In recent months, cinemas across the city have been expanding beyond traditional screenings, adding lunchtime services, food and beverage offerings, film-themed installations, live sports broadcasts and even stand-up comedy shows. The changes reflect a broader effort by cinemas to attract customers amid declining weekday attendance and rising operating costs.

Six Shenzhen universities recorded 101 subject entries in the 2026 Global Ranking of Academic Subjects released today by ShanghaiRanking, with Southern University of Science and Technology’s water resources engineering placing seventh worldwide — the highest-ranked subject among Shenzhen institutions.

​Shenzhen is relocating its 43-year-old Nantou Heliport to Longhua District and expanding it into a much larger general aviation hub designed for helicopters, eVTOL aircraft and other low-altitude aviation services.

Huangmugang Sports Hall, operated by Shenzhen Metro Group, opened this morning with seven newly added standard badminton courts.

The China (Shenzhen)-Australia Trade and Economic Exchange was held in Qianhai from Sept. 11 to 13, combining business talks with cultural activities to promote trade and investment ties and deepen people-to-people exchanges between China and Australia.

The journalists were in Shenzhen for the Asia-Pacific Media Forum, held on Sept. 5. Reporters from Shenzhen Daily joined fellows from the U.S., Canada, Thailand and Pakistan for a three-day journey of reporting and discovery.

Starting Dec. 14, Shenzhen Airlines will launch direct Shenzhen–Sydney flights four times a week, operated by Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft.

Shenzhen-born tennis player Sun Xinran captured her first junior Grand Slam singles title at the US Open on Saturday and, hours later, received a wildcard into the 2026 China Open, where the 16-year-old will make her WTA 1000 main-draw debut.