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Honors of Shenzhen

Honors in Social Progress

Among “The National Civilized City” for the 6th time in 2018
“Demonstration City for Harmonious Communities”Among “The Most Attractive Chinese Cities for Foreigners”for 9 consecutive years.

Honors in Environmental Protection:

“National Forest City”
“International Garden City”
UIA’s Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize
UNEP’s Global Top 500 Laureate Roll of Honor
“National Model City for Environmental Protection”
“National Ecological Garden City”
“Model City for Protection of the Ozone Layer”
“National Model Green City”
“National excellent tourism city”
The United Nations' World Habitat Award
China Habitat Award
“Healthy China City of the Year 2018”
“National Sanitary City”
“National Intellectual Property Rights Demonstration City”
One of China’s top ten cities with the best air quality

Honors in Indigenous Innovation

Ranked 1st among “The Top 30 Innovative Cities in China” by Forbes China in 2018 Hailed as “Silicon Delta” by The Economist One of the Top 10 Chinese Cities for High-quality Basic Research by Nature Daya Bay neutrino experiment results were listed as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year 2012 by Science“One of the Best Locales for International Entrepreneurs” by The Economist.

Honors in Investment environment

The most successful out of the 4300 special economic zones worldwide by The Economist
Top city in terms of comprehensive competitiveness in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences’ The Blue Book of Urban Competitiveness.
Forty-four Shenzheners among “the 100 richest people in China” by 2018 “Forbes China Rich List”
One of the 10 Asian Cities of the Future 2011/2012 by The Financial Times’ Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Ranked 4th Globally in the Global Urban Competitiveness Report 2019-2020
One of the 55 world first-tier cities in GaWC’s Roster for World-class Cities
Ranked 10th in Asia’s Top Fifty Cities by the Royal Society

Honors in Culture and Creativity

“City of Design” by UNESCO
“Outstanding Developing Knowledge City” by the Knowledge Cities World Summit
“The Most Innovative City” by China Radio International
“Global Model City for the Promotion of Nationwide Reading” by UNESCO