Shenzhen is renowned for an extensive network of greenways and hiking trails totaling more than 200 kilometers. Joining the network is the recently opened Talent Greenway (Rencai Greenway) in Longhua District, China’s first green path themed around talent and civic life.

The western artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link — a monumental cross-sea project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area — began a month-long trial operation as a tourism destination on Saturday.

Yantian District, not far from downtown Shenzhen and now easily accessible by Metro, never fails to impress with its lush scenery and sweeping sea views.

OCT-LOFT, a vibrant cultural park that blends raw industrial architecture with creative design, contemporary art and avant-garde music, has recently turned two buildings near its south entrance into a lively block called LOFT53.

The Bao’an Exhibition High Line Park is Shenzhen’s latest experiment in urban imagination. The 1.7-kilometer-long, 25-meter-wide elevated greenway that reads part skypark, part people-mover, follows the same logic but elevates it.

Boasting more than 200 kilometers of hiking trails across the city, Shenzhen offers outdoor options in varying degrees of difficulties to suit all levels of enthusiasts.

Half artistic, half down-to-earth — that’s Shekou in a nutshell. Walk its hills and shoreline at a leisurely pace and you’ll find a neighborhood that feels like a compact version of Shenzhen: cosmopolitan, green and unexpectedly relaxed.

The colossal Bay Area Store of Shenzhen Book City opened in Qianhai on Sept. 26, combining retail bookstores, exhibition spaces, a science-and-technology innovation showcase, and a leisure park.