Minzhi and Longhua Subdistricts in Longhua District have been enlisted as the new core urban areas of Shenzhen, according to the city’s 14th Five-Year Plan released this June.

The plan positions Longhua District as a comprehensive service center in central Shenzhen, a pilot demonstration area of digital economy, a source of future city scenarios and smart governance, a key transportation hub, and a new powerhouse for newly-emerged and fashion industries, and casts light on the construction of six key areas, including the Shenzhen North Railway Station International Commercial Area, Jiulongshan Digital Town, Luhu Central Town, Longhua International Business Circle, Dalang Fashion Town, and Guanlan Culture Town, all of which helps build Longhua District into an international innovative hub in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

A computerized image of Luhu Central Town in Longhua District.

The plan also attaches great importance to attract more universities to set up their campus or research institutions in Longhua District and develop innovative industrial spaces such as the Meiguan Innovative Corridor to improve the district’s innovation capability and to boost the construction of the future city.

What’s more, the authority also highlights the construction of some key projects in Longhua District in the plan, including the Shenzhen Gallery, Shenzhen No.2 Children’s Hospital and the Shenzhen Xinhua Hospital.

Besides Minzhi and Longhua subdistricts, the Xin’an and Xixiang subdistricts in Bao’an District and the Bantian, Buji, Jihua, Nanwan subdistricts in Longgang District have also been named as new core urban areas in Shenzhen to be developed during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.