established on Shennan Middle Road.

Rapid urbanization occurred in the late 20th century; the agricultural land which once made up a vast majority of Luohu had shrunk to an area of only 12.26 km² (4.73 sq mi) by 2003.^[1]

Economy

As of 2022, the nominal Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Futian District is 551.45 billion CNY (76.4 billion USD), second in the city behind neighboring Nanshan District. This figure is the third highest of all districts belonging to municipal-level cities in China.The Central Business District (CBD) of Shenzhen is a planned development project that began in the early 1990s. Located within the Futian district, it comprises an area of 607 hectares. The four sides of the district are delineated by Binhe Dadao, Lianhua Road, Xinzhou Road and Caitian Road.

Many office high-rises and government buildings are located in the CBD, some of which are prominent buildings in Shenzhen, such as the Shenzhen City Hall (Civic Center), Shenzhen Library, Shenzhen Concert Hall, Shenzhen Development Bank building and the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. Located directly north of the CBD is Lianhuashan Park.

There are numerous skyscrapers in the CBD such as the SEG Tower, the Shum Yip Up Hills Twin Towers, China Merchants Bank Tower, the twin towers of East Pacific Center, and the 599 m (1969 ft) Ping An Finance Center, which is the second tallest building in China and the fourth tallest in the world.

Wal-Mart China has its headquarters in Towers 2 and 3 of SZITIC Square^{[note 1]} in Futian District.^[2]

The headquarters of OnePlus is in the Tairan Building ^{[note 2]} in Chegongmiao ^{[note 3]}, Futian District.^[3]

Everbright International has its Shenzhen Offices in Oriental Xintiandi Plaza^{[note 4]} in Futian District.^[4]

The hotel chain Vienna Hotels formerly had its headquarters in Lüjing Garden,^{[note 5]} Futian District.^[5]

Ping An Finance Group and China Merchants Bank both placed their corporate headquarters in the Futian District.

Subdistricts

Name	Chinese (S)	Hanyu Pinyin	Canton Romanization	Population (2010)^[6]	Area (km²)
Shatou Subdistrict	沙头街道	Shātóu Jiēdào	sa1 teo4 gai1 dou6	226,061	18.90
Nanyuan Subdistrict	南园街道	Nányuán Jiēdào	nam4 yun4 gai1 dou6	108,398	3.00
Yuanling Subdistrict	园岭街道	Yuánlǐng Jiēdào	yun4 léng5 gai1 dou6	88,261	3.67
Huafu Subdistrict	华富街道	Huáfù Jiēdào	wa4 fu3 gai1 dou6	70,834	5.75
Futian Subdistrict	福田街道	Fútián Jiēdào	fug1 tin4 gai1 dou6	234,861	12.25
Xiangmihu Subdistrict	香蜜湖街道	Xiāngmìhú Jiēdào	hêng1 med6 wu4 gai1 dou6	89,471	9.98
Lianhua Subdistrict	莲花街道	Liánhuā Jiēdào	lin4 fa1 gai1 dou6	168,392	9.60
Meilin Subdistrict	梅林街道	Méilín Jiēdào	mui4 lem4 gai1 dou6	168,506	34.30
Huaqiangbei Subdistrict	华强北街道	Huáqiángběi Jiēdào	wa4 kêng4 beg1 gai1 dou6	54,067	2.90
Fubao Subdistrict	福保街道	Fúbǎo Jiēdào	fug1 bou2 gai1 dou6	106,811	3.75

Transport

Shenzhen Metro

Futian is currently served by ten metro lines operated by Shenzhen Metro. These lines and their stations and connections are:

Line 1 – Science Museum 6, Huaqiang Road, Gangxia 10, Convention and Exhibition Center 4, Shopping Park 3, Xiangmihu, Chegongmiao 7 9 11, Zhuzilin, Qiaocheng East
Line 2 – Shenkang, Antuo Hill 7, Qiaoxiang, Xiangmi, Xiangmei North, Jingtian 9, Lianhua West, Futian 3 11, Civic Center 4, Gangxia North 10 11 14, Huaqiang North 7, Yannan
Line 3 – Futian Bonded Area, Yitian, Shixia 7, Shopping Park 1, Futian 2 11, Children's Palace 4, Lianhuacun 10, Huaxin 7, Tongxinling 6, Hongling 9
Line 4 – Futian Checkpoint 10 ( via Lok Ma Chau), Fumin 7 10, Convention and Exhibition Center 1, Civic Center 2, Children's Palace 3, Lianhua North, Shangmeilin 9
Line 6 – Science Museum 1, Tongxinling 3, Sports Center, Bagualing 7, Hanling
Line 7 - Autuo Hill 2, Nonglin, Chegongmiao 1 9 11, Shangsha, Shawei, Shixia 3, Huanggangcun, Fumin 4 10, Huanggang Checkpoint, Chiwei, Huaqiang South, Huaqiang North 2, Huaxin 3, Huangmugang 14, Bagualing 6, Hongling North 9
Line 9 - Xiasha, Chegongmiao 1 7 11, Xiangmei, Jingtian 2, Meijing, Xiameilin, Meicun, Shangmeilin 4, Maling 10, Hongling North 7, Yuanling, Hongling 3, Hongling South
Line 10 – Futian Checkpoint 4 ( via Lok Ma Chau), Fumin 4 7, Gangxia 1, Gangxia North 2 11 14, Lianhuacun 3, Donggualing, Maling 9
Line 11 – Chegongmiao 1 7 9 , Futian 2 3, Gangxia North 2 10 14
Line 14 – Gangxia North 2 10 11, Huangmugang 7

High-speed railway

Futian is currently served by the Futian Railway station, with the high speed rail from Guangzhou to Hong Kong.

Shopping centers

Central Walk Shopping Mall^{[note 6]}

The mall is located at the Convention and Exhibition Center metro station and features three levels of shopping, entertainment, and dining.

COCO Park

COCO Park is an upscale retail complex in Futian Central Business District. Aside from a shopping mall, it also features a popular street bar, large open public spaces and restaurants.

Huaqiangbei

Huaqiangbei is known for its electronics market, the largest of its kind in China. It also offers a variety of men's and women's fashions, shoes, bags and leather goods.

Education

There are now^[when?] 83 schools delivering primary and secondary education holding 111,982 students and 11,503 teaching staff. Futian is also home to 140 kindergartens.

Secondary schools

Secondary schools (in Chinese the term "中学", literally meaning "middle school", is used, and often they are called "middle schools" in English in China) include those operated by the Shenzhen municipal government and by the Futian district government.

Schools operated by the Shenzhen municipal government in Futian District include:^[7]

Shenzhen Senior High School - Central Campus (中心校区) and the South Campus (南校区)^[8]
Shenzhen Experimental School^[9]
Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Junior High School Division^[10]
Shenzhen No. 3 Senior High School (深圳市第三高级中学) Junior High School Division^[11]
Shenzhen Arts School (深圳艺术学校) - Baishaling^[12]
The First Vocational Technical School of Shenzhen (深圳市第一职业技术学校)^[13]
Shenzhen Pengcheng Technical College (深圳鹏城技师学院),^[14] previously Shenzhen Second Senior Technical School - Fuqiang and Qiaocheng campuses^[15]

Schools operated by the Futian District government include:^[16]

Shenzhen Futian High School [zh]^{[note 7]} - In 2018 it had about 2,600 students. It has a 40,000 m² (430,000 sq ft) campus.^[17]
Shenzhen Fujing Foreign Language School^{[note 8]} - It was created in April 1999 and in 2018 it had over 2,000 students.^[18]
Shenzhen Futian BeiHuan Middle School^{[note 9]}
Futian Foreign Languages High School^{[note 10]}
Hongling Middle School
Shenzhen Futian Huafu Middle School^{[note 11]}
Shenzhen Futian Huanggang Middle School^{[note 12]}
Shenzhen Futian Lianhua Middle School [zh]^{[note 13]}
Shenzhen Futian Meilin Middle School
Shenzhen Futian Meishan Middle School^{[note 14]}
Shenzhen Futian Science Middle School^{[note 15]}
Shenzhen Futian Shangbu Middle School^{[note 16]}
Shenzhen Futian Shangsha Middle School^{[note 17]}
Shenzhen Futian Xinzhou Middle School^{[note 18]}
Shenzhen Yongyuan Experimental School (沪教院福田实验学校??)

Other:

Xinsha Middle School^{[citation needed]}

International schools

Green Oasis School

QSI International School of Shenzhen previously had a campus in Honeylake, Futian District, adjacent to the Shenzhen Celebrities Club.^[19]^[20]

Higher education

Futian District is the location of the University of Hong Kong–Shenzhen Hospital, a municipally-funded public teaching hospital.

Immigration port of entry

One of the immigration control points that lies within Futian is known as the Futian Port. Its counterpart in Hong Kong is Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point, connected through a pedestrian bridge. The port is served by Futian Checkpoint Station on the Shenzhen Metro, itself being located within the port building.

Another immigration checkpoint is located 150 m east of Futian Port. This is the only one of the six immigration checkpoints between Shenzhen and Hong Kong that is open 24 hours. The crossing is highway-only and used mostly by trucks and busses, with the mainland and Hong Kong crossings being on opposite sides of a bridge over the Shenzhen River. Its counterpart in Hong Kong is Lok Ma Chau Control Point. It also marks the terminus of the G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway.