Monday, December 17, 2007

The Shenzhen Web

The Shenzhen Web appears to be a good resource for facts and information regarding ole Shenzhen:

  • 17,000 - foreigners living permanently in Shenzhen

  • 430,000 - foreigners studying or working temporarily in Shenzhen

  • 8.46 million - Shenzhen hukou holders in 2006

  • 11 million - target limit of Shenzhen hukou holders by 2020

  • 15 million - “warning threshold” at which “the per capita public resources will be reduced and the city’s development restrained”…

  • 12345 - Phone number for English language hotline for laowai to whinge about lack of public services.

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