Yantian District is one of the seven districts of the Shenzhen

Shenzhen

Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones...

 City in Guangdong

Guangdong

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 province of China

China

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. It is adjacent to Shenzhen River in the south, and is surrounded by Luohu

Luohu

Luohu District is a district of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.-Geography:The size of Luohu district is about 78.9 km² and contains 10 subdistricts....

 and Longgang

Longgang

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 districts in Shenzhen. Until March 1998, Yantian was part of Luohu District.

The size of Yantian district is about 72.63 km². It contains 4 subdistrict

Subdistrict

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s:

• Meisha 梅沙
• Yantian 盐田
• Shatoujiao
  Shatoujiao
  Shatoujiao is an area located in the Yantian Qu of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China, Located on the border of the mainland China and Hong Kong. Shatoujiao is a bustling metropolis in comparison to Sha Tau Kok in the Hong Kong , due to the development of special economic zone...
  
   沙头角
• Haishan 海山

Located on Mirs Bay

Mirs Bay

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, Yantian is the location of some of Shenzhen's best-known tourist beaches, Dameisha and Xiaomeisha. Also located here is Yantian Port.

Tourist attractions

• Minsk World
  Minsk World
  Minsk World is a military theme park located in Dapeng Bay, Shatoujiao, Shenzhen, China. It includes the huge former Soviet aircraft carrier Minsk, redesigned as a tourist attraction. The theme park opened on 10 May 2000...
  
  
• Chung Ying Street
  Chung Ying Street
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• Wutong Mountain National Park
  Wutong Mountain
  Wutong Mountain is a mountain located near the border of Luohu and Yantian in Shenzhen, China. At 943.7m, it is the tallest mountain in Shenzhen.The mountain is source of the Sham Chun River that flows into Shenzhen and Hong Kong....
  
  (梧桐山国家森林公园)
• Dameisha beach (大梅沙)
• Xiaomeisha (beach 小梅沙)
• Shenzhen Xiaomeisha Sea World
• OCT East

Industrial Zone

• Shenzhen Yantiangang Free Trade Zone

Shenzhen Yantiangang Free Trade Zone is set up and approved by the State Council on September 27, 1996 with the total area of 0.85 square kilometers. On August 16, 2004, the project of"zone-port interaction" is approved by the State Council between Yantian Port and Shenzhen Yantiangang Free Trade Zone. Yantian Port Bonded Logistics Park is established with 0.96 square kilometers on December 30, 2005. The zone is situated near to Yantian Port. Industries encouraged include Printing/Publishing/Packaging, Raw Material Processing, Shipping/Warehousing/Logistics, Trading and Distribution.

External links

• Yantian Government Online