Say Goodbye to the Shekou Wet Market - Upgrade Planned

With the development of the city, more and more old-fashioned markets are being torn down and replaced with more modern structures. With 30 years of history, the Shekou Wet Market, considered one of the best seafood markets in the city by many, is the next one on the list.

The Shekou Market, built in 1990, faces Shenzhen Bay to the east and the Pearl River estuary to the west, and is adjacent to the Shekou Fishing Port.

For years it has been the go to spot for those looking to get seafood at a bargain.

The market currently has two to three hundred fixed merchants and more than one hundred floating fishermen involved.

Lack of market competitiveness

Unfortunately, the former splendid Shekou market is beginning to face the same fate as most old-fashioned farmers' markets: as more supermarkets or new types of farmers' trades are springing up in the surrounding areas. So if the Shekou market wants to continue to survive, upgrading has become a priority.

How to upgrade?

The "Shenzhen Nanshan District Farmers Market Upgrade and Implementation Plan" was recently introduced to help rebuild the area from top to bottom, and from inside out.

First of all, the underground part of the market is the focus of renovation. As an "aged" market, the pipeline facilities, now 20 or 30 years old, face problems such as clogging and sewage backfilling, that have affected the market and the surrounding environment.

The renovation will update all sewer pipes in the market, uniformly use sewage pipes of higher specifications, and at the same time, all open channels in the market will be equipped with stainless steel covers to stop large bags, plastic bags, foam boxes, etc., that easily cause blockage, from entering the pipeline.

The design will also change. The market space will be more transparent, open, and modernized.

The public toilets will be upgraded to clean and tidy ones resembling those shopping malls and will have a special auxiliary passage for the disabled.

Of course, the intent is to keep the fishing culture and elements as the core design of the market as striving for a balance between market competition and cultural heritage is important.

What do you think? Are changes like this for the best?

Source:  “再见”蛇口市场！承载深圳人30年回忆的地方即将大变，未来值得期待

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