Shenzhen in Pictures from 1898 to 2018
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Have you ever imagined how Shenzhen looked like 123 years ago? Well, let's take a trip back in history and see how the city has changed over the years.
We will start with a picture taken in 1898, showing Hakka villagers in Langkou village, Longhua, Shenzhen.
Below is an image captured in 1899, showing Chinese and British representatives surveying the border between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. The wooden monument separating them read "Xin'an County border of the Qing Dynasty".
Before being named Shenzhen, the area was called Bao'an County, and prior to being named Bao'an county, it was known as Xin'an County. In 1913, Xin'an County in Guangdong Province was renamed Bao'an County, it was governed by Nantou town (just north of Nantou overpass, Nanshan District, in the modern Shenzhen).
1908: a Hakka style building in Kuiyong Town, Shenzhen.
Pinghu station (located in Pinghu street, Longgang District, modern day Shenzhen).
This may be the earliest image available of Shenzhen station on Guangzhou-Shenzhen railway. The picture was taken somewhere between 1911 and 1914.
1930: Shatoujiao, Shenzhen, villagers harvesting crops.
October 1949: Residents standing at the station to welcome the people's Liberation Army.
1949: A British soldier and a Communist party soldier staring at each other while standing on both sides of the boundary post in Zhongying street, Shenzhen.
Bao'an county bus station in the 1950s.
Luohu bridge in the 1950s. Image Credit: Zheng Zhongjian.
The British built the section from Luohu bridge to Jiulong. When HK returned to China, Shenzhen and Hong Kong built a new Luohu bridge, the original one was moved to the Hong Kong side to serve as a historic monument.
1958: Shenzhen, Nantou, Shiyan, Xixiang and Shekou jointly established the Chaoying People's Commune.
The construction of Shenzhen Reservoir in 1959.
Swimming competition held in the Shenzhen River in 1960s.
Luohu port in 1971.
Shatoujiao bridge in 1970. Image Credit: He Huangyou.
Farmers ploughing in Luohu in 1972. Image Credit: William Joseph.
It is hard to imagine that this would later become the modern Luohu.
Shenzhen in 1972.
Shenzhen middle school in 1974.
Yantian fishing port in Shenzhen in 1978.
A public toilet in 1979.
Jiefang Road, Renmin Road intersection in 1980.
Before the establishment of Shenzhen in 1979, there was no Shennan Avenue. At the time, Shenzhen was a small town in Bao'an county. There were only two cement roads passing through the town, one is Renmin Road and the other is Jiefang Road, with a total length of less than 2km.
In January 1979, a four level cadre conference was held in Shenzhen to convey the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee. The conference is considered the key meeting that sounded the horn of reform and opening up in Shenzhen.
1979: A female worker of Shatoujiao silk flower factory in Shenzhen making silk flowers. Image Credit: He Huangyou.
Barbed wire at the border of Shenzhen and Hong Kong in 1980.
In 1980, Shenzhen Luohu railway station had only one platform, two tracks and one ticket window.
People walking around the north of Luohu bridge in 1980.
People waiting at Luohu railway station in 1980.
Two migrant workers arriving in Shenzhen for work in 1980.
A classroom in a primary school in 1980.
People in the streets in Shenzhen in 1980.
Shenzhen Train Station in 1980.
A sign with a slogan outside Shekou Industrial Zone in Shenzhen by the end of 1981. Image Credit: He Huangyou.
The foundation laying ceremony of the first company in Shekou, Shenzhen in 1981. The mountain on the background is Danan mountain.
Cuizhuyuan in 1982, here is the first batch of commercial houses in China.
Shenzhen Shennan Avenue, the tallest building in Shenzhen at the time under construction - an electronics building, which became a landmark of Shenzhen.
The tape recorders production by Shenzhen Huaqiang Electronics Factory in the 1980s.
1980s, the Nanhai Hotel under construction in Shekou, Shenzhen.
Nanhai Hotel is the first batch of five-star hotels in China and the first five-star hotel in Shenzhen.
A panoramic view of Sha Tau Kok from Tangdu mountain in the new territories.
In 1984, Shenzhen International Trade Building. Image Credit: Liu Tingfang.
On January 27, 1987, Shennan Avenue, the east-west trunk road across the central section of Shenzhen, opened to traffic.
1988: Dormitory of female migrant workers.
1988: The birth of HuaWei
In 1990, the first McDonald's restaurant in the Chinese mainland opened in Shenzhen.
1992: Women in fashionable clothing on the streets of Shenzhen. Image Credit: Ian Berry
1992: Shenzhen bus station.
1993: A girl pushing a bicycle on the streets of Shenzhen. Image Credit: Mark Lubu.
1993: The construction of the Window of the World theme park.
August 4, 1994: People waiting for library cards in front of Shenzhen Library.
1995: View of the Building 1 (Building B) of Shenzhen Airport Terminal Building
1996: View of the Luohu District.
1996: There were only roads and no buildings in Futian central area.
1997: A high-altitude worker in Shenzhen. Image Credit: Zhang Xinmin.
December 28, 1999: The commencement ceremony of the building of Shenzhen Metro phase I project.
Shenzhen Citizen Center and Futian Central District under construction in February 2001
In 2003, the Futian CBD construction site (Notably are the Convention and Exhibition Center under construction and the Union Square).
On August 18, 2004, the Fishermen's village was inaugurated in Luohu District, Shenzhen. Image Credit: Liu Yanfang.
Shennan Avenue in 2008.
2015: Huaqiangbei.
2017: Futian District Center.
2018: Evening view of Shenzhen Bay
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