As the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone marks its 16th anniversary yesterday, one of the area’s homegrown creative brands is gaining fresh momentum overseas.

As the new academic year gets underway, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK-Shenzhen) has welcomed 450 international first-year undergraduate students from 30 countries and regions, including Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Mongolia, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil.

Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (Tsinghua SIGS) welcomed more than 220 international students from around 60 countries and regions this fall, a record high, according to the school.

​A 128-meter oil painting scroll depicting the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone was unveiled at Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport on Aug. 26, marking the first time the monumental work had been displayed outside a professional art exhibition venue.

Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport temporarily closed one of its three runways today for construction, a move that may affect some flight schedules and increase taxiing times for arriving aircraft.

Five Shenzhen-based researchers were named recipients of the 2026 Xplorer Prize yesterday, the highest number the city has recorded in the award’s eight-year history.

Four contestants from Shenzhen will represent China in four skill categories at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, scheduled for Sept.

Bringing together about 600 professional and amateur players from 21 countries and regions — many of them from APEC economies — the PPA Asia 500 Skechers Shenzhen Open 2026 kicked off yesterday at the Shenzhen Bao’an Sports Center Gymnasium in Bao’an District. The players will battle it out over the next four days of competition.