# Shuiwei

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For the place in Hong Kong with the same Chinese name, see [Tai Po Tau Shui Wai](/source/Tai_Po_Tau_Shui_Wai).

**Shuiwei** (traditional Chinese: 水圍; simplified Chinese: 水围; pinyin: *Shuǐwéi*; Jyutping: *seoi2 wai4*) is an area of [Futian District](/source/Futian_District), [Shenzhen](/source/Shenzhen), [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong), [China](/source/China).

Shuiwei's main public square features a wall displaying the history of the area, portraying the Guang family and a 1908 invasion of the area by the British; area residents were credited with repelling the said invasion.[1]

## History

The area is known as the home of a local family with the surname Zhuang, and historically residents spoke the [Weitou dialect](/source/Weitou_dialect) and made their living through farming and fishing. Local legends stated that the founder of Shuiwei was Zhuang Luogong, a descendant of [Zhuangzi](/source/Zhuang_Zhou). Shenzhen-based American anthropologist Mary Ann O'Donnell described a statue of Zhuangzi, flanked by water, as being "the heart of Shuiwei".[2] Water historically flowed through many areas of Shuiwei.[2]

Around the 1980s residents took goods from [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong) and re-sold them on the Mainland side. At a later point factories became commonplace and industry became the heart of the local economy. The Shenzhen government pursued a redevelopment scheme, spending 1.2 million yuan ($178,000 [U.S. dollars](/source/U.S._dollars)) to acquire land on the [Shum Chun River](/source/Shum_Chun_River).[2] The area authorities promoted the Shuiwei model of redevelopment, which was meant to attract employees of white collar firms with conversion of existing housing into apartments.[3]

By the 1990s some women who originated from other parts of China and did not have Shenzhen [hukou](/source/Hukou) moved to Shuiwei, with some of them doing so to evade issues related to the [One Child Policy](/source/One_Child_Policy).[4]

Circa the 2000s Shuiwei was in proximity to [red light zones](/source/Red-light_district) near Shuiwei checkpoint.[5]

## References

1. Keith, Michael Scott Lash, Jakob Arnoldi, and Tyler Rooker. *China Constructing Capitalism: Economic Life and Urban Change*. [Routledge](/source/Routledge), September 23, 2013. ISBN 1134004524, 9781134004522. CITED: p. [262](https://books.google.com/books?id=hUj7AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA262).

1. Wang, Sally (2019-04-04). ["Shuiwei village - Waterbound or landlocked?"](http://www.szdaily.com/content/2019-04/04/content_21588262.htm). *[Shenzhen Daily](/source/Shenzhen_Daily)*. Retrieved 2019-04-25.

1. Chen, Xiaochun (2018-03-19). ["Shanty-town renovation planned for 10 subdistricts"](http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2018-03/19/content_35873514.htm). *[China Daily](/source/China_Daily)*. Retrieved 2019-04-25.

1. Zhou, Kate (editor). *China's Long March to Freedom: Grassroots Modernization*. [Routledge](/source/Routledge), September 8, 2017. ISBN 1351528726, 9781351528726. [Google Books](/source/Google_Books) PT [247](https://books.google.com/books?id=zK00DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT247).

1. Dong, Willa and Yu Cheng. "Sex Work, Migration, and Mental Health in Shenzhen" (Chapter 8). In: O'Donnell, Mary Ann, Winnie Wong, and Jonathan Bach (editors). *[Learning from Shenzhen: China’s Post-Mao Experiment from Special Zone to Model City](/source/Learning_from_Shenzhen:_China%E2%80%99s_Post-Mao_Experiment_from_Special_Zone_to_Model_City)*. [University of Chicago Press](/source/University_of_Chicago_Press), February 7, 2017. ISBN 022640126X, 9780226401263. Start: p. [171](https://books.google.com/books?id=1ci9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA171). CITED: p. [175](https://books.google.com/books?id=1ci9DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA175).

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