Shenzhen speed

{{Short description|Term used to describe early stages of Chinese economic reform}} {{Infobox Chinese |order=st |c=深圳速度 |p=Shēnzhèn Sùdù |j=sam1 zan3 cuk1 dou6 }} [[File:Civic Center, Shenzhen Lianhuashan Park (2018.9) Daytime.jpg|thumb|Shenzhen Civic Center]] [[File:Night View of Office Buildings in Shenzhen Bay.jpg|thumb|Night view of Shenzhen Bay]] The '''Shenzhen speed''' ({{zh|c=深圳速度}}) was a term originally used during the early stages of Reform and Opening Up period to describe the fast construction of Guomao Building in Shenzhen, China.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yang|first=Fan|date=2017|title=Temporality and Shenzhen Urbanism in the Era of "China Dreams"|journal=Verge: Studies in Global Asias|volume=3|issue=1|pages=189–212|doi=10.5749/vergstudglobasia.3.1.0189|jstor=10.5749/vergstudglobasia.3.1.0189|issn=2373-5058}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Christopher|first=DeWolf|date=24 July 2017|title=Construction in China's 'skyscraper capital' shows little sign of slowing|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/shenzhen-skyscraper/index.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|website=CNN|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Xu|first=Min|date=2018-10-11|title=三天一层楼！"深圳速度"书写"中国奇迹"|url=http://www.jzsbs.com/index.php/Home/Index/detail?id=10963|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001223245/http://jzsbs.com/index.php/Home/Index/detail?id=10963|archive-date=2020-10-01|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Construction Times (建筑新网)|language=zh}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-09-06|title=深圳国贸大厦：三天一层楼！"深圳速度"从这里响彻全国|url=http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2018-09/06/content_20110252_0.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619203245/http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2018-09/06/content_20110252_0.htm|archive-date=2020-06-19|website=Shenzhen News|publisher=Shenzhen Special Zone Daily|language=zh}}</ref> Being the tallest building in China at the time, Guomao Building, constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co. Ltd, boasts an efficient construction progress in which the completion of every storey took a mere three days.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

The term has been used to describe the fast growth of Shenzhen as one of the first special economic zones of China, which has been called "China's Silicon Valley" and the "Instant City".<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|first=Jonathan |last=Chatwin|title=The Shenzhen effect: Why China's original 'model' city matters more than ever|url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/shenzhen-effect-china-model-city-intl-hnk/index.html|access-date=2020-06-17|website=CNN|date=23 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Inside Shenzhen's race to outdo Silicon Valley|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/12/18/1661/inside-shenzhens-race-to-outdo-silicon-valley/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2007-05-02|title=China Grows With "Shenzhen Speed"|url=https://www.thetrumpet.com/3587-china-grows-with-shenzhen-speed|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|website=The Philadelphia Trumpet|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Whitwell|first=Tom|date=2014-06-13|title=Inside Shenzhen: China's Silicon Valley|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jun/13/inside-shenzen-china-silicon-valley-tech-nirvana-pearl-river|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Shenzhen Experiment — Juan Du|url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674975286|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Harvard University|language=en}}</ref> Since 1979, Shenzhen has transformed from a small fishing village to be one of the world's most important technological hubs with one of the highest ''per-capita'' income levels in mainland China.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Gladstone|first=Rick|date=2015-12-21|title=Shenzhen: The City Where China's Transformation Began|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/22/world/asia/shenzhen-site-of-landslide-embodies-chinas-rapid-growth.html|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mead|first=Nick Van|date=2017-03-21|title=The great sprawl of China: timelapse images reveal 30-year growth of cities|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2017/mar/21/timelapse-satellite-images-china-fastest-growing-cities|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=China: population of Shenzhen 1995-2035|url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/466986/china-population-of-shenzhen/|access-date=2020-06-17|website=Statista|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-12|title=Shenzhen's growth champions dominate Greater Bay Area in survey|url=https://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/3041644/shenzhen-boasts-most-growth-champions-scmp-statistas-survey-80|access-date=2020-06-17|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2010-09-07|title='Shenzhen Speed': Thirty Years Later|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703713504575476611811434450|access-date=2020-06-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In 1984 and 1992, Deng Xiaoping, then paramount leader of China and the "Chief Architect of Reform and Opening-up",<ref>{{Cite web|last=Zhou|first=Lin|date=2018-10-10|title=Chief Architect of China's Reform and Opening-up|url=http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/2018/br/201810/t20181010_800143785.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618003024/http://www.chinatoday.com.cn/ctenglish/2018/br/201810/t20181010_800143785.html|archive-date=2020-06-18|access-date=2020-06-17|website=China Today}}</ref> made inspection tours to Shenzhen, endorsing the "Shenzhen speed" and the development model of the special economic zones.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" />

== References == {{reflist}} {{Shenzhen}} Category:Economy of Shenzhen Category:Economic liberalization Category:Economic booms Category:Reform in China Category:Economic history of the People's Republic of China Category:Reform and opening up