# Shekou Industrial Zone

Shenzhen, China · industrial · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `n-94a948db5d` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/china/shenzhen-shekou-industrial-zone/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-94a948db5d.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/n-94a948db5d.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/n-94a948db5d

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | under construction | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | none |
| New use | entertainment, housing, office, other, retail | none |
| What is there now | dozens of office and residential towers (such as the China Merchants Tower), a new cruise center replacing the old ferry terminal, a number of shopping malls around Sea World and the refurbishment of numerous older buildings. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1979 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | China Merchants Group | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Timeline

- 1979: became officially known as the Shekou Industrial Zone
- 1979: Opened
- 2003: Sea World entertainment area make-over
- 2003: expatriate population trend abated
- 2017: Sea World Culture and Arts Center opened
- 2017: Shenzhen Shekou Maritime Museum opened
- 2017: Shekou Cruise Center replaced the Shekou Port Ferry Terminal

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Shekou (Chinese: 蛇口; pinyin: Shékǒu) is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong, across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated as a free-trade zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha New Area.


== History ==
The area was formerly a customs station of Bao'an County. On 31 January 1979, it became officially known as the Shekou Industrial Zone, developed solely by China Merchants Group of Hong Kong under Yuan Geng's leadership, earlier than the formation of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The event is chronicled in the Chinese ballad "The Story of Spring (春天的故事)".

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekou

## Sources

- Shekou — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shekou

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Shekou Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China." Record n-94a948db5d, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/china/shenzhen-shekou-industrial-zone/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_shenzhenshekouindustrialzone,
  title = {Shekou Industrial Zone, Shenzhen, China},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/industrial/china/shenzhen-shekou-industrial-zone/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-94a948db5d, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.